WO2020035443A1 - Agrarspritzen-ventileinheit und agrarspritzen-ventileinrichtung - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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- the present invention relates to an agricultural sprayer valve unit and an agricultural sprayer valve device formed with such an agricultural sprayer valve unit.
- Agricultural sprayer valve units and agricultural sprayer valve devices are used to control or regulate (in the context of the present invention also subsumed under "control") the application of a fluid by means of an agricultural sprayer of any purpose and of any design.
- an agricultural sprayer is used to apply a fluid in agriculture or fruit or vegetable cultivation, the fluid being water, fertilizer, an insecticide, a weed killer or any other fluid or fluid mixture.
- Agricultural sprayers are used individually to apply an agricultural fluid to a limited area or with a large number of agricultural sprayers, which can be held next to one another on one or more spray bars, for example.
- the application of the fluid should only take place in the agricultural areas that are actually relevant and also here only with a required volume flow.
- the application of the fluid in the edge regions of the field is to be interrupted, for example when cornering. It is also possible that, in sections of the spray bar that do not drive over any plants or crops, the agricultural sprayers assigned to these sections are to be temporarily switched off.
- a central agricultural sprayer valve unit in a supply line to all Agricultural spraying can be placed in a barrier division requires the deactivation of sections of a spray bar, which is segmented a central line of the spray bar, to which the agricultural sprayer is connected, with parallel segments, the agricultural sprayer valve units assigned separately above the respective segments are lockable.
- an agricultural syringe valve unit can also be activated in addition to an open position and a closed position in at least one intermediate position, in particular continuous intermediate positions, in order to be able to control the application as required.
- a change in a spreading rate with required intermediate positions of the agricultural sprayer valve unit may be desirable depending on the agricultural application, an expected drift of spray drops due to a wind, the speed of the spraying vehicle, the desired size of the spraying area of the agricultural sprayer, the height of one Spray bar above the floor, a desired drop size or spectrum of drop sizes, the desired fluid flow, a desired angle of a spray cone, and the like.
- the application rate is to be controlled on the basis of information from a global positioning system, for example by specifying the volume flow of the application depending on the position in the field, for example on the basis of position-related harvest data from the last harvest , It is also known to influence a volume flow for the application of the agricultural fluid by controlling the delivery capacity of a pump for supplying the fluid, controlling the pressure in a supply line, influencing an opening cross section of an agricultural sprayer valve unit or using an agricultural sprayer. Valve unit in the form of a pulse-modulated system (cf.
- Agricultural sprayer valve units can be designed as directly controlled solenoid valves, in which, for example, a valve body designed as a valve plate, which comes into contact with a valve seat in a closed position, is directly mechanically connected to an electromagnetic actuator.
- the electromagnetic actuators are formed with a coil and an armature moved inside the coil, the movable armature being coupled to the valve body.
- the electromagnetic actuator must generate an opening force that is dependent on the size of the valve plate and the pressure difference between a primary line and a secondary line of the agricultural sprayer valve unit (cf. DE 10 2013 101 460 A1).
- DE 10 201 1 000 921 B3 discloses an agricultural sprayer valve unit which is designed as a passive overflow valve without electronic control options.
- the size and geometry of a cross section between the primary line and the secondary line is dependent on the position of a valve body.
- the valve body is formed with a weighing piston.
- the weighing piston has a first piston surface which is permanently pressurized in the primary line.
- the weighing piston has a second piston surface which acts counter to the first piston surface and which is permanently subjected to the pressure in the secondary line. The position of the valve body and the size and geometry of the cross-section are thus dependent on the pressure difference in the primary line and the secondary line.
- EP 2 227 949 A1 discloses the basic structure of a field spraying system with the entire fluid circuit and the arrangement of several agricultural sprayer valve units on one spray bar. Agricultural sprayer valve units with pulse-width-modulated control of the movement of a valve body are used here.
- EP 2 979 765 B1 discloses an agricultural sprayer valve unit in which a valve is arranged between a primary line and a secondary line. The valve has a valve body and a valve seat, which in an open position of the valve form a cross-section between the primary line and the secondary line. The valve body is acted upon by a spring in the direction of a closed position and in the direction of the valve seat. The pressure in the primary line acts on the valve body in the opening direction.
- the valve forms an overflow valve in which the valve body is moved away from the valve seat when a threshold value of the pressure in the primary line is exceeded.
- the valve is only opened when the pressure threshold is reached when a pump starts operating.
- the valve body can be held in the closed position by means of a holding magnet.
- a holding magnet is understood to mean an electromagnet in which there is no mechanical movement conversion. Rather, the electrical holding magnet has a coil winding and a core that cannot be moved relative to the coil winding.
- such holding magnets are also referred to as "lifting magnets”.
- a holding magnet designed as a rotationally symmetrical pot magnet is used here.
- Holding the valve by means of the holding magnet is possible with a drastically reduced power consumption compared to an electromagnet with a movable armature arranged on the inside, whereby under certain circumstances high holding forces can nevertheless be brought about. If the valve body is held in the closed position by means of the holding magnet, the overcurrent function can be deactivated by the holding magnet, so that the valve remains in the closed position despite the threshold value of the pressure in the primary line being exceeded. This is to be used, for example, to bring about partial switching off by energizing individual holding magnets of several agricultural sprayer valve units on a spray bar, or temporarily energizing all of the holding magnets of the agricultural sprayer valve unit for the entire spray bar, for example when cornering in a corner area of the field.
