• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2020

The agricultural tractor is a multi-purpose vehicle, which is frequently used in the agricultural field. It must be highly reliable in terms of human safety. Design and analysis of agricultural tractors must be performed using actual agricultural workload to maintain high reliability. Additionally, the frequency with which various components and systems are used must also be taken into consideration. In this study, a tractor is built to measure its workload in the actual field. Further, the measured load was analyzed for various farming tasks. The range of ratios of consumed power to engine power was measured to be 42.6%-87.2%, 75.1%-97%, 26.5%-59.2% for a plow, rotary, and harvest tasks, respectively. The results were fed into a transmission simulation model to analyze the strength and life of the transmission components. We conclude that a more reliable product can be constructed by incorporating the transmission analyses using the actual load.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2021

In this study, we installed forward and reverse rotation rotavators on a tractor to measure the load in the field and analyze the power consumed. The rotavator is attached to the rear of the tractor and transmits the power applied from the power take off (PTO) of the tractor to the rotating shaft of the rotavator, and it plows or reverses the soil according to the rotational direction of the rotating shaft. Depending on the rotational direction of the rotavator, the power consumed in the tractor engine and the power transmitted to the tractor axle and rotavator also vary, thus, research of load and power is an essential factor in designing the system. As a field test results, 84.1-93.5% power was consumed by the forward rotation rotavator, and 37.8-57.5% power was consumed by the reverse rotation rotavator. In addition, depending on the rotation direction of the rotavator, the power consumed by the tractor was in the order of PTO and axle. Based on the research results, development of reliable rotavator systems would be possible in the future research.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.80-91
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to suggest the direction for the development of intelligent agricultural machinery technology in the Republic of Korea. For this purpose, intelligent technology of agricultural machinery was divided into autonomous agricultural machinery and tractor-implement intelligent communication technology. Then, a survey and analysis of a previous study of the Republic of Korea and foreign countries were conducted. GNSS-based autonomous driving technology is still widely used worldwide, and recently, as research on camera and LiDAR-based autonomous driving is actively progressing, autonomous driving technology is becoming more advanced. ISOBUS-based technology is being developed worldwide for intelligent control of tractor-attached implements, and major global agricultural machinery manufacturers are actively applying it to their products. However, although some ISOBUS technologies are being researched in the Republic of Korea, there are no cases of application on agricultural machinery yet. Therefore, to be globally competitive in the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry, there is an urgent need to advance autonomous driving technology and commercialize agricultural machinery using ISOBUS technology.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2021

The rotavator is attached to the three-point hitch at the rear of a tractor and uses the power take-off strength of the tractor to perform soil harrowing. During operation, the power transmitted to the gearbox of the rotavator varies with the soil characteristics and depth. These properties influence the reliability of the gearbox. In this study, actual load measurements and analyses were performed using a rotavator. In addition, the safety factor and fatigue life of the gearbox components were determined using the analysis results. Through analysis and tests, the contact pattern of the gear tooth surface was identified. The input power values of the gearbox were minimum and maximum at 54.5% and 84.5% of the tractor power, respectively. Based on the actual load analysis results, the strength and fatigue life of the gearbox components were satisfied. In addition, through the analysis and testing of the gear contact pattern, it was confirmed that a similar contact occurred. Through the analysis, the magnitude of the load acting on the tooth surface of the gear was confirmed.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.1165-1166
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a system for accident prevention of intelligent farm machine. Especially, efficient implementation method of accident prevention system using image sensor and sound source localization recognition system is proposed.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2021

