Deere & Company

Philipp Benz

Cary S Hubner

Valentin Gresch

Christian Waibel

Tobias Meilwes

Robert Laga

Valentin Stefan Gresch

An agricultural planter row unit has a gauge wheel supported by a gauge wheel arm, to control planting depth. An actuator drives movement of a mechanical stop that bears against a gauge wheel support arm to position the gauge wheel support arm to obtain a desired planting depth. A seed depth control system receives an operator input, from an operator compartment of a towing vehicle, and automatically controls actuation of the seed depth actuator.

Actuator for setting a seed depth for a row unit on a planter

A planter row unit is positioned so a gauge wheel and an opener are in a known position relative to one another. A planting depth actuator that travels along an extent of travel to change a relationship between the gauge wheel and opener is positioned at one end of its extent of travel, out of engagement with a gauge wheel arm and is then moved to an engagement position where it engages the gauge wheel arm. The location of the engagement position is identified as a calibration point.

Calibrating an actuator for setting a seed depth for a row unit on a planter

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Marxzell, Germany

Philipp Benz