System and related methods for adjusting a down force applied to a row unit of an agricultural implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsTrevor Stanhope, Darian E. Landolt, Jason T. Czapka
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method for adjusting the down force applied to a row unit of an implement during the performance of a planting operation within a field may include receiving, by a computing device, soil composition data associated with a soil composition of soil within the field and determining a moisture content of the soil within the field. The method may also include calculating a soil plasticity factor associated with the soil within the field based on the soil composition data and the moisture content of the soil and adjusting a down force applied to at least one row unit of the implement based on the soil plasticity factor.
Claims20
A method for adjusting the down force applied to a row unit of an implement during the performance of a planting operation within a field, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, soil composition data associated with a soil composition of soil within the field;
- determining, by the computing device, a moisture content of the soil within the field;
- calculating, by the computing device, a soil plasticity factor associated with the soil within the field based on the soil composition data and the moisture content of the soil;
- and
- adjusting, by the computing device, a down force applied to at least one row unit of the implement based on the soil plasticity factor.
A system for adjusting a down force applied to a row unit of an implement, the system comprising:
- a load sensor configured to sense the down force applied to the row unit;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the load sensor, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the controller to:
- receive soil composition data associated with a soil composition of soil within the field;
- determine a moisture content of the soil within the field;
- calculate a soil plasticity factor associated with the soil within the field based on the soil composition data and the moisture content of the soil;
- and
- adjust the down force applied to the row unit based on the soil plasticity factor.
A method for adjusting a down force applied to a row unit of an implement, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, soil composition data that comprises information about a proportional content of at least one of sand, silt, clay, or organic matter;
- calculating, by the computing device, at least one of a down force limit or a down force target based on the soil composition data;
- and
- when the down force exceeds at least one of the down force limit or a predetermined threshold with respect to the down force target, reducing, by the computing device, the down force applied to the row unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.