System and method for actuating moldboard for work machine

A moldboard for a work machine, the moldboard comprising:

• a first moldboard section having a first width;
• a second moldboard section that is movable relative to the first moldboard section, the second moldboard section has a second width that is lesser than the first width;
• a linkage defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the linkage is movably coupled with the first moldboard section proximal to the first end, and wherein the linkage is movably coupled with the second moldboard section proximal to the second end;
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• an actuator including a cylinder coupled with a portion of the work machine and a rod member coupled with the linkage, wherein, during a raising operation of the moldboard, the linkage and the actuator raise the second moldboard section until the second moldboard section at least partially engages with the first moldboard section post which the linkage and the actuator simultaneously raise each of the first moldboard section and the second moldboard section.

A method for actuating a moldboard for a work machine, the moldboard including a first moldboard section and a second moldboard section that is movable relative to the first moldboard section, the method comprising:

• actuating an actuator of the moldboard, wherein the moldboard includes a linkage defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the linkage is movably coupled with the first moldboard section proximal to the first end, wherein the linkage is movably coupled with the second moldboard section proximal to the second end, and wherein the actuator includes a cylinder coupled with a portion of the work machine and a rod member coupled with the linkage;
• raising, via the linkage and the actuator, the second moldboard section until the second moldboard section at least partially engages with the first moldboard section;
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• simultaneously raising, via the linkage and the actuator, each of the first moldboard section and the second moldboard section after the second moldboard section at least partially engages with the first moldboard section.