Dual Rotor Crop Load System and Method
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJason R. Dehnke, Logan K. Trueblood, Derek J. Franke, Nicholas J. Keener
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Abstract
An agricultural machine includes a first threshing rotor and a second threshing rotor positioned adjacent to the first threshing rotor. Each threshing rotor is configured to rotate to process harvested crop. The agricultural machine includes first and sensors configured to measure a parameter indicative of crop load on the first threshing rotor and on the second threshing rotor, respectively. The agricultural machine includes a controller configured to change distribution of harvested crop in the agricultural machine based on a comparison between the measured parameter received from the first sensor and the measured parameter received from the second sensor.
Claims20
An agricultural machine for processing harvested crop comprising:
- a dual rotor threshing assembly including a first threshing rotor and a second threshing rotor positioned adjacent to the first threshing rotor, wherein each of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor are configured to rotate to process the harvested crop;
- a first sensor and a second sensor each configured to measure a parameter indicative of crop load;
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- a controller operatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor and configured to receive signals from the first sensor and the second sensor associated with the measured parameter;
- wherein the first sensor is configured to measure the parameter indicative of crop load on the first threshing rotor;
- wherein the second sensor is configured to measure the parameter indicative of crop load on the second threshing rotor;
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- wherein the controller is configured to determine whether one of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor has a lesser crop load than the other of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor based on the signals associated with the measured parameter received from the first sensor and the second sensor.
A method associated with processing harvested crop via an agricultural machine, the method comprising:
- rotating a first threshing rotor and a second threshing rotor positioned adjacent to the first threshing rotor to process the harvested crop;
- measuring, via a first sensor, a parameter indicative of crop load on the first threshing rotor;
- measuring, via a second sensor, the parameter indicative of crop load on the second threshing rotor;
- receiving, via a controller, the measured parameter from the first sensor and from the second sensor;
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- determining, via the controller, whether one of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor has a lesser crop load than the other of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor based on the measured parameter received from the first sensor and from the second sensor.
An agricultural machine for processing harvested crop comprising:
- a dual rotor threshing assembly including a first threshing rotor and a second threshing rotor positioned adjacent to the first threshing rotor, wherein each of the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor are configured to rotate to process the harvested crop;
- a guide drum configured to rotate relative to the frame to direct harvested crop downstream to the first threshing rotor and the second threshing rotor;
- a first sensor and a second sensor each configured to measure a parameter indicative of crop load;
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- a controller operatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor and configured to receive signals from the first sensor and the second sensor associated with the measured parameter;
- wherein the first sensor is configured to measure the parameter indicative of crop load on the first threshing rotor;
- wherein the second sensor is configured to measure the parameter indicative of crop load on the second threshing rotor;
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- wherein the controller is configured to change a distribution of harvested crop based on the signals associated with the measured parameter received from the first sensor and the second sensor.
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