Research of the soil plowing technology on slope lands with a circular profilograph

Abstract

A number of indicators estimates the quality of tillage during field operations. Thus the assessment takes time that is not always reasonable. To control the quality of tillage on slope agricultural landscapes we propose a newly developed technical means for profiling the day soil surface. A specific feature of the technical means is an automated circular scanning with a rangefinder. The scanning radius of the day soil surface can be variable or constant. Processing of the obtained data array is performed in a semi-automatic mode. Thus, we can get full information about the impact of agricultural machine on the soil, i.e. to assess the lumpiness, plowing, furrow depth, straightness of plowing and other measurements within a short time span. Simultaneously the assessment of slope is performed when the machine is moving along and across the slope. The way the machine impacts the soil, shows if soil conditions, adjustments, timing of work and other conditions have been specified correctly. Thus, due to the rapid comprehensive assessment of the impact on the soil, the proposed approach makes it possible to adapt the operating modes to the various soil properties on slope agricultural landscapes in the shortest time possible.