摘要:
A hard object or stone detection method and apparatus for detecting and removing discrete hard foreign objects from mobile agricultural equipment, particularly an agricultural harvester (1) including apparatus (12) for providing a flow of cut crop material to an elevator (21) for delivery to a threshing system (3). The apparatus includes a foreign object detecting mechanism (35), including a foreign object detecting circuit (42) for detecting foreign objects and an object exclusion or rejection mechanism (44) operationally connected to be activated by the detecting circuit. The detecting circuit includes at least one vibration sensor (40) operable for outputting a signal (I1), and a combination of a high pass filters (140) and frequency bandpass filters (52, 152) and variable threshold comparators (54, 154) for processing the signal along first and second signal paths, and at least one microprocessor (60) or microcontroller including a pulse rejection network. The microprocessor can be electronically connected to control the threshold comparators and programmable amplifiers, and activates the object exclusion or rejection mechanism when the pulse rejection network generates an internal signal indicating presence of a hard object.
摘要:
An agricultural harvester (1) having a header with a reel (13) and an auger (15), wherein the reel and the auger provide crop material to an elevator (21) and a foreign object detecting apparatus (35), wherein said apparatus includes a foreign object detecting circuit (42) for detecting foreign objects and an object extrusion mechanism (44) operationally connected to be activated by the detecting circuit. The detecting circuit (42) includes a first vibration sensor (40), a programmable amplifier (50), a frequency bandpass filter (52), a variable threshold comparator (54), and a microprocessor (60) including a pulse rejection network. The microprocessor is electronically connected to control the threshold comparator (54) and the programmable amplifier (50), and activates the object extrusion mechanism (44) when the pulse rejection network generates an internal signal. Also, a method for detecting and removing foreign objects from cut crop material is disclosed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a stone detection and ejection system (35) on the feeder house (21) of an agricultural combine (1) and an acoustic array (40) positioned beneath the front drum (22) and having an acoustic sensor (41) and sounding plate (42). The sounding plate is generally parallel to the feeder house floor (25a) and includes interruptions (38) configured upon its surface (36) to ensure that a stone (30) or other hard object, sliding over its surface, or a flow of crop material (31) carrying a stone, excites the plate (42) to a sufficient magnitude detectable by the acoustic sensor.