Monitoring vibrations in agricultural harvesters
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorMarcel Verhoeven
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Abstract
A method for determining a vibration pattern in a crop processing section of an agricultural harvester. The method may start with bringing the crop processing section into a predetermined pseudo-operational configuration. When in the predetermined pseudo-operational configuration, a plurality of vibration sensors is used to establish a reference vibration pattern. The established reference vibration pattern is then stored in a memory. Analysis of the reference vibration pattern may provide useful information about a current mechanical status of moving as well as stationary parts. Vibration patterns of many agricultural harvesters may be gathered in a cloud and processed using AI tools.
Claims12
A method of determining a vibration pattern in a crop processing section of an agricultural harvester, the method comprising:
- operating the crop processing section at a predetermined pseudo-operational configuration by (i) rotating at least one rotatable element of the crop processing section at a reference frequency, (ii) reciprocating at least one reciprocatable element of the crop processing section at the reference frequency, or (iii) setting at least one adjustable element of the crop processing section to a reference position or a reference orientation,
- when in the predetermined pseudo-operational configuration, using a plurality of vibration sensors to establish a reference vibration pattern, and
- storing the established reference vibration pattern in a memory.
A method of determining a vibration pattern in a crop processing section of an agricultural harvester, the method comprising:
- operating the crop processing section at a predetermined pseudo-operational configuration by reciprocating at least one reciprocatable element of the crop processing section at the reference frequency,
- when in the predetermined pseudo-operational configuration, using a plurality of vibration sensors to establish a reference vibration pattern, and
- storing the established reference vibration pattern in a memory.
A method of determining a vibration pattern in a crop processing section of an agricultural harvester, the method comprising:
- operating the crop processing section at a predetermined pseudo-operational configuration by setting at least one adjustable element of the crop processing section to a reference position or a reference orientation,
- when in the predetermined pseudo-operational configuration, using a plurality of vibration sensors to establish a reference vibration pattern, and
- storing the established reference vibration pattern in a memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.