Method and system of operating an automotive harvester
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorDaenio Cleodolphi
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Abstract
A method and system of operating a machine harvester that presents an improved solution for preventing clogging. There is provided simultaneous measurement of at least a parameter of a base-cutting set, of at least a parameter of a chopping assembly, and of a position of at least a floating roller of a conveyance system. Based on comparisons of the parameters measured and reference values, during a pre-defined time interval, it is possible to manage a propulsion speed of the machine harvester and to manage a rotation speed of cutting disks of the base-cutting set and of billet-cutting blades of the chopping assembly.
Claims13
A method of operating an automotive harvester comprising a cutting module comprising a base-cutting set including at least two cutting disks, a conveyance system including a floating roller, and a chopping assembly including at least two billet-cutting blades, the method comprising steps of:
- measuring a parameter of the base-cutting set;
- measuring a parameter of the chopping assembly;
- measuring a position of the floating roller of the conveyance system;
- comparing the parameter of the base-cutting set and the parameter of the chopping assembly with a first reference value, during a pre-defined time interval;
- comparing the measured position of the floating roller of the conveyance system with a second reference value, during a pre-defined time interval;
- managing a propulsion speed of the automotive harvester based on a result of comparing the parameter of the base-cutting set and the parameter of the chopping assembly with the first reference value;
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- managing a rotation speed of the at least two cutting disks of the base-cutting set and of the at least two billet-cutting blades of the chopping assembly based on the result of comparing the measured position with the second reference value.
A system of operating an automotive harvester comprising:
- a cutting module comprising a base-cutting set including at least two cutting disks;
- a conveyance system including a floating roller;
- a chopping assembly including at least two billet-cutting blades;
- an electronic management center comprising a processing core and a data-storage core;
- a sensor associated with the base-cutting set;
- a sensor associated with the conveyance system;
- a sensor associated with the chopping assembly;
- a sensor capable of measuring a speed of the automotive harvester, wherein each of the sensors are configured for communicating with the electronic management center;
- a propulsion drive;
- a drive of the at least two cutting discs of the base-cutting set;
- a drive of the at least two billet-cutting blades of the chopping assembly,
- wherein the sensor associated with the base-cutting set relays data comprising parameters of the base-cutting set to the electronic management center,
- wherein the sensor associated with the conveyance system relays positioning data of the floating roller of the conveyance system to the electronic management center,
- wherein the sensor associated with the chopping assembly relays data comprising parameters of the chopping assembly to the electronic management center,
- wherein the processing core of the electronic management center compares signals originating from the sensors and to reference data stored in the data-storage core of the electronic management center,
- wherein the electronic management center controls a propulsion speed of the automotive harvester by the propulsion drive, and
- wherein the electronic management center controls rotation of the at least two cutting disks of the base-cutting set and of the at least two billet-cutting blades of the chopping assembly by the drive of the at least two cutting disks of the base-cutting set and the at least two billet-cutting blades of the chopping assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.