Baler nozzle evaluation system and method
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsMohan A. Vadnere, Mahesh Somarowthu
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Abstract
A nozzle evaluation system is provided for an agricultural baler with a nozzle apparatus having at least one nozzle. The system includes a sensor associated with the at least one nozzle and configured to collect vibration patterns of sound emanating from the at least one nozzle of the nozzle apparatus during application of a fluid upon a respective bale; and a controller configured to: receive the vibration patterns collected by the sensor during application of the fluid upon the respective bale; evaluate the vibration patterns for the at least one nozzle for a clog condition; and record, upon detecting the clog condition based on the vibration patterns, information associated with clog condition.
Claims17
A nozzle evaluation system for an agricultural baler with a nozzle apparatus having a nozzle, comprising:
- a sensor associated with the nozzle and configured to collect vibration patterns of sound emanating from the nozzle of the nozzle apparatus during application of a fluid upon a respective bale;
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- a controller having a processor and memory architecture configured to:
- receive the vibration patterns collected by the sensor during application of the fluid upon the respective bale;
- evaluate the vibration patterns for the nozzle for a clog condition;
- record, upon detecting the clog condition based on the vibration patterns, information associated with clog condition;
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- engage, upon detecting the clog condition, an actuator of the agricultural baler in which the actuator is an identification apparatus configured to attach an identification tag to the respective bale.
A baler arrangement, comprising:
- a baler configured to collect crop material and form a bale from the crop material, the baler including a preservative application subsystem with a nozzle apparatus configured to spray the bale with a fluid during operation;
- an identification apparatus configured to attach an identification tag to the bale;
- a sensor associated with the nozzle apparatus and configured to collect vibration patterns of sound emanating from the nozzle apparatus during the spraying of the fluid upon the bale;
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- a controller having a processor and memory architecture configured to:
- receive the vibration patterns collected by the sensor during the spraying of the fluid upon the bale;
- evaluate the vibration patterns for the nozzle for a clog condition;
- record, upon detecting the clog condition based on the vibration patterns, information associated with the clog condition on the identification tag attached by the identification apparatus to the bale;
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- engage, upon detecting the clog condition, the identification apparatus to attach an identification tag to the bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.