Red Ant Agri · AgriTech / Industrial automation
Red Ant Onion Harvester
Red Ant's onion harvester lifts, de-tops and conveys onions at field pace - but only if it stays precisely aligned to the row. BMEC's contribution was focused: we developed the steering control system that keeps the trailed machine tracking true, so the lifting gear stays centred on the crop instead of drifting off-row.
- Client
- Red Ant Agri
- Our role
- Steering control system
- Discipline
- Industrial automation
- Scope
- Control electronics & logic
- Status
- In the field
The challenge
A trailed harvester naturally wanders off the row as the tractor turns, the ground undulates and the load shifts. When the lifting gear drifts off-centre it misses or bruises onions - and the operator cannot watch the row and drive the tractor at the same time.
Red Ant needed the harvester's steering to correct itself and hold the line, reliably, in a dusty working field.
What we did
- 01
Steering control system
We developed the control system that drives the harvester's steering - sensing the machine's alignment to the row and actuating its steering to keep the lifting gear centred.
- 02
Scoped to the steering
Our work focused specifically on the steering control. It integrates with Red Ant's harvester rather than replacing its mechanics or other subsystems.
- 03
Built for the field
Control electronics and logic designed to run with minimal operator input and to survive the dust, vibration and heat of a working harvest.
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