- the holding magnet secures an open position of the valve body, whereby the overcurrent function can also be triggered by energizing the holding magnet if the pressure difference between the pressure in the primary line and the secondary line is not sufficient to transfer the valve into the open position. If the holding magnet interacts with an armature that is coupled to the valve body, the magnetic conductivity, the magnetic resistance and the flux density change depending on the position of the valve body and thus the distance of the armature from the holding magnet. When the detention Magnets with an alternating voltage or an alternating current thus change the current profiles, the voltage, the impedance and / or a phase shift in the electrical application of the holding magnet.
- a change can then be converted or converted via a map into a distance of the armature from the holding magnet, which creates a type of sensor for the operating position of the valve body and thus the operating position of the valve.
- the sensor can generate a binary signal (closed / open), a digital signal or an analog signal for the distance of the armature from the holding magnet.
- a faulty operating state of the agricultural sprayer for which the valve is used can then be identified. For example, a drop in the pressure in the primary line (in particular as a result of a malfunction of a pump or a leak in the supply line) can be detected.
- the senor it is also possible for the sensor to detect a blockage in the agricultural sprayer, in particular in the area of the secondary line or in the area of a spraying or dispensing nozzle. It is also possible for a movement of the valve body to be detected, for example as a result of wear or a foreign body in the guide region of the valve body or between the valve seat and the valve body. It is further proposed in EP 2 979 765 B1 that a non-stationary electrical test signal is generated which is applied to the holding magnet, the test signal being specified by a control unit such that the distance between the armature and the armature is as good as possible Holding magnet is possible.
- This electrical test signal can be applied, for example, in the holding position of the armature, in which the armature is held on the holding magnet with a relatively large holding force anyway, so that a small oscillating force as a result of the electrical test signal does not result in the armature being released from the holding magnet , It is also possible for the test signal to be superimposed on the otherwise used electrical application signal of the holding magnet, the amplitude of the electrical test signal being smaller than that of the electrical application signal. As an alternative or in addition, it is proposed that the test signal have a frequency such that the test signal causes a flux through the holding magnet and the armature, which is dependent on the distance of the armature from the holding magnet.
- the invention is based on the object of proposing an agricultural sprayer valve unit and an agricultural sprayer valve device which, with regard to operational safety,
- the invention relates to an agricultural sprayer valve unit in which a primary line and a secondary line are connected to one another via an electronically controlled control valve.
- a valve position (in particular an open position or a closed position) can be maintained and / or changed in the electronically controlled control valve by means of a holding magnet.
- an overflow valve is arranged in the agricultural sprayer valve unit.
- the overflow valve is a passive overflow valve, so that its valve position is not changed by electronic action and / or the valve position of the overflow valve is exclusively dependent on the fluidic pressures acting thereon and any springs acting thereon.
- the electronically controlled control valve and the passive overflow valve are arranged in a series connection between the primary line and the secondary line, so that the flow from the primary line to the secondary line thus both from the position of the electronically controlled control valve and from the position of the passive overflow valve is dependent.
- the passive overflow valve can be arranged upstream or downstream of the electronically controlled control valve.
- the functions are therefore controlled on the one hand by means of the electronic control, which is ensured by the electronically controlled control valve, and on the other hand by means of the overflow function, which is ensured by the passive overflow valve.
- the design of the control valve on the one hand and the overflow valve on the other hand can specifically take into account the respective requirements without mutual interference.
- the threshold value of the pressure in the primary line, for which there is a passive opening of the overflow valve can be specified for the overflow valve regardless of the design of the control valve.
- the passive overflow valve reliably ensures that, before reaching the threshold value for which the overflow valve opens, fluid flows through the agricultural sprayer valve unit, so that drip protection is very reliably ensured.
- the overflow valve is preferably an overflow valve which does not allow backflow and / or which opens from the primary line in the direction of the secondary line.
- the design of the overflow valve can be any.
- the overflow valve can be used as a check valve with a spring-loaded check valve body for specifying the opening pressure, as a seat valve, as a diaphragm valve and the like. ⁇ . Be trained.
- the electronically controlled control valve assumes its closed position without electrical application of the holding magnet.
- the electronically controlled control valve assumes its open position without the opening magnet being acted upon electrically. This was not possible for embodiments known from the prior art, since leakage protection was not guaranteed if the holding magnet was not subjected to electrical stress, for example in the event of a break-in of an electrical power supply.
- leakage or dripping can also be at least reduced if the electronically controlled control valve assumes its open position without electrical actuation of the holding magnet. The reason for this is that, for example, in the event of a drop in the electrical power supply, the control valve adopts its open position.
- the overflow valve used in the context of the invention can have any opening characteristic and can be designed without or with hysteresis.
- the pressure in the primary line acts in a closed position of the overflow valve on a smaller valve area than in an open position of the overflow valve. In other words, a smaller opening force is exerted on a valve body of the overflow valve in the closed position of the overflow valve than in an open position of the overflow valve when the same pressure is present in the primary line.
