Patent ID: 11856896
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for assisting a compaction-appropriate distribution of harvested material in a flat silo, comprising:
providing a silo vehicle having a control unit;
ascertaining a dry-substance density to be achieved via the control unit as a function of first input variables that reflect material properties of the harvested material;
determining a maximally producible compaction pressure via the control unit by evaluation of second input variables that reflect operating properties or operating specifications of the silo vehicle used for compaction;
ascertaining a maximally permissible layer thickness of harvested material via the control unit for an implementation of a distribution-and-compaction process from the dry-substance density and the maximally producible compaction pressure;
determining a layer thickness of harvested material currently being applied during the implementation of the distribution-and-compaction process in a location-specific manner via a GPS receiver;
comparing the maximally permissible layer thickness and the layer thickness currently being applied in the location-specific manner via the control unit in order to ascertain a target layer thickness of harvested material optimized in the location-specific manner of the harvested material for the implementation of the distribution-and-compaction process; and
driving a regulating device of a distribution tool provided on the silo vehicle to assimilate the layer thickness currently being applied to the target layer thickness via the control unit in an automated manner.