CN211090547U - Agricultural machinery equipment adopting factory operation mode - Google Patents

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CN211090547U
CN211090547U CN201921901332.1U CN201921901332U CN211090547U CN 211090547 U CN211090547 U CN 211090547U CN 201921901332 U CN201921901332 U CN 201921901332U CN 211090547 U CN211090547 U CN 211090547U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of agricultural machine technique and specifically relates to an adopt agricultural machinery equipment of operation mode of mill. At present, the agricultural planting is developed towards mechanization, but still many operations are finished manually, and the labor intensity is high, the efficiency is low, and the operation cost is high. The utility model discloses technical scheme: the farmland ridge is fully utilized to lay a track for the frame walking of a portal frame structure, a vertically movable lifting platform is arranged on the frame, an operation chamber is arranged at the upper part of the lifting platform, and farm tools are hung at the lower part of the lifting platform for various farming operations. The utility model discloses the frame spanes plants the landmass, has avoided rolling of equipment to soil, and the operator be located the control room controlgear can, carry out various field operations, need not to step into farmland work to realize the operation that traditional agricultural implement can't be accomplished, saved the manual work, reduced the energy consumption, reduced intensity of labour and planting cost.

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Agricultural machinery equipment adopting factory operation mode
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of agricultural machine technique and specifically relates to an adopt agricultural machinery equipment of operation mode of mill.
Background
At present farming to mechanized, automatic, scale development, agricultural mechanical equipment wide application, the most function singleness of current agricultural equipment, consequently need be equipped with multiple machines and tools such as arable land, seeding, spraying, gather and mutually support, have the time and energy consuming, work efficiency is low, farming is with high costs scheduling problem, and partial operation still needs to be accomplished by the manual work, leads to intensity of labour big, the cost of labor to be difficult to reduce, the concrete performance is as follows:
1. large agricultural machinery equipment has large dead weight, can compact soil when entering a cultivated land for running, is extremely unfavorable for the growth of crops, particularly has deep tracks left after a tractor and the like pass in farming or harvesting, usually needs a micro-tillage machine for secondary rotary tillage, but is difficult to thoroughly crush soil blocks, has common effects, wastes time and labor, and increases labor cost and energy consumption;
2. partial farming operation still can't realize mechanized operation completely, and intensity of labour is big, the cost of labor is high, and work efficiency is low, for example:
pollination of crops is mostly carried out in a natural mode by carrying pollen through wind blowing, insect small animals and the like, for example, corn planted in northern China with high wind power is more full than corn planted in other regions with low wind power; in many areas with small wind power, when pollination is difficult to complete under natural conditions, pollination still needs to enter a planting area for operation, so that the labor intensity is high, and a better effect is difficult to achieve;
spraying (or fertilizing) during the growth period of crops, wherein the operation is mostly carried out in a mode from top to bottom by using large-scale spraying equipment, liquid drops usually fall on the upper surface of a leaf surface, pests generally inhabit below the leaf surface to avoid dangers, enough liquid medicine is sprayed or the pests enter cultivated land for manual operation in order to thoroughly kill the pests, the labor intensity is increased, the cost is increased, and unnecessary liquid medicine is wasted and polluted;
operations such as trimming crops and the like are carried out, and manual operation in farmland is needed to be completed in many cases;
3. inconvenient observation: the sight is blocked due to the shielding of the branches and leaves of the crops (or the planting supports), the growth condition of the crops is difficult to observe, the crops need to be manually walked into the farmland for close-distance observation, and the planting cost and the manual labor intensity are also increased;
4. fruit trees and other crops with higher plants are difficult to enter the orchard by large equipment, and the mechanized operation cannot be completely realized.
In addition, agricultural equipment advances on soft soil, needs additionally to overcome great driving resistance, has increased the operating cost indirectly, has increased the energy consumption.
Disclosure of Invention
To above problem, the utility model provides an adopt agricultural machinery equipment of operation mode of mill sets up the running gear of equipment between the piece, has avoided rolling of equipment to soil, and the operator passes through on the controlgear to can carry out various field operations, save the manual work, reduce the energy consumption, reduce intensity of labour and planting cost.
