Agitation and leveling system for particulate material
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsRyan D. Collins, Jared S. Wright
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Abstract
A particulate material agitation and leveling system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of a measured weight distribution of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system, determine whether a determined variation between the measured weight distribution and a target weight distribution is greater than a threshold variation, and control an agitator to decrease the determined variation in response to determining that the determined variation is greater than the threshold variation.
Claims20
A particulate material agitation and leveling system, comprising:
- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured weight distribution of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system;
- determine whether a determined variation between the measured weight distribution and a target weight distribution is greater than a threshold variation;
- and
- control an agitator to decrease the determined variation in response to determining that the determined variation is greater than the threshold variation, wherein the agitator is configured to be positioned between the storage tank and a metering system of the agricultural system along a vertical axis of the agricultural system.
A particulate material agitation and leveling system, comprising:
- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured weight of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system;
- select an operating mode of an agitator from an agitation mode and a leveling mode based on the measured weight, wherein the agitator is configured to be positioned between the storage tank and a metering system of the agricultural system along a vertical axis of the agricultural system;
- and
- operate the agitator based on the operating mode.
A particulate material agitation and leveling system, comprising:
- an agitator configured to be positioned between a storage tank of an agricultural system and a metering system of the agricultural system along a vertical axis of the agricultural system;
- a drive system coupled to and configured to rotate the agitator;
- a sensor configured to output a sensor signal indicative of a measured weight of particulate material within a storage tank configured to feed the particulate material through the agitator;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the controller comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive the sensor signal indicative of the measured weight of the particulate material;
- select an operating mode of the agitator from an agitation mode and a leveling mode based on the measured weight;
- and
- operate the drive system based on the operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.