Multi-Tool Farming Machine for One-Pass Terrain Preparation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing farming machines require frequent tool changes and prolonged operation times to perform multiple sequential tasks on terrain, particularly in horticultural and viticultural settings, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A farming machine equipped with multiple integrated tools (shredder, milling machine, and seeder) that can perform simultaneous operations, allowing for automated or user-controlled operation without frequent tool changes, and is adaptable to different cultivation types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single tool is mounted on the farming machine, then the machine structure is simple, but multiple working operations must be performed sequentially requiring frequent tool changes
Solution Approach 1:
The farming machine is designed with multiple different tools (shredder, milling machine, seeder, etc.) mounted on the same platform, enabling a single machine to perform multiple working operations such as terrain preparation, seeding, and mulching without requiring separate dedicated machines for each function
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple working tools that were previously used on separate machines are combined and mounted on a single farming machine platform, allowing simultaneous or sequential execution of multiple operations (shredding, milling, seeding, mulching) in one pass across the terrain
2Productivity
If multiple tools are mounted on the farming machine, then multiple working operations can be performed simultaneously, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The farming machine is designed as a modular platform where different working tools (shredder, milling machine, seeder, mulching device) can be independently mounted, removed, and replaced based on specific operational needs, allowing flexibility without permanently increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The machine configuration is made dynamic and adaptable, allowing the operator to change the mounted tools according to the specific working operations required for different terrain preparation or cultivation tasks, rather than being fixed to a single configuration
3Adaptability or versatility
If frequent tool changes are made, then different working operations can be performed, but time and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple working tools are pre-mounted on the same machine platform, eliminating the need to transport and change tools between separate machines for different operations such as shredding, milling, seeding, and mulching
Solution Approach 2:
A single universal farming machine platform is designed to accommodate multiple different working tools, enabling the operator to perform diverse terrain preparation and cultivation operations without leaving the machine or incurring travel time between different equipment
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AI summary
Farming machine (1), which comprises a support frame (2) provided with four wheels (20), in order to allow the farming machine (1) to advance on a terrain along an advancement direction (A), and with a main body (21) supported by the wheels (20) and spaced with respect to the terrain, and which on the lower part delimits a housing volume (V). The main body (21) of the support frame (2) is extended along a main extension direction (X), parallel to the advancement direction (A), between a front end (21') and an opposite rear end (21"). The farming machine (1) also comprises a first tool (3), a second tool (4) and a third tool (5). The first tool (3) is mounted at the front end (21') of the main body (21) of the support frame (2), outside the housing volume (V) and is arranged for carrying out a first working operation. The second tool (4) is connected to the main body (21), is placed in the housing volume (V) and is arranged for carrying out a second working operation. The third tool (5) is mounted at the rear end (21") of the main body (21) of the support frame (2), outside the housing volume (V) and is arranged for carrying out a third working operation. The farming machine (1) also comprises actuation means (6), which are mounted on the support frame (2) and are operatively connected, in an independent manner, to the first, second and third tool (3, 4, 5), in order to actuate the latter in an independent manner during the advancement of the farming machine (1) on the terrain.