- the overflow valve may open after the opening pressure in the primary line has been exceeded for the first time, and the opening position for a temporary, slight pressure drop in the primary line, which may also be caused by the opening of the overflow valve, due to the increasing effective valve area the overflow valve is maintained.
- the electronically controlled control valve can have a control valve body, while the overflow valve has an overflow valve body. While it is fundamentally possible for the control valve body and the overflow valve body to act on different valve seat bodies, the invention proposes for a particularly compact embodiment that a common valve seat body is used. This common valve seat body then forms, on the one hand, the control valve seat of the electronically controlled control valve, on which the control valve body comes to rest in the closed position of the electronically controlled control valve. On the other hand, the common valve seat body then forms the overflow valve seat of the overflow valve, against which the overflow valve body comes to rest in the closed position of the overflow valve.
- the overflow valve and the electronically controlled control valve there are various and arbitrary possibilities within the scope of the invention.
- the compactness of the agricultural sprayer valve unit can be increased for a proposal in that the overflow valve and the electronically controlled control valve are radially one inside the other are nested.
- the electronically controlled control valve radially outside of Overflow valve can be arranged.
- the overflow valve is arranged radially outside the electronically controlled control valve.
- the overflow valve has an overflow valve body which has a through recess.
- the overflow valve body can be designed, for example, like a sleeve with any semi-longitudinal section.
- a channel between the overflow valve and the electronically controlled valve and / or a component of the electronically controlled valve can extend at least partially through the passage recess.
- a tappet of the control valve body and / or a guide and / or sealing body for the same can be arranged in the through recess or at least partially extend through it.
- the invention also includes embodiments in which the agricultural sprayer valve unit has a housing which, as additional functions, also forms a component of the overflow valve and / or the control valve.
- the housing is not involved in the formation of the control valve and the overflow valve, but rather only serves to receive and hold and / or support the same.
- the invention also proposes that the housing have an interior, the housing here being able to be formed in one or more parts.
- the overflow valve body, the control valve body and / or at least one valve seat body are then formed separately from the housing and arranged in the interior of the housing (detachable and removable), these being then supported, held and / or guided on the housing can.
- an agricultural sprayer valve device which has (at least) one agricultural sprayer valve unit, as has been explained above.
- the agricultural sprayer valve device can have only the agricultural sprayer valve unit or have additional components such as, for example, at least one control unit,
- a supply and / or discharge line which is / is connected to the primary line and / or the secondary line
- an agricultural dispensing nozzle for dispensing the fluid, a pipe system or a circuit for supplying the fluid to be discharged,
- a control unit is present in the agricultural sprayer valve device.
- This can be a control unit specifically assigned to an agricultural sprayer valve unit, which is part of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, held on it, for example flanged on or arranged externally thereof, and with the agricultural sprayer valve unit via a control line or a bus system communicates.
- the control unit is equipped with control logic, which determines at least one parameter from the electrical application (in particular an absolute value or a profile of a current and / or a voltage) of the holding magnet.
- the parameter correlates or corresponds to a flow rate and / or a degree of clogging of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, the secondary line, a connecting line between the agricultural sprayer valve unit and the dispensing nozzle and / or a dispensing nozzle. If the parameter corresponds to a flow, the parameter for the control or regulation of the application can be taken into account by means of the agricultural sprayer valve unit.
- the parameter for the constipation can be evaluated or signaled as a binary signal for the constipation ("constipation", "no constipation”) or the extent of the constipation can be recorded, processed and / or signaled in several stages or also continuously.
- the control logic of the control unit is preferably suitably designed such that the holding magnet is acted upon electrically by means of a pulse width modulation, the electrical application signal being predetermined or controlled by the control unit. It is possible that the characteristic curve for the flow or the extent of the blockage is determined on the basis of the electrical load.
- This embodiment is based on the knowledge that, regardless of the specification by the control unit, the electrical application of the holding magnet is dependent on the position of the armature and the movement thereof. If the position of the armature or the movement of the armature changes as a result of a change in the flow or a changed extent of a blockage, this can be recognized from the electrical application of the holding magnet.
- an indicated voltage in the coil may depend on the position and / or the movement of the armature.
- a mean value, an absolute or relative maximum value, an absolute or relative minimum value, an incline, a turning point can or can a frequency spectrum or individual values of the frequency spectrum of an FFT (Fast Fourier Transformation), an autocorrelation function and / or a time interval between representative values such as zero crossings, maxima or minima are determined and used to determine the parameter.
- FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
- a further proposal of the invention is based on the knowledge that, under certain circumstances, an electrical application in different phases of the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation is differently meaningful with regard to the parameter. It is possible, for example, that it is advantageous if the parameter is determined on the basis of the electrical supply (also or exclusively) during the OFF phase of the pulse width modulation or the closing movement of the electronically controlled control valve. Without restricting the invention to this experimental explanation of the reason for this, it is assumed that when there is a decrease in flow and in particular a blockage in the primary line and downstream thereof, the control valve body will differ is exposed to fluidic conditions on the primary side and the secondary side. With a blockage, for example, the pressure acting on the secondary side of the control valve body can increase.
