CA2311698A1 - Seeder calibration apparatus and method - Google Patents

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CA2311698A1
CA2311698A1 CA002311698A CA2311698A CA2311698A1 CA 2311698 A1 CA2311698 A1 CA 2311698A1 CA 002311698 A CA002311698 A CA 002311698A CA 2311698 A CA2311698 A CA 2311698A CA 2311698 A1 CA2311698 A1 CA 2311698A1
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Gerard Bourgault
Mark Cresswell
Darren Borstmayer
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/08—Broadcast seeders; Seeders depositing seeds in rows
    • A01C7/081—Seeders depositing seeds in rows using pneumatic means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/08—Broadcast seeders; Seeders depositing seeds in rows
    • A01C7/10—Devices for adjusting the seed-box ; Regulation of machines for depositing quantities at intervals
    • A01C7/102—Regulating or controlling the seed rate
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/08—Broadcast seeders; Seeders depositing seeds in rows
    • A01C7/10—Devices for adjusting the seed-box ; Regulation of machines for depositing quantities at intervals
    • A01C7/107—Calibration of the seed rate
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F25/00—Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries

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Abstract

A system for performing an air-seeder calibration procedure comprises a calibration motor rotationally driving a plurality of metering devices simultaneously, thereby dispensing product from each metering device while the air-seeder cart is stationary. Meter controls, located on the air-seeder cart, are operative to stop any metering device while allowing the other metering devices to continue rotating. Containers collect the product dispensed from each metering device during the calibration procedure. Counters determine the number of revolutions turned by each metering device and are connected to a microprocessor. An input device allows entering of the weights dispensed by each metering device into the micro-processor and the micro-processor is operative to determine dispensing rates, being a weight of product dispensed per revolution, for each metering device. A distance sensor can be operatively connected to the microprocessor to determine the application rate for each metering device, and display the application rates to an operator.
CA002311698A 2000-06-15 2000-06-15 Seeder calibration apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related CA2311698C (en)

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