Design of Double-rows Sugarcane Harvester Control System Based on PLC

Abstract

Abstract. The double-rows sugarcane harvester is a large agricultural machinery, it has complicated working conditions and high failure rate in the process of harvesting, which seriously affect the quality and efficiency of harvesting. Aiming at these problems, the electrical and hydraulic control system using PLC as the control core was designed. Through the PC monitoring program, the system could complete the online settings and monitor the operation conditions of the control parameters to achieve complex logic control and matching control of each actuator's movement speed. The results from the harvesting test in Guangxi farm show that the control system has advantages of convenient and reliable operation, reducing the failure rate, and improving the quality and efficiency of harvesting.

A new design of embedded monitoring system for maintenance and performance monitoring of a cane harvester tractor

“…Many of these embedded systems are based on a microcontroller, Raspberry Pi, and PLC. Xu and Cai [4] used a Siemens S7-300 PLC to construct a double-rows sugarcane harvester control system. Xu monitors the temperature, pressure, and liquid level data on the harvester vehicle.…”

“…The monitoring system was mainly composed of a PLC, I/O modules, a touch screen, and various sensors. Data exchange between PLC and the touch screen was carried out through a serial communication in which the touch screen could display the critical parameters in real-time [4]. A precision agriculture concept was implemented in a sugarcane farm through a yield monitoring system.…”