- the parameter is determined on the basis of the electrical action (also or exclusively) during the ON phase of the pulse width modulation or the opening movement of the electronically controlled control valve. It is also possible that the parameter is determined on the one hand using a partial parameter that is determined during the OFF phase or the closing movement, and on the other hand is determined using a partial parameter that is determined during the ON phase or the opening movement.
- the type of evaluation of the parameter within the scope of the invention, of which only two alternative or cumulative options will be mentioned below:
- the control logic is designed in such a way that the parameter is determined from a local maximum of the electrical exposure, that is to say the current or the voltage, during the OFF phase of the pulse width modulation or the closing movement of the electronically controlled control valve.
- a local maximum of the electrical exposure that is to say the current or the voltage
- the parameter is determined for several cycles of pulse width modulation. A change in the parameter can then be used to infer a change in the flow and / or the extent of a blockage.
- This change can then only be evaluated qualitatively ("change in the flow takes place” or “change in the blockage takes place” or “change does not take place”) or also quantitatively by the extent of the change in the parameter, possibly taking into account a linear or non-linear dependency or a map, as an extent for the change in the flow and / or an extent of a blockage is evaluated.
- the parameter can also depend on other operating parameters that may need to be taken into account for the evaluation. For example, it is possible to evaluate the parameter as a function of the pulse duty factor used for pulse width modulation. Alternatively or cumulatively, the evaluation of the parameter can also be dependent on the pressure provided on the input side in the primary line or a pressure in a fluidic supply circuit, and thus an evaluation can take place in accordance with this dependency.
- the invention also proposes an agricultural sprayer valve device which has a plurality of agricultural sprayer valve units. Dispensing nozzles are then assigned to each of the several agricultural sprayer valve units. The agricultural sprayer valve units with associated dispensing nozzles are held on a spray bar and are supplied with a fluid to be dispensed via a pump. There is then at least one electronic control unit which controls at least one associated agricultural sprayer valve unit. A central electronic control unit can be responsible for several or all of the agricultural sprayer valve units. It is also possible that decentralized electronic control units are each assigned to an agricultural sprayer valve unit. Finally, it is also possible for decentralized control units to be responsible for the assigned agricultural sprayer valve units, a central control unit then being available which coordinates the operation of the decentralized control units and the associated agricultural sprayer valve units.
- one agricultural sprayer valve unit is permanently in the open position, so that when driving over longer distances in a field (for example for longer than 30 seconds, longer than 1 minute, longer than 2 minutes) a desired volume flow of the fluid is to be continuously applied for longer than 5 minutes or even longer than 10 minutes). It may be desirable to monitor whether the application behavior changes or worsens, in particular due to a blockage of the Agricultural sprayer valve unit, the secondary line and / or a dispensing nozzle. According to the invention, it is proposed that control logic of a control unit controls the control valve into a closed position, in spite of the continuous operation of the agricultural sprayer valve unit desired in the open position for test purposes.
- a test signal can be obtained, which is then evaluated.
- This test signal is the electrical application of the holding magnet, in particular the current which is applied to the holding magnet, for the transfer to the closed position and subsequent return to the open position.
- at least one parameter is determined which at least correlates with a flow rate and / or a degree of blockage of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, the secondary line and / or a dispensing nozzle.
- the occurrence of a turning point or a local maximum of the course or the height of such a maximum can be used as an indicator of the flow or the extent of a blockage for a drop in the current of the holding magnet.
- control valve it is also possible for the control valve to be brought into the closed position in a reference mode, which takes place in particular when it is started up for the first time, after maintenance or in a state of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, for which it is known that there is no blockage and the application behavior is as intended.
- the electrical application of the holding magnet can then be recorded, which is then for one subsequent operation can be used as a reference application, so that a subsequently determined electrical application of the holding magnet can be compared with the reference application and conclusions can then be drawn about the extent of the blockage from this comparison.
- an agricultural sprayer valve device has a plurality of agricultural sprayer valve units, which can be arranged, for example, distributed over a spray bar
- the control valves of the agricultural sprayer valve units are not simultaneously moved into their closed positions for test or reference purposes, but rather this takes place at different times.
- the agricultural sprayer valve units it is possible for the agricultural sprayer valve units to be controlled individually and at different times in the closed position. It is also possible, however, that in a subgroup of the agricultural sprayer valve units, the agricultural sprayer valve units of this subgroup are simultaneously controlled into the closed position, while agricultural sprayer valve units with at least one further subgroup are then moved into the closed position at different times.
- the control logic of the control unit controls the control valve of an agricultural sprayer valve unit into a closed position in a reference operation.
- the electrical application in particular the current
- this electrical application is stored as a reference application.
- the detection and storage can relate to a course of the electrical loading or the current.
- a characteristic quantity of the electrical exposure is recorded or that it is derived from the electrical exposure and stored.
- a characteristic variable a maximum, the time of occurrence of the maximum, a turning point, a rate of change and the like. ⁇ . the course of the current detected, determined and / or stored.
- This reference operation is carried out at a point in time when it is assumed that the agricultural sprayer valve unit is performing correctly, for example when starting up for the first time, before driving over the field or after maintenance.
- the control valve is then (singularly, temporarily or also regularly) controlled into a closed position.
