The Rural Voice, 1983-10, Page 40We're in
BUSINESS
to keep you
WORKING
• Chisel Plow Points
• Mould Board
• Concaves
• Shins
• Landsides
• Feeder Chain
• Coulter Blades
• Raddle Chain
• Grill Guards
• Roller Chain
• Gathering Chain
• Cylinder Bars
• Plow Points
• Grade 8
Fine Thread Bolts
• Grade 5
Coarse Thread Bolts
• Cultivator Points
• Disc Blades
• Hand Tools
• Shop Tools
ALL TILLAGE TOOLS
IN STOCK
Hugh
Parsons
BOLTS & TOOLS LTD.
11/4 mile east of Hensall
519.262-5681
WHAT'S NEW?
PG 38 THE RURAL VOICE, OCTOBER 1983
Interior view of mobile data collection lab that accompanies the Massey -Ferguson ex-
perimental combine to its field test sites. The lab monitors and records data transmit-
ted from 30 sensors on the combine. Test results show possible productivity gains of
50 per cent.
25% more productivity
A combine that steers itself elec-
tronically while automatically con-
trolling harvesting speed and header
height is already being field tested.
Equipped with several microcom-
puters, a combine information
center, and a sophisticated electronics
system, the developmental combine
has been averaging 25 per cent better
productivity over comparable stan-
dard machines. In some cases, such as
uneven soybean crops, it has tallied
daily productivity gains of 50 per
cent.
Being developed by the MF Central
Electronics Group, the experimental
combine is believed to be "some few
years from the market," according to
Dick Jones, director of the Massey -
Ferguson Electronic Centre.
The systems are expected to add
Tess than three per cent to the price of
the machines. In addition to increas-
ing productivity, the new combine's
design will minimize downtime. Ac-
cording to Jones, the unit will be
designed to prevent overloading of
the engine and various critical drive
components.
The four main physical systems on
the developmental combines are: for-
ward speed control which adjusts
automatically to varying crop den-
sities; automatic header height
systems which will be much more sen-
sitive than conventional ones now in
use; an operator information center
which instantly displays harvesting
performance results and grain loss
figures; and the automatic guidance
system which steers the combine by
measuring the position of the table
head in relation to the standing crop.
These systems will also help to
simplify combine operation and
reduce operator fatigue. Various
routine operating decisions and ad-
justments which now must be
repeated continually will be decreased
or eliminated. At the end of each day,
the on -board computers will print out
daily production results and servicing
needs.0
Sano -Rams
Pumping water for no cost is a
reality using a hydraulic ram -pump
designed by Pfister & Langhanss.
Called the Sano -Ram, the system uses
a high flow rate of water at low
pressure head to create a lower
volume flow at higher pressure for
supplying water to homes, farms,
crops or animals. All that is required
is a source of water with a pressure
head of at least five feet.
The ram -pump system requires a
reservoir which is fed by the natural
water supply - a stream, river, dam,
spring or lake, a rigid delivery pipe,