Deere + Company

Deer & Company

Balvanz Land, LLC

Vaughn Bauer

James Randall Peterson

David Maach

Andrew Paulsen

Loran R Balvanz

The present invention is a device to provide a lab consistent accelerated wear test on an agriculture or industrial ground working tool. The circular media bin is filled to a proper level with an abrasive media. The sample tool is moved in a circular path though the abrasive media. A library of consistent accelerated wear test data is accumulated with the device. This library is correlated with industrial ground working tool usage in field conditions. This provides a math model that predicts tool wear and facilitates virtual tool design optimization.

Ground engagement accelerated wear testing device and method

An implement frame having a carriage frame for coupling to a towing vehicle and wheels to support the frame for movement over a ground surface. A pivot frame is rotationally mounted to the carriage frame and a lift assembly is coupled to the pivot frame via a shift assembly. A tool bar is mounted to the lift assembly. The shift assembly moves the tool bar forward as it is moved from the field use position to the transport position. The wheels are mounted to swing arms to move the wheels inward for a narrow transport position.

Implement frame convertible between field and transport positions

An implement frame having a carriage frame for coupling to a towing vehicle and wheels to support the frame for movement over a ground surface. A pivot frame is rotationally mounted to the carriage frame and a lift assembly is coupled to the pivot frame via a shift assembly. A tool bar is mounted to the lift assembly. The shift assembly moves the tool bar forward as it is moved from the field use position to the transport position. The wheels are mounted to swing arms to move the wheels inward for a narrow transport position. All motion is accomplished through actuators, such as hydraulic cylinders, to automate the process making it quick and easy.

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Paton, IA, United States of America

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