Retrofitting Techniques for Agricultural Machines

Celenta, Giampiero; Simone, Marco Claudio De

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46817-0_44

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“…Another nontrivial aspect is the significant reduction in accident risk in extreme environments, such as mountainous terrain or steep slopes. Intelligent machines and systems are important parts of future infrastructures that will be based on how people and machines interact and share information [128][129][130]. Various experts and entrepreneurs are engaged in the advancement of automated agricultural machinery (i.e., robots).…”

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“…The results obtained from Simundsson's proof-of-concept research suggest that the technology for remotely supervising an autonomous agricultural machine via an automated interface could be enhanced to include auditory data [133]. In this paper [128], the retrofitting of a tracked vehicle to make it capable of conducting independent operations is described. The objective was to develop a machine for agricultural applications that can assist harvesting operations in mountainous areas with steep terrain while protecting the operator.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Bridging Industry 5.0 and Agriculture 5.0: Historical Perspectives, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives

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Oudani

et al. 2024

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The agricultural industry has undergone several significant changes over the past few centuries, influenced by the industrial revolutions that have occurred. These changes have progressed from Indigenous agriculture to mechanized farming and the current precision agriculture. While the industrial farming model has increased output, it has also faced various challenges in recent years. Industry 5.0 is expected to have a significant impact on the agriculture sector and potentially lead to a fifth agricultural revolution. In this paper, we examine the motivation behind the industrial and agricultural revolutions 4.0 and 5.0, review the phases of these revolutions that have occurred so far, and offer suggestions for the future. We also provide an overview of the concepts of Industry 4.0 and 5.0, as well as Agriculture 4.0 and 5.0, and discuss the smart strategies that are being implemented in different countries to advance these sectors. Additionally, we focus on the potential applications of Industry 5.0 technologies in the agriculture industry and the research challenges associated with them. Our goal is to provide industrial and agricultural professionals with new research opportunities.

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Bridging Industry 5.0 and Agriculture 5.0: Historical Perspectives, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives

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Oufaska,

Oudani

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…This leaves the producer with the option of hiring a custom harvester, purchasing a small self-propelled combine, or restoring a turn-of-the-20th-century, tractor-towed (pull-type) combine. Retrofitting is typically the most cost-effective and long-term solution among these options [20,21].…”

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Retrofitting and Testing of a Pull-Type Small-Grain Combine Harvester

2023

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A cost-effective harvesting method and equipment for small-scale farms is essential to ensure the viability and sustainability of their operations. This study aims to retrofit and test a pull-type combine harvester for effective and efficient operations in small grains. A 1960s-era functional combine harvester was retrofitted with a stripper header rotor in place of the sickle bar cutting system to increase the harvesting capacity. Preliminary field testing found that the original header auger and feeder house could not handle the changed crop composition at an increased capacity and did not properly convey the grain from the auger to the feeder house and onto the threshing system. Therefore, redesign modifications were conducted for the auger and feeder house to help increase the efficiency and capacity required to use the stripper header. Various design concepts were proposed, analyzed, and prototyped in this study. The machine performance of the material-conveying efficiency of the wheat-material-other-than-grain mixture was evaluated at various material throughput rates. The results showed that the auger shim and feeder house paddle redesign increased the efficiency from 80.68% to 98.56%, as compared to the original machine configuration. The cost-effective and high-performance pull-type combine harvester proposed in this study has a high potential in solving the bottleneck problem of local production of small grains by small-scale farming operations.

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“…The term "retrofitting" refers to adding new engineering features to an older model machine. In this case, retrofitting will enable the use of older generation MIMs, preventing condemning all to obsolescence until more modern models become available [13]. This solution is very interesting from the point of view of sustainability and reuse of resources and therefore must be studied.…”

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Comparative Evaluation of Mobile Platforms for Non-Structured Environments and Performance Requirements Identification for Forest Clearing Applications

Lourenço

Bento

Coimbra

et al. 2022

Forests

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The effort to automate is present across all industries. It has an economic purpose but potential impacts go far beyond economics. Research has been carried out and a lot of investment has been made in automation in a variety of industries, as well as in agriculture and forestry, which resulted in efficient solutions for diverse applications. In fact, more solutions have emerged in the field of agriculture than in any other. This can be explained in economic terms, but also in light of the complex navigation required because of unstructured environments such as forests. This paper provides a comprehensive review of existing mobile platforms and presents a comparative study for an application in forest clearing. We evaluate the size, automation levels, traction, energy source, locomotion systems, sensors/actuators availability and tools that such an application must have to succeed in its function. Hence, it will be possible to evaluate the feasibility of retrofitting an existing platform into an electric unmanned ground vehicle for forest clearing or if it is easier to start development from scratch. The evaluation results reveal that an electric unmanned ground vehicle for forest clearing is currently unavailable in the market and that a new platform is needed. The performance requirements for such a platform are identified and proposed in the paper.

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Retrofitting Techniques for Agricultural Machines

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Bridging Industry 5.0 and Agriculture 5.0: Historical Perspectives, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives

Bridging Industry 5.0 and Agriculture 5.0: Historical Perspectives, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives

Retrofitting and Testing of a Pull-Type Small-Grain Combine Harvester

Comparative Evaluation of Mobile Platforms for Non-Structured Environments and Performance Requirements Identification for Forest Clearing Applications

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