The purpose of the utility model is realized through the following technical scheme:
an agricultural equipment adopting a factory operation mode comprises:
comprises a power device, a control system and a transmission mechanism which are connected with the power device;
the method is characterized in that: the agricultural equipment hanging rack is characterized by also comprising a rack, an operation chamber, a lifting platform, a lifting mechanism, a traveling mechanism, a main track for the equipment to travel forwards and backwards, an auxiliary track group for the equipment to move leftwards and rightwards, and a hanging rack for hanging various agricultural implements;
the frame is of a gantry frame structure, and the lifting platform is connected with the frame in a sliding fit manner through a sliding block and a group of vertically arranged sliding rails; a lifting mechanism is arranged between the lifting platform and the frame, and the lifting mechanism is connected with a power device to drive the lifting platform to move up and down in the gantry-shaped frame along the slide rail;
the operation chamber is positioned on the lifting platform, and the bottom of the operation chamber is in slidable clamping fit with the lifting platform and can transversely and horizontally move along the surface of the lifting platform; the hanging rack is arranged at the lower part of the lifting platform so as to be changed with different farm tools, and the height of the farm tools is set by adjusting the position of the lifting platform;
the walking mechanism comprises a traveling gear for the front and back movement of the frame and rollers for the left and right displacement of the frame; the travelling gear is arranged at the lower part of a gantry frame of the rack and is connected with a power device arranged at the top of the rack through a transmission mechanism; the rollers are respectively assembled at the corner part of the lower end of the frame of the rack through a lifting mechanism, and the upper and lower positions of the rollers are adjusted through the lifting mechanism;
the working surface of the main track is provided with a rack, each main track is laid on a longitudinal ridge of a farmland, the main tracks are parallel to each other, the track gauge is equal to the wheel gauge of the advancing gear, and the advancing gear is meshed with the rack of the main track when the equipment advances forwards and backwards;
the auxiliary track group consists of two transverse tracks which are parallel to each other and have the same track gauge as the wheel track of the roller, and the auxiliary track group is laid on a transverse ridge of a farmland and is crossed with the main track; when the equipment moves left and right, the roller wheel moves downwards under the driving of the lifting mechanism to be matched with the transverse track, and the jacking rack rises to be separated from the main track and rolls along the transverse track to drive the rack to move transversely.
Furthermore, the lifting mechanism adopts a lifting screw rod mechanism, a hydraulic device, a lifting chain or a lifting rope.
Furthermore, the transmission mechanism adopts chain transmission or shaft transmission.
Furthermore, the lifting mechanism adopts a screw pair or a hydraulic device.
Further, a motor or a hydraulic device is arranged between the lifting platform and the operation chamber to drive the operation chamber to move.
Further, the tooth face side of the traveling gear is provided with a rim for preventing lateral slippage.
Further, the side part of the tread of the roller is provided with a rim for preventing transverse sliding.
Further, still include the auxiliary workbench who is used for local operation in field, auxiliary workbench and stores pylon detachable articulate.
Further, the power device adopts an engine, a motor and/or a hydraulic system.
The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides agricultural machinery equipment for farming by adopting a factory operation mode, which is matched with an operation room through a frame, most of operations only need one or two operators to sit in the operation room to control the equipment to carry out various field operations and manage the farmland, and the operations such as pruning, ear-picking, fertilizing and the like are not needed to be carried out when the operators step into the farmland, thereby greatly relieving the labor intensity of the farming personnel caused by blowing and sunning the air and saving the labor; because the position of an operation chamber (working position) of the equipment can be flexibly adjusted up and down, left and right in a frame of the machine frame, the space below the machine frame is fully utilized, different farm tools are hung on the lifting platform to carry out various farming operations, and the operation which cannot be finished by the traditional farm tools is realized, such as hanging a plough share or a seeding mechanism and lowering the machine to a low position on the ground surface to carry out the farming operation and hanging a picking mechanism to harvest, or assembling a spraying device by utilizing the lifting platform to stretch into the crop row from the bottom to the top to spray the pesticide, assembling a fan to simulate natural wind to pollinate the crop, and the like, so as to replace manual operation; an auxiliary workbench can be hung on the lower portion of the lifting platform, the position of the auxiliary workbench can be adjusted to any position in the land parcel, and the auxiliary workbench can be lowered to a space between crop rows to meet special requirements. Another great advantage of the flexible adjustment of the working position is that the lifting platform is convenient for observing the growth condition of the crops from the upper part of the crops integrally, and the equipment can be applied to orchards, forestry planting and the like by utilizing the characteristic.
