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US 12,588,582 B2Granted
Coated agricultural metering component
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsNathan Edwin Ablass, Jack R. Chappell
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Abstract
An agricultural metering system includes a metering system component, and the metering system component includes a substrate formed from a polymeric material. The metering system component further includes a coating disposed on the polymeric material of the substrate, in which the coating includes a metallic coating and/or a ceramic coating.
Claims13
An agricultural metering system, comprising:
- a metering system component, comprising:
- a meter roller configured to be housed within a meter box and to regulate a flow of particulate material into an air flow, wherein the meter roller comprises:
- a substrate formed from a polymeric material;
- and
- a coating disposed on the polymeric material of the substrate, the coating comprising a metallic coating, a ceramic coating, or a combination thereof, wherein the coating is positioned at a surface of the meter roller configured to engage the particulate material.
2 more elements
A method of manufacturing a metering system component for an agricultural metering system, comprising:
- retrieving a substrate of the metering system component from the agricultural metering system after the substrate is used in operation, and
- disposing a coating on the substrate after retrieving the substrate from the agricultural metering system, the coating comprising a metallic coating, a ceramic coating, or a combination thereof, wherein the substrate is formed from a polymeric material, and the coating is disposed on the polymeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.