A tractor is an agricultural machine that performs farm work, such as cultivation, soil preparation, loading, bailing, and transporting, through attached working implements. Farm work must be carried out on time per the growing season of crops. As a result, the reliability of a tractor's transmission is vital. Ideally, the transmission's design should reflect the actual load during agricultural work; however, configuring such a measurement system is time- and cost-intensive. The design and analysis of a transmission are, therefore, mainly performed by empirical methods. In this study, a tractor with a measurement system was used to measure the actual working load in the field. Its hydro-mechanical transmission was then analyzed using the measured load. It was found that the velocity factor, load distribution factor, lubrication factor, roughness factor, relative notch sensitivity factor, and life factor affect the gear strength of the transmission. Also, loading conditions have a significant influence on the reliability of the transmission. It is believed that transmission reliability can be enhanced by analyzing the actual load on the transmission, as performed in this study.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2017년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.174-174
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• 2017

농지의 구성물을 인식하는 기술은 농작업 기계를 로봇으로 전환하는데 필요한 기술 중 하나이다. 하지만 실외에서는 태양광과 날씨 변화에 따른 광 조건의 변화가 매우 커서 기존의 영상처리 방법으로 구성물을 인지하는데 한계가 있었다. 본 연구에서는 광 조건의 변화에 따른 영향을 줄이는 방안으로 IR 이미지를 이용한 농지 구성물의 인지를 수행하였다. 농지 구성물로는 토양, 식물, 멀칭비닐, 자갈을 선정하였다. 농지의 IR 이미지에서 농지 구성물을 구별하기 위한 픽셀값을 작게 적용하면 미세한 구분은 가능하지만 토양, 식물, 멀칭 비닐 등을 구성물 단위로 구별할 대는 후처리가 필요로 해지는 문제가 발생하였다. 본 연구에서는 IR 영상의 픽셀값을 평균 처리하여 농지 구성물의 인지를 수행 때의 효과를 확인 하였다. 평균 처리하는 픽셀값이 많을수록 처리속도가 빠르고, 작은 노이즈를 제어하는 효과가 있었지만, 픽셀값이 너무 커지면 구조물의 구별 정확도가 떨어졌다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 농지 구성물 인지를 위한 효율적인 IR 이미지 평균 처리 수준을 확인하였다.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2021

농경지, 농기계, 농작업자 간 IoT 등의 통신 기술을 이용한 유기적인 정보교환을 통해 생산성, 효율성, 수익성을 높이는 지능형 데이터 농업 형태인 커넥티드 팜이 상용화 단계에 있다. 본 연구는 지능형 농업기계의 교육과정과 농업기계 안전교육 성과지표를 개발하고자 ICT, 로봇, 인공지능 등 첨단 기술을 적용한 농업생산의 무인화 및 고효율화 변화에 따른 농업기계의 특허 동향을 조사 분석하였다. 노지용 자동화 기술과 관련해서 미국, 일본, 유럽, 한국의 특허 건수는 각각 541건, 326건, 128건, 85건으로 미국에서의 특허 활동이 가장 활발한 것으로 나타났고, 일본, 유럽, 한국의 순으로 조사되어 한국에서의 농업 자동화 기술이 선진국에 비해 뒤쳐져있는 것으로 조사되었다. 노지 자동화 기술의 세분기술 분야로 보면, 경로 생성 및 추종 기술, 환경 인식을 통한 작업기 제어 기술, 로봇 농작업 시스템 설계 기술, 작물 및 환경 센싱 기술, 수확량 및 품질 모니터링 기술 분야 순으로 출원 점유율이 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2021

As environmental issues have emerged worldwide, emission gas regulations have been strengthened. In the construction machinery sector, studies have been actively conducted to utilize the power source of electric motors owing to the increasing demand for zero emissions. In this study, the gear specifications of an electric axle for construction machinery were selected by considering the specifications of the motor, gear tooth contact pattern, and face load factor. The gear strength evaluation was performed at the system level using the simulation model. The bending and contact strength of the spiral bevel gears and the bending strength of the planetary gear set showed a safety factor of 1 or more. However, the contact strength of the planetary gear set showed a safety factor of 0.92. Conservative results were derived by performing the analysis under the rated load condition of the motor. However, the ratio of the equivalent torque to the rated torque of the motor was 45% or less, hence, it was determined that no difficulties should arise regarding the durability of the axle.