Innovation in Agricultural Equipment

August Altherr European Technology Innovation Center 8th January 2014

John Deere at a Glance

Headquarters: Moline, Illinois, United States

Samuel R. Allen CEO and chairman since 2010

Employees worldwide: 67,000

Total net sales and revenues: $US 37.795 Bn

Net income: $US 3.357 Bn

R&D $US 1.477 Bn 5,7 Mill. each working day

Capital Investment $US 1.158 Bn

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John Deere’s Solution Portfolio

Agricultural Equipment

Construction Equipment

Turf Equipment

Forestry Equipment

Financial Services

Power Systems

Intelligent Solutions Group

Worldwide Parts Services

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Direct Drive Transmission (DDT)

CAN Bus & Distributed Controller Architecture

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6R Innovations

DirectDrive Transmission

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• First patent in 1940 by Prof. Franke

• First commercial usage in 2003 by VW

Electromagnetic Shift Actuator

7

Neutral spring

Bobbin with Coils

Yoke

Armature

Shift rod

Shift fork

Shift finger

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Actuation Current Profile

8

Shifting current

Holding current

Gear engaged detection

Gear engaged Synchronisation phase

Movement to synchron

point Gear engagement

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Tractor Implement Management (TIM)

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HMS iTEC iTEC Pro

Sequence Control

Sensor

Pump

Implement Sub-Net

Termination

Implement ECU

Drawbar Injection

Lighting

TC Server

Tractor ECU

SC IBBC IBBC

Implement Bus

Aux

GPS

VT

Tractor Bus Transmission

Hitch SCVs Engine

Bus Systems

Headland Management

System Learning

Programming into Display

Integration of GPS

Integration of Implement

Functions

Automated • Deceleration • Wrapping • Ejecting • Gate opening & closing

Ball cycle reduction from 45 to 42 sec.

Tractor Implement Management (TIM)

45

42

sec.

Working time

Operator Fatigue

automated

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Communicating Tractor & Implement

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Electrification

Automation Systems

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efficiency precision cost

mechanical –

hydraulical – + –

pneumatical – – – –

electrical + ++ –

6RE Tractor Series

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Efficiency Improvement

• Fertilizer spreader ~ 4kW

• Tractor hydraulic pump ~ 2kW

• rpm reduction ~ ?

Picture: RAUCH Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH

Faster controllability and mass flow calibration enables further significant potential on CO2 reduction

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Sustainable Energy Supply for Agricultural Machinery

(SESAM)

Vision: Decentralized Energy Supply in Rural Areas

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