- the extent of clogging of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, the secondary line and / or a dispensing nozzle can be determined by comparing the reference exposure with the electrical exposure detected during the test operation.
- This embodiment is advantageous, for example, if there are manufacturing tolerances in the fluidic chain for dispensing the fluid with the agricultural sprayer valve unit, which lead to the fact that the electrical loading is more or less for different agricultural sprayer valve units even without a blockage of the agricultural sprayer valve unit deviates less from each other. If, in this case, the same criteria were used for evaluating the extent of the blockage for all agricultural sprayer valve units, the quality of the monitoring of the extent of the blockage would be reduced by the manufacturing tolerances.
- the method described above thus makes it possible to make the determination of the extent of the blockage independent of the manufacturing tolerances explained.
- This method can be used for a single agricultural sprayer valve unit that is taken from a batch of several agricultural sprayer valve units that have manufacturing deviations within the manufacturing tolerances.
- a reference operation is carried out successively for several jointly operated agricultural syringe valve units and then for each agricultural syringe valve unit the comparison of the respectively specifically determined reference exposure with the electrical exposure recorded during the test operation is carried out.
- the extent of the constipation can be determined from an absolute or relative comparison of the maxima of the reference exposure and the exposure determined in the test mode and / or
- the invention proposes that reference operation for an agricultural sprayer valve unit be carried out for different pressures present in the primary line. In this case, several pressure-dependent reference loads can then be saved. In this case, a degree of clogging of the agricultural sprayer valve unit, the secondary line and / or a dispensing nozzle can be determined by comparing the reference application for the pressure which was present in the primary line during the test operation with the electrical application detected during the test operation. This can further increase the accuracy and reliability of the determination of the extent of a blockage.
- Another embodiment of the invention has as its object the reduction of the energy requirement of the agricultural sprayer valve device: While it is generally assumed that a permanent supply of current to the holding magnet with a sufficient holding current is required to maintain the closed position of the holding magnet, the invention proposes proposes that, by means of a control logic of a control unit, the electrical application, in particular the voltage acting on the holding magnet, is oscillated between a maximum and a minimum in the closed position of the control valve. In this case, any oscillating course of the electrical application between the maximum and the minimum is possible, an oscillating square wave voltage with a maximum and a minimum of 0 preferably acting on the holding magnet.
- the holding magnet and thus the agricultural sprayer valve unit maintains its closed position.
- the following effects, to which the invention is not intended to be limited, may be responsible for this: a) It is possible that the inertia of the holding magnet and the components moved with it, the resistance forces associated with the movement of the holding magnet as a result of the friction and / or of the forces exerted by the pressure lead to the fact that, despite the reduction in the holding current, the holding magnet starts to move so slowly that it has traveled such a small distance until the holding current rises that, on the one hand, the holding magnet is moved directly back into the closed position and, on the other hand, the very small movement of the holding magnet and the control valve body thus moved is so small that (for example as a result of the unchanged sealing effect of the elastic seal with small opening movements) the control valve has not yet opened.
- the reduction of the holding current in the coil of the holding magnet indicates an opposing field, which ultimately leads to the fact that the holding current is maintained in spite of the reduction of the holding voltage to a minimum or even to 0 or only in such a way is reduced to a small extent that the holding force is still sufficient to hold the holding magnet in the closed position.
- the frequency of the oscillating electrical impingement must then be adapted to the effects mentioned above.
- the frequency of the oscillation of the electrical impingement can be in the range from 100 to 500 Hz or 200 to 300 Hz.
- the course of the current with which the holding magnet is acted on can be evaluated.
- This course is used for a special proposal of the invention in order to determine the point in time at which the closed position of the control valve is reached. This can be important on the one hand for the exact determination of the ratio of the opening times to the closing times of the control valve and / or for an exact control or regulation of the volume flow of the fluid.
- the point in time when the closed position is reached can also be used to adjust the current with which the holding magnet is applied, in particular with a reduction in the current which is sufficient to hold, since an air gap of the holding magnet is closed.
- the ascertained point in time of reaching the closed position can be used to trigger the previously explained oscillating electrical action.
- the point in time of reaching the closed position of the control valve is determined from the course of the current with which the holding magnet is acted on by (possibly after an increase in the current to a maximum to accelerate the holding magnet the opening position, reaching a maximum of the current and a subsequent reduction in the current with the reduction in the gap of the holding magnet), a reduction in the current to or below a threshold value that is correlated with the current that is reached when the closing position is reached is.
- Can increase the security of the detection of reaching the closed position then additionally checked whether an increase in the current is detected, which occurs because the gap of the holding magnet is completely closed.
- Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of an agricultural sprayer valve unit in which a
- Overflow valve is in a closed position, while an electronically controlled control valve is in an open position.
- FIG. 2 shows a detail II of the agricultural sprayer valve unit according to FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 shows a longitudinal section of the agricultural sprayer valve unit according to FIGS. 1 and 2, with both the electronically controlled control valve and the passive overflow valve being in their closed positions.
- FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section of the agricultural sprayer valve unit according to FIGS. 1 to 3, the overflow valve being in its open position here, while the electronically controlled control valve is in its closed position.
- FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section of the agricultural sprayer valve unit according to FIGS. 1 to 4, both the overflow valve and the electronically controlled control valve being in their open positions.
- FIG. 6 schematically shows the course of an electrical application of a holding magnet to an agricultural sprayer valve unit during a period of pulse width modulation, the course without a blockage with a solid line, the course with a lower blockage with a broken line and the course with a dot major constipation is shown.
- FIG. 7 schematically shows the course of an electrical application of a holding magnet of an agricultural sprayer valve unit for the closing of the control valve from an open position and the subsequent reopening of the control valve, with a) showing the course of the current with which the holding magnet is acted on and b) shows the course of the voltage with which the holding magnet is applied.
- FIG. 8 schematically shows the course of an electrical application of a holding magnet of an agricultural sprayer valve unit for the closing of the control valve from an open position and the subsequent reopening of the control valve, with a) showing the course of the current with which the holding magnet is acted on and b) shows the course of the voltage with which the holding magnet is acted upon, wherein in the closed position of the control valve the holding magnet is acted upon with a voltage which oscillates between a maximum and an M in imu m.
- FIG. 9 schematically shows the course of an electrical application of a holding magnet of an agricultural sprayer valve unit for the closing of the control valve from an open position and the subsequent reopening of the control valve, with a) showing the course of the current with which the holding magnet is acted on and b) shows the course of the voltage with which the holding magnet is acted upon, the courses being used as a test signal for determining an extent of a blockage and with a continuous one
- FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of an agricultural sprayer valve unit 1, which can form an agricultural sprayer valve device 2 or can be part of the same.
- the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 has an inlet-side connection, not shown here, which opens into a primary line 3, and an outlet-side connection, not shown here, to which a secondary line 4 leads.
- the primary line 3 is connected to the secondary line 4 via an overflow valve 5 and an electronically controlled control valve 6.
- the primary line 3, the overflow valve 5, the control valve 6 and the secondary line 4 are arranged in this order in a fluidic series connection.
- An electronic actuation of the control valve 6 is made possible via an electrical actuator 7, which has a holding magnet 8 for the exemplary embodiment shown.
- the magnet 8 acts on an armature 9, which carries a valve lifter 10.
- the holding magnet 8 is designed here as a pot magnet 11.
- the holding magnet 8 has an electromagnetically active receiving body 12, which is designed in the shape of a lying U in a longitudinal section.
- a coil 13 of the holding magnet 8 is embedded between the two parallel legs of the lying U in the receiving body 12, the coil 12 concentrically surrounding the horizontal actuation axis of the holding magnet 8 in FIG. 1.
- the inner leg of the lying U in the semi-longitudinal section forms a fixed core 14 arranged inside the coil 13.
- the base leg of the lying U has a passage 15, through which the coil 13 receives an external electrical application signal, for example via a Cable or a connector 16, can be supplied.
- a spring acts between the holding magnet 8 and the armature 9, which is designed here as an opening spring 17 and acts on the armature 9 away from the holding magnet 8. 1 and 2, the opening spring 17 is also biased in the open position shown, so that the opening spring 17 rests with a spring base on the armature 9 and with the other spring base on the receiving body 12 with a biasing force. In the de-energized state of the holding magnet 8, the armature 9 is thus in its open position due to the action of the opening spring 17.
- the control (which also includes regulation) of the electrical application of the coil 14 of the holding magnet 8 takes place via a control unit 61.
- the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 has a housing 18 which has housing parts 19, 20 which are connected to one another by means of a union nut 21.
- the housing delimits an interior space 22, in which the components of the overflow valve 5, the control valve 6 and the actuator 7 are arranged in particular.
- the housing part 19 has a connection or passage 23 for the plug or the cable 16. Furthermore, the housing 18 forms or carries the connections for the primary line 3 and the secondary line 4. The holding magnet 8 is fastened to the housing 18 by means of a fastening screw 59.
- a housing insert 24 is arranged in the interior 22 of the housing 18.
- the housing insert 24 is formed in two parts with housing insert parts 25, 26.
- the housing insert 24 is held firmly in the housing 18 in the assembled state, which is ensured for the exemplary embodiment shown that a circumferential, radially outwardly oriented annular collar 27 extends over the union nut 21 is clamped between the end faces of the housing parts 19, 20.
- the housing insert 24 is multifunctional:
- the housing insert 24 forms a guide 28 for the armature 9 on the side facing the armature 9.
- the housing insert 24 has for this purpose a bore 29 in which a cylindrical extension 30 of the
- Anchor 9 is guided.
- a through bore 31 of the housing insert 24 extends from the bottom of the bore 29, in the area of which at least one guide 32 for the valve tappet 10 is arranged and / or sealing elements 33, 34 act between the housing insert 24 and the valve tappet 10.
- a sealing element acts for the illustrated embodiment
- the housing insert 24, here the housing insert part 26, forms and / or delimits at least one (flow) channel 35, via which the fluid flows from the overflow valve 5 to the
- Control valve 6 can get.
- the channel 35 is formed with radial bores 36 and an annular space 37, in which the bores 36 open radially on the inside.
- the annular space 37 is delimited radially on the inside by the valve tappet 10, while the latter is delimited radially on the outside by a stepped bore 38 into which the through-bore 31 opens.
