Agitation control system
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorGraham Douglas Stuart
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Abstract
The controller that receives at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured profile of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system. The controller also determines whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value. The controller outputs a first output signal to a user interface indicative of instructions to inform an operator of a profile variation, outputs a second output signal to an agitator indicative of activation of the agitator, or a combination thereof, in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.
Claims16
An agitation control 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 profile of a particulate material within a storage tank/hopper system of an agricultural system, wherein the measured profile corresponds to a distribution of the particulate material within the storage tank/hopper system;
- determine whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value;
- and
- output an output signal to an agitator system having an agitator within the storage tank/hopper system indicative of activation of the agitator system in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.
An agitation control system, comprising:
- an agitator system comprising at least one drive system and an agitator driven by the at least one drive system, wherein the agitator is configured to be positioned within a storage tank/hopper system of an agricultural system over a product metering system and configured to distribute a particulate material across the product metering system;
- at least one sensor disposed above the agitator, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect a measured profile of the particulate material within the storage tank/hopper system, wherein the measured profile corresponds to a distribution of the particulate material within the storage tank/hopper system;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to:
- receive at least one sensor signal from the at least one sensor;
- determine whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value;
- and
- output an output signal to the at least one drive system indicative of activation of the agitator system in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.
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