Adopt the utility model discloses planting equipment, greatly reduced the cost of labor, alleviateed intensity of labour, the operation does not receive the restriction in time, space, drives into the field at any time and cultivates and survey, has thoroughly solved the inconvenient problem that gets into the arable land of current agricultural implement in the crop growth period. In addition, because the frame stretches across the farmland plot, the defect that large-scale agricultural implements enter the farmland and roll soil is overcome, and the running mechanism of the equipment is matched with the rack rail and the like, compared with the existing wheel-type or crawler-type agricultural implements, the running resistance is greatly reduced, the energy consumption is reduced, and the energy-saving and environment-friendly effects are achieved.
The technical solution of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a front view of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a side view of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a rack rail and track rail profile of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a state diagram during lateral movement of the present invention.
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In the figure: 1. the agricultural machinery comprises a frame, 2, an operation room, 3, a lifting platform, 4, a guide rail, 5, a hanging frame, 6, farm tools, 7, a lifting mechanism, 8, rollers, 9, a track, 10, a rack rail, 11, a traveling gear, 12, a power output shaft, 13, an engine, 14 and a motor.
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As can be seen from fig. 1 to 5, the utility model comprises a power device, a control system and a transmission mechanism connected with the power device, a frame 1, an operation room 2, a lifting platform 3, a lifting mechanism 7, a traveling mechanism, a main track 10 for the equipment to advance forwards and backwards, an auxiliary track group for the equipment to move leftwards and rightwards, and a hanging rack 5 for hanging farm implements;
the frame 1 is a gantry frame structure, two side frames of the gantry frame structure are provided with a group of vertical slide rails, and the lifting platform 3 is in sliding connection and matching with the slide rails through slide blocks; a lifting mechanism is arranged between the lifting platform 3 and the rack 1, the lifting mechanism in the embodiment adopts a lifting lead screw structure, a lead screw arranged on the rack is matched with a thread (lead screw nut) of the lifting platform to form a lead screw pair, and a power device (a separately arranged motor 14 is adopted in the embodiment) arranged at the top of the rack drives the lead screw to rotate so as to drive the lifting platform 3 to move up and down along a sliding rail in the gantry-shaped frame; and a hydraulic device or a hoisting chain, a lifting rope and the like can also be used as a lifting mechanism to drive the lifting platform to move up and down.
Elevating platform 3 on be equipped with a set of guide rail 4, 2 lower parts of control chamber cooperate with the joint of guide rail 4 slidable to installation motor or hydraulic means (pneumatic cylinder) between elevating platform 3 and control chamber 2, drive control chamber along 4 horizontal migration of guide rail.
The hanging frame 5 is arranged at the lower part of the lifting platform 3, the farm tool 6 is detachably connected and assembled with the hanging frame 5, and the working height of the farm tool is adjusted by the lifting of the lifting platform 3; the farm tools such as seeding, fertilizing, spraying, irrigating, pruning, harvesting, picking and the like can be replaced at will according to needs so as to meet the needs of different farming and realize multiple purposes of one machine.
An auxiliary workbench can be hung through a hanging frame 5 to correspond to temporary local field operation; the auxiliary workbench is detachably connected with the hanging rack 5 in a hanging mode.
The travelling mechanism comprises a travelling gear 11 for the front and back movement of the frame and a roller 8 for the left and right displacement of the frame; the traveling gears 11 are arranged at four corners of the lower part of the gantry frame of the rack 1 and are connected with a power device arranged at the top of the rack 1 through a transmission mechanism; in the embodiment, a chain and a chain wheel set are used as a transmission mechanism, and a travelling gear is connected with a power output shaft 12 of a power device; conventional drive shafts and gear sets may also be used to transmit power.
