Subsoil Tool With Oscillating Wing For Site-Specific Soil Treatment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current soil cultivation equipment is not site-specific, leading to inefficient soil preparation and varying soil conditions, which can result in poor crop growth due to soil compaction, and is often too costly and requires specialized skills to operate, making it difficult for landholders to manage effectively.
Innovation Solution
A tractor-mounted tool carrier system that creates a soil map database by establishing soil profiles and using this data to generate a customized soil amelioration plan, incorporating subsoil tools with adjustable wings and hydraulic rams for optimal soil working, allowing for variable soil treatment based on specific conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specialized soil cultivation equipment is used, then soil preparation effectiveness is improved, but equipment cost and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by designing a tool carrier that can accommodate multiple types of soil working tools (rippers, subsoilers, cultivators) on a single platform. This allows one piece of equipment to perform various soil preparation functions, reducing the need for multiple specialized machines and lowering overall equipment complexity while maintaining preparation effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the soil preparation process into multiple functional components that can be independently selected and attached to the tool carrier. Each soil working tool is a separate module that can be chosen based on specific soil conditions, allowing customized preparation without requiring a complete specialized equipment set for every scenario.
2Reliability
If site-specific soil treatment is implemented, then crop growth performance is improved, but operational time and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by creating a soil map database that documents soil characteristics, historical data, and treatment requirements for different areas before the actual cultivation work begins. This pre-planning allows the system to automatically generate customized treatment plans and reduce on-site decision-making time, enabling site-specific treatment without significant operational delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms through the soil map database that stores historical treatment data and crop performance information. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from past operations and automatically adjust future treatment plans, reducing the need for manual re-assessment and optimization of site-specific treatments while maintaining high crop growth performance.
3Reliability
If multiple soil working tools are used, then soil condition improvement is enhanced, but equipment cost and skill requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by designing a tool carrier that can accommodate multiple types of soil working tools (rippers, subsoilers, cultivators) on a single platform. This allows one piece of equipment to perform various soil preparation functions, reducing the need for multiple specialized machines and lowering overall equipment cost while maintaining the ability to improve soil conditions through diverse tool options.
4Productivity
If single pass tillage is used, then time efficiency is improved, but soil treatment precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling different soil working tools to be positioned and operated at specific locations based on the soil map database. Even within a single pass, the system can target specific areas with appropriate tools based on their unique soil characteristics, maintaining treatment precision while preserving the time efficiency of single-pass operation through automated positioning and selection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This system enhances soil uniformity, root growth, water infiltration, and nutrient availability, improving crop yields and reducing the need for specialized skills and equipment, while allowing for continuous improvement in soil management plans based on historical data.
Implementation Method 1
a hydraulic ram, said ram being is generally with the shank, and said ram being attached at a lower end thereof to a first pivot connection and at an upper end the ram being attached to an actuator means
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AI summary
A method and system of tillage and tillage management that includes the steps of establishing a plurality of soil profiles over an area of soil to be cultivated, creating soil map database by combining these soil profiles to establish a treatment and cultivation regime, cultivating the ground in accordance regime and recording the cultivation in the soil map database. A subsoil tool for carrying out the method and system, with a shank (18) connected to a vehicle and to a ripper foot (20) terminating in a ripper tooth (22); a hydraulic ram (26) attached at a lower end to a first pivot connection (28) and at an upper end to an actuator the first pivot connection is attached to a rear end of a laterally extending wing member (30), a front end of the wing member being pivotally attached to the shank through a second pivot point (32) and the wing member is selected in accordance with soil profile at any position on a soil map database and is oscillated in response to actuation of the ram.