- a cylindrical outer surface of the housing insert 24, here the housing insert part 26, forms a guide 39 for an overflow valve body 40 in the area of a through recess 60 of the overflow valve body 40.
- a sealing element 41 which is arranged here in a circumferential groove of the housing insert part 26.
- the housing insert part 25 forms (radially on the inside of the annular collar 27) a valve seat body 43.
- the valve seat body 43 forms an overflow valve seat 44.
- the valve seat body 43 forms on the side facing away from the armature 9, here radially on the inside from the spill valve seat 44, a control valve seat 45.
- the overflow valve body 40 is also in the region of its cylindrical outer surface via a guide 46, here a cylindrical inner surface of the housing insert part 25, guided here, in the region of the guide 46, a sealing via a sealing element 47 takes place in a circumferential groove of the overflow valve -Valve body 40 is added.
- a spring base of a closing spring 48 is supported, which is biased between the housing insert part 25 and the overflow valve body 40 and presses the overflow valve body 40 due to the bias against the overflow valve seat 44.
- valve tappet 10 In the end region facing away from the armature 9 and protruding from the housing insert 24, the valve tappet 10 carries a control valve body 52, which forms an annular valve disk 53.
- the control valve body 52 In the contact area of the valve plate 53 with the control valve seat 45, the control valve body 52 has a sealing element 54, which here is at least partially embedded in an axial circumferential groove of the valve plate 53. Further sealing elements 55, 56, 57 ensure that the fluid can reach the secondary line 4 from the primary line 3 with the ring channel 42 without leakage only via the overflow valve 5, the channel 35 and the control valve 6.
- the operation of the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 is as follows: a) First, according to FIG. 1, neither the coil 13 of the holding magnet 8 is energized nor is there a fluid pressure on the primary line 3. As a result, the closing spring 48 presses the overflow valve body 40 against the overflow valve seat 44, with the result that the overflow valve 5 is in its closed position. It is possible that in the closed position of the overflow valve 5, a sealing element 57 acts between the overflow valve seat 44 and the overflow valve body 40. Due to the effect of
- the opening spring 17, the armature 9, the valve tappet 10 and the control valve body 52 assume the open position, whereby the control valve 6 assumes its open position. b) Will, for example, with the start of a conveyor operation of a circuit for supplying the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 or the opening of an upstream valve
- the opening pressure of the overflow valve 5 can be specified in construction by means of the choice of the area of the annular surface 58, the preload travel of the closing spring 48 and the spring stiffness of the closing spring 48. c) If the pressure of the fluid in the primary line 3 exceeds the opening pressure of the overflow valve 5, the compressive force caused by the fluid on the annular surface 58 exceeds the closing force of the closing spring 48, with the result that the overflow valve body 40 is displaced can move away from the overflow valve seat 44 so that a cross-section can be created between them.
- the holding magnet 8 If the holding magnet 8 is initially deenergized, the control valve 6 is in its open position as a result of the action of the opening spring 17, in which an overflow cross-section is created between the control valve body 52 and the control valve seat 45, through which the fluid is created can pass to the secondary line 4 (Fig. 5). d) By energizing the coil 13, the holding magnet 8 can move the armature 9 into the closed position. For causing the closing movement is u. Only a short current pulse may be required. Is the armature 9 on the magnet 8, u. Under certain circumstances, only a holding current is required to maintain the closed position, which can be a factor of at least five, at least ten or even at least 20 less than the maximum
- control valve 6 assumes the closed position when the holding magnet 8 is electrically acted upon, the control valve without electrical loading of the holding magnet 8
- the period 64 is divided into an ON phase 65, in which the control unit 61 applies the required electrical loading 62 to the coil 13, and an OFF phase 66, in which the control unit 61 eliminates the electrical loading of the coil 13 ,
- the ratio of the duration of the ON phase 65 to the period 64, which is between 0 and 1, is also referred to as the duty cycle.
- the pulse duty factor is approximately 0.45.
- Course 67a shows the course of the stream 63 without a blockage when the fluid is being discharged
- the course 67b shows the course of the stream 63 with less clogging when the fluid is being dispensed
- the course 67c of the stream 63 the discharge of the fluid with a larger or complete constipation.
- the curves 67a, 67b which are not completely blocked have a turning point, while the curve 67c has no turning point for the complete blockage.
- the curve 67a has a more pronounced maximum 68a than the maximum 68b of the curve 67b, while the curve 67c has no maximum.
- An evaluation of the courses 67 can thus be used to determine whether there is a blockage or not. It is even possible (for example from the evaluation of the height of the maximum 68a, 68b) to draw conclusions about the extent of the blockage (or also a flow rate) and to determine a relevant parameter.
- the opening pressure of the overflow valve 5 is preferably above 0.5 bar, 0.8 bar, 1.0 bar or 1.2 bar. It is possible, for example, that the opening pressure of the overflow valve 5 is in the range from 0.5 bar to 2.0 bar, 0.8 bar to 1.5 bar or 1.0 bar to 1.4 bar.
- the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 is preferably operated such that the control valve 6 is not opened more or less depending on the current supply. Rather, the actuator 7 is acted upon electrically in such a way that only a complete open position and a complete closed position is assumed (with the associated opening and closing movement between the open position and the closed position). It is possible for the open position and / or the closed position to be controlled permanently.
