A vision of the future for safe handling of tractors
It is one of 18 special mention winners in the SIMA 2015 Innovation Awards.
This information is recovered from tractor and implement computers — and the user can also choose to embed video coming from one or two cameras installed on the towed machine or the tractor.
Agrotronix say this head-high vision display of all control and guidance systems does not affect the driver’s monitoring of the cab’s field of vision. The user can look in front of the tractor while having access to the information he or she considers essential.
The SIMA Innovation Awards are made every two years for new agricultural technology and services. An international jury of 21 agricultural experts will award two gold medals, three silver medals and 18 special mentions at the SIMA international agri-business show in Paris next month.
Gold medals go to the Claas tractor panoramic cab and John Deere high-speed precision seed drill.
Silver medals go to the Berthoud secure pesticide-products intake, John Deere fully-automated connection system, and Kverneland non-stop combined press-baler.
Merlo’s Transversal Stability System for safety and lateral and rear stability of their telescopic loader was another entry earning special mention in the SIMA Innovation Awards 2015.
To ensure that the machine remains entirely stable, the Merlo system can read, 100 times per second, all of the important parameters related to the stability of the machine — namely the load on each wheel, the position of the telescopic boom, the telescoping, the angle and load lifted, the inclination of the chassis and the recognition of the attachments on the telescopic boom.
The dedicated electronic unit analyses the information from all sensors on board the machine and keeps the driver informed, using the display in the cab, on the stability of the machine in all directions.
The system constantly works out the operational stability parameters of the Merlo telescopic appliance and intervenes, according to the problem, by warning the driver or possibly blocking the manoeuvres that would threaten the machine’s stability.