The rollers 8 are respectively assembled at four corners of the lower end of the frame 1 through the lifting mechanisms 7, and the upper and lower positions of the rollers 8 can be adjusted and controlled through the lifting mechanisms 7; the lifting mechanism can adopt a manual or automatic lead screw pair or a hydraulic device to realize the lifting of the roller 8.
The working surface of the main track 10 is provided with a rack, each main track 10 is respectively laid on the longitudinal ridge of the farmland (namely the main tracks are positioned on the left side and the right side of the planting area), the main tracks 10 are mutually parallel, and the track distance is equal to the wheel distance of the travelling gear 11; during farming operation, the traveling gear 11 is meshed with the rack of the main track 10 to support and drive the equipment to longitudinally travel forwards and backwards;
the auxiliary track group is composed of two transverse tracks 9 which are parallel to each other and have the track distance equal to the wheel distance of the roller 8, the auxiliary track group is laid on a transverse ridge of a farmland (namely the auxiliary track group is positioned at the front end part and the rear end part of a planting area) and is crossed with the main track 10, and adjacent planting areas are transversely separated by the main track and longitudinally separated by the auxiliary track group.
When the equipment is used for cultivation, the roller 8 is recovered to the highest position (higher than the working planes of the main track 10 and the transverse track 9) through the lifting mechanism; when the equipment is driven out of a planting area block along a main track, the equipment is stopped above an auxiliary track group at the end part of the block, then a lifting mechanism is started (or rotated) to drive a roller 8 to descend and push against a transverse track 9, and a jacking rack 1 is lifted to enable a traveling gear 11 to be separated from the main track 10; promote frame 1 and make gyro wheel 8 roll along horizontal track, utilize supplementary track group support equipment horizontal translation to adjacent landmass tip, retrieve gyro wheel 8 and transfer the frame, advance gear 11 and the meshing of the main track rail rack of adjacent landmass both sides, carry out the operation of ploughing of next landmass.
The side part of the tooth surface of the travelling gear 11 is provided with a rim to prevent the travelling gear 11 from transversely sliding on the main track 10; the side part of the tread of the roller 8 is provided with a flange to prevent the roller 8 and the transverse track 9 from sliding transversely; gaps (or turnout structure transition) for passing of the traveling gear 11 and the wheel rim of the roller 8 are reserved between the main track 10 and the transverse track 9 at the intersection.
The power device and the control system are conventional equipment, and the requirements of the equipment can be met by matching a diesel engine, a motor and a hydraulic system of a commercial agricultural implement with the conventional control system.
The utility model fully utilizes the ridge between the farmland planting areas to lay the track for equipment walking, overcomes the defect that large agricultural implements enter the farmland to roll soil because the frame stretches across the planting land, and compared with the prior wheel-type or crawler-type agricultural implements, the walking resistance is greatly reduced, the energy consumption is reduced, and the energy is saved and the environment is protected;
the equipment is matched with the lifting platform through the rack, the operation chamber is arranged and the farm tool is hung, so that an operator can carry out various field operations only by sitting in the operation chamber without walking into a farmland to carry out operations such as pruning, ear-picking, fertilization and the like, the labor intensity is reduced as the agro-farming personnel are greatly relieved from being exposed to the sun and hard to work, the soil is prevented from being trampled by walking in the field, and the labor intensity is reduced; the position of an operation chamber (working position) of the equipment can be flexibly adjusted up and down, left and right in a frame of the machine frame, so that the operation which cannot be finished by the traditional agricultural machine tool is realized, for example, a plough share or a sowing mechanism is hung on the lower part of a lifting platform and is lowered to the ground surface to carry out the traditional cultivation operation, or a spraying device is hung and a nozzle extends from the row space of crops to the lower part of branches and leaves to realize the spraying from bottom to top, or a picking mechanism is hung for picking, or an auxiliary working platform is hung on the lower part of the lifting platform, and the working position is adjusted to any position in a land block to stay so as to meet the requirement of local operation between the rows of crops under special conditions; in addition, another big advantage of this equipment is, rise the elevating platform and be convenient for observe its growth condition from the top of crops is whole, or with this equipment application in higher crop planting of plant such as orchard, forestry.
