ALLEN, Robert,BATCHELLER, Barry D.,HEILMAN, Joseph,KERN, Joel,VOLESKY, Robert
申请号：
AU2019205228
公开号：
AU2019205228A1
申请日:
2019.01.02
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
A dry-particulate monitoring system for a machine (13) that distributes dry-particulate to the ground by metering product into a flowing airstream. The airstream is diverted into several tubes (8) mounted on booms covering some horizontal distance. At the end of each tube (8) is a deflector (14) designed to direct the flow of material to a desired location with a particular coverage. An acoustic- based sensor (10) of the preferred embodiment is placed on each deflector (14) to detect material flowing through each tube (8) or pipe or against the deflector (14). The information that is gathered from the sensors (10) is sent to the dry-particulate spreader operator, who is able to view the real time operation of the dry-particulate flow. The system may be capable of detecting presence or absence of flow (i.e., blockage), or may detect variance of flow in individual pipes (8) over time, or variances of flow between different pipes (8).
