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2 Blade Tracker IV Implement Guidance System |
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Probe Box |
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Feedback Sensor |
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Console |
Tracker IV mounting arms mount directly to an existing toolbar and extend rearward to clear existing row units. The bolt-on mounting arms and Tracker IV frame are constructed of 5” x 7” x 3/8” wall tubing. A spindle, yoke, and steering blade are then assembled allowing the steering blade to protrude into the ground surface. The Tracker IV is available in 2, 3, 4, and 6, blade models. Implement size and quantity of steering blades are in direct proportion, with consideration also given to the objective of the implement.
The positioning or angle of the steering discs allows the Tracker IV to effectively steer implement. Drawn implements have the ability to travel laterally more than hitched implements. Sway bars should be removed when using hitched implements to allow the Tracker to adequately correct implement position.
The probe box is mounted to the existing toolbar. The probe box is outfitted with devices (feeling rods, probe balls) to determine the position of the implement in regards to the desired position. This information is continuously sent from the probe box to the console which is positioned in the tractor cab. The console probe button allows the operator to raise and lower the probing device at any time. The Tracker IV feedback sensor is simultaneously receiving information in regards to the position of the steering blades. This information is also being continuously sent to the console.
The console is always receiving information from both the probe box (implement position) and the feedback sensor (steering blade position). The console processes information and then sends that information to the proportional valve which controls the hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder essentially provides the steering discs with the force needed to pivot while submerged in soil returning the implement to the desired position. Once the probe box senses that the implement is in the correct position, the steering blades will return to center and the implement will proceed until future probe box information prompts pivoting of steering blades.
The Tracker IV consists of an endless and uninterrupted flow of information into the console from the probe box (implement current position) and the feedback sensor (steering blade position). The console continuously is processing this information in order to prompt the steering blades to pivot and steer the implement back to the intended course.
The Tracker IV is designed to improve the field accuracy of the implement operator. TheTracker IV is able to be utilized on an array of implements to increase operator ease on multiple platforms. |