Adopt the utility model discloses planting equipment, greatly reduced the cost of labor, alleviateed intensity of labour, the operation does not receive the restriction in time, space, drives into the field at any time and cultivates and survey, has thoroughly solved the inconvenient problem that gets into the arable land of current agricultural implement in the crop growth period.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, but not to limit the same, and those skilled in the art should modify the embodiments or substitute parts of technical features without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and all shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

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1. Agricultural machinery equipment adopting a factory operation mode comprises a power device, a control system and a transmission mechanism, wherein the control system and the transmission mechanism are connected with the power device;
the method is characterized in that: the agricultural equipment is characterized by also comprising a rack (1), an operation chamber (2), a lifting platform (3), a lifting mechanism (7), a walking mechanism, a main track (10) for the equipment to move forwards and backwards, an auxiliary track group for the equipment to move leftwards and rightwards, and a hanging rack (5) for hanging agricultural implements;
the frame (1) is of a gantry frame structure, and the lifting platform (3) is connected with the frame (1) in a sliding fit manner through a sliding block and a group of vertically arranged sliding rails; a lifting mechanism is arranged between the lifting platform (3) and the frame (1), and the lifting mechanism is connected with a power device to drive the lifting platform (3) to move up and down in the gantry-shaped frame along the slide rail;
the operation chamber (2) is positioned on the lifting platform (3), and the bottom of the operation chamber (2) is in slidable clamping fit with the lifting platform (3) and can horizontally move along the surface of the lifting platform; the hanging rack (5) is arranged at the lower part of the lifting platform (3) so as to replace different farm tools (6);
the travelling mechanism comprises a travelling gear (11) used for the front and back movement of the frame and rollers (8) used for the left and right displacement of the frame; the travelling gear (11) is arranged at the lower part of a gantry frame of the rack (1) and is connected with a power device arranged at the top of the rack (1) through a transmission mechanism; the rollers (8) are respectively assembled at the corner part of the lower end of the frame of the rack (1) through the lifting mechanisms (7), and the upper and lower positions of the rollers (8) are adjusted through the lifting mechanisms (7);
the working surface of the main track (10) is provided with a rack, each main track (10) is laid on a longitudinal ridge of a farmland, the main tracks (10) are parallel to each other, and the track distance is equal to the wheel distance of the travelling gear (11); when the equipment moves forwards and backwards, the moving gear (11) is meshed with the rack of the main track (10);
the auxiliary track group consists of two transverse tracks (9) which are parallel to each other and have the track distance equal to the wheel distance of the roller, and the auxiliary track group is laid on a transverse ridge of a farmland and is crossed with the main track (10); when the equipment moves left and right, the roller (8) moves downwards under the driving of the lifting mechanism (7) to be matched with the transverse track (9), and the jacking rack (1) rises and rolls along the transverse track to drive the rack to move transversely.
2. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the lifting mechanism adopts a lifting lead screw mechanism, a hydraulic device, a lifting chain or a lifting rope.
3. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the transmission mechanism adopts chain transmission or shaft transmission.
4. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the lifting mechanism (7) adopts a screw pair or a hydraulic device.
5. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: an electric motor or a hydraulic device is arranged between the lifting platform (3) and the operation chamber (2) to drive the operation chamber to move.
6. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the lateral part of the tooth surface of the traveling gear (11) is provided with a flange for preventing lateral sliding.
7. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: and the side part of the tread of the roller (8) is provided with a rim for preventing transverse sliding.
8. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the device also comprises an auxiliary workbench for local field operation, and the auxiliary workbench is detachably connected with the hanging rack (5) in a hanging manner.
9. An agricultural equipment for plant operation according to claim 1, wherein: the power device adopts an engine, a motor and/or a hydraulic system.
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