Automatic Height Control of a Sugarcane Harvester Basecutter 981991
The operator of a sugarcane harvester cannot see the basecutter and depends on sound to adjust its height. A mechanical/hydraulic system was developed to follow the vertical changes in row height and the lateral changes in the location of sugarcane stalks on the top of the row. The system sensor was an articulated skid mounted in front of the cutter blade. Laboratory and field tests showed the system was able to keep the blade adjusted within 2.54 cm of the top of the row when tested under simulated field conditions.1
Citation: Wright, M., Simoneaux, J., and Drouin, B., "Automatic Height Control of a Sugarcane Harvester Basecutter," SAE Technical Paper 981991, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981991. Download Citation
Author(s):
M. E. Wright, J. J. Simoneaux, B. Drouin
Affiliated:
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers
Pages: 10
Event:
International Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Agricultural Machine Systems-SP-1383, SAE 1998 Transactions - Journal of Commercial Vehicles-V107-2
Related Topics:
Hydraulic systems
Sensors and actuators
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