System and method for improving windrow dry-down
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for developing appropriate settings for a windrower implement or forage harvester implement, to obtain a desired crop conditioning profile for a target crop. Field crop conditions may vary due to soil conditions, moisture content, and the operator may wish to get crop uniformity when collected. As such, a profile can be developed that provides adjustment data to actuators to adjust machine setting, to provide for a conditioning systems to obtain a desired result. The adjustment data can be generated based on such as the moisture content of the target crop, the target moisture content, and the dry-down characteristics for the crop. The profile can help set the harvesting system to provide appropriate cut and crimp to result in a desired dry-down time to get uniformity in the collected crop.
1 . A system for automatically adjusting a crop conditioner assembly on a windrower machine, comprising: an actuator controller that operably receives input data indicative of: a current crop moisture characteristic; a target crop moisture characteristic; and a crop dry-down characteristic, the control module comprising: a computer processor; and memory that stores instructions configured to, when processed by the computer processor, generate actuator adjustment data indicative of an adjustment to a crop conditioner assembly in a windrower machine to meet a predetermined crop conditioning characteristic based at least upon the current crop moisture characteristic, target crop moisture characteristic, and crop dry-down characteristic; wherein, the one or more actuators are configured to adjust one or more of: a speed of one or more sets of rollers in a roller assembly of the crop conditioner assembly; a pressure exerted by the one or more sets of rollers on the target crop; a distance between each roller in the one or more sets of rollers; and a number of active sets of rollers in the roller assembly; and the one or more actuators adjust the crop conditioner assembly of the windrower implement based at least on the adjustment data.
2 . The system of claim 1 , the one or more actuators further configured to adjust a speed of the windrower machine.
3 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a sensor array comprising a moisture sensor configured to detect moisture content of the target crop indicative of the current crop moisture characteristic.
4 . The system of claim 3 , the sensor array comprising a mass flow sensor configured to detect a mass flow of the target crop into the windrower machine.
5 . The system of claim 3 , the sensor array comprising a pressure sensor configured to identify an amount of pressure exerted by rollers in one or more of the sets of rollers of a roller assembly on the target crop.
6 . The system of claim 3 , the sensor array comprising a speed sensor configured to identify a speed of the windrower machine.
7 . The system of claim 1 , the windrower machine comprising an implement that cuts, conditions, and lays the target crop into windrows for in-field dry-down.
8 . The system of claim 1 , the windrower machine comprising a forager implement that cuts, conditions, and provides the target crop to an in-field collection vehicle.
9 . The system of claim 1 , the stored instructions comprising a machine learning model comprising data indicative of an amount of time to dry-down the target crop based on a current moisture content of the target crop and a conditioning profile used to meet the amount of time.
10 . The system of claim 9 , the stored instructions further configured to utilize sensor data from a plurality of sensors in the sensor array in machine learning model to identify the adjustment data.
11 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of windrower implements, respective windrower implements receiving actuator adjustment data independent from another windrower implement.
12 . The system of claim 11 , the actuator controller generating first actuator adjustment data for a first windrower implement, and generating second actuator adjustment data for a second windrower implement.
13 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a user interface configured to:
display one or more of: the current crop moisture characteristics, the target crop moisture characteristics, the crop dry-down characteristics, actuator adjustment data, pre-determined crop conditioning characteristics; and
to receive user input indicative of one or more of: the data indicative of the current crop moisture characteristics, the target crop moisture characteristics, the crop dry-down characteristics.