- pulse width modulation with a change between the open position and the closed position.
- pulse width modulation with a frequency of 25 Hz can be carried out.
- the control valve 6 is preferably opened with pressure support by the fluid, with which a rapid opening movement can take place. This takes advantage of the fact that in the closed position of the control valve 6, a dynamic pressure builds up on the input side of the control valve 6, which is higher than the pressure on the output side, which results in a force acting in the opening direction. On the other hand, the closing movement always takes place against the pressure of the fluid.
- the pressure difference between the input side and the output side in the open position is at least reduced due to the pressure equalization made possible in the open position, so that a force generated by the pressure of the fluid, which is opposite to the closing movement, is at least reduced.
- a special test operation of the actuator 7 takes place for the detection of whether the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 is working properly and, in particular, if there is no blockage thereof.
- an opening of the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 and a subsequent closing of the agricultural sprayer valve unit 1 can be controlled in a targeted manner, the currents or voltages then being used for evaluation, in particular for detecting a possible blockage.
- 7 to 9 the course 67 of the electrical supply 62 in the form of the current 63 is shown under the time 69 under a), while the course 71 of the electrical supply 62 in the form of the voltage 70 over the time 69 is shown under b) is.
- the curves 67, 71 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 between the times t1 and t6 relate to the generation of a holding voltage 72 for a closing of the holding magnet 8 at a time t1 from an opening position of the holding magnet 8, the reduction of the air gap Holding magnets 8 from a point in time t2, reaching the closing position at a point in time t3, detecting that the closing position has been reached at a point in time t4, reducing the voltage 70 to 0 at a point in time t5 to reopen the holding magnet 8 and reaching the Open position and u. It may also be maintained until a time t6.
- the curves shown between times t1 and t6 apply, for example, during pulse width modulation, so that a new section immediately follows the time t6 in accordance with the curve shown between times t1 and t6 and the duty cycle is predetermined by the choice of time t5 , It is also possible, however, for the holding magnet 8 and the control valve 6 to remain in the open position before the time t1 and / or after the time t6, so that individual adjustment to bring about the closed position and also measurement of the period of time for maintaining the closed position can take place.
- the holding magnet 8 and the control valve 6 can be temporarily closed for test purposes, which can be brought about once, or repeatedly or at regular intervals, for example to block the control valve 6 (and / or to detect upstream and / or downstream flow cross sections).
- FIG. 8 shows that in the period between t3 and t5 the closed position of the holding magnet 8 and thus the control valve 6 can also be maintained if, contrary to FIG. 7, the voltage 70 is not held at the holding voltage 72 during this period, but instead the voltage 70 between the holding voltage 72, which forms a maximum, and a voltage of zero, which thus forms a minimum, oscillating back and forth at a constant frequency is switched, which results in the rectangular signal shown in Fig. 8b in the period between t4 and t5.
- a control logic of a control unit determines at a time t4 that the holding magnet 8 and the control valve 6 have reached the closed position.
- t4 is identical to t3, although a short period of time between t3 and t4 may be required for evaluation and signal processing by the control unit.
- the control logic of the control unit Upon detection at time t4 that the closed position is reached, the control logic of the control unit triggers the oscillating switching back and forth of voltage 70.
- the reduction in the voltage 70 to zero does not immediately lead to a reduction in the current 63 according to the curve 67e. Rather, the current 63 is reduced with a relatively small slope, for which the cause can be the counterfield indicated in the coil 13 with the core 14 of the holding magnet 8.
- the frequency of the oscillating switching back and forth of the voltage 70 is dimensioned such that the increase in the current 63 resulting from the electromagnetic variables of the holding magnet 8 within the switch-off period of the voltage has the result that the current 63 only reaches a minimal current 74 and not less. This minimal current
- FIG. 9 shows the generation of a test signal in order to be able to determine whether the control valve 6 (and / or a dispensing nozzle or a secondary line) is clogged.
- the voltage 70 is increased to the holding voltage 72 at the time t1.
- the curve 67f of the current 63 corresponds to the curve 67e of the current 63 according to FIG. 8
- the curve 71f of the voltage 70 corresponds to the curve 71e of the voltage 70 according to FIG. 8.
- a turning point of the curve 67f and / or a maximum is formed for the curve 67f shown with a solid line with a control valve 6 which is not or only slightly clogged, while for the curve 67f shown in dashed lines Course 67f this turning point or the maximum no longer exist.
- the amount of the maximum and / or the extent of a turning point can thus be evaluated to determine whether there is a blockage.
- a test signal according to FIG. 9 can be generated in rotation or only temporarily only for these test purposes. It is also possible, however, that the curves 67f, 71f shown in FIG. 9 between the times t1 and t6 are part of a pulse-width-modulated signal, so that a signal can be used for the evaluation, which is available anyway as a result of the pulse-width modulation and not an additional, not per se necessary closure of the control valve 6 is required for monitoring the blockage.
- the time span of the closure t1 to t3 or t1 to t4 is preferably chosen to be as short as possible, this preferably being less than 100 msec, less than 50 msec or even less than 45 msec.
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