Studies on applications of electronics in wheel slip control of agricultural tractor

Abstract

The slippage of tractor wheels drastically affects the tractive efficiency which needs to be enhanced by regulating and optimizing the slippage. By suitable regulation and management of slip within certain optimum range during the field use, tractive efficiency can be maximized resulting into the improvement of fuel efficiency and field capacity. The existing draft control system is not an effective method as the depth is varied through frequent adjustment of depth control lever by the tractor operators. It is very strenuous and needs efficient judgments and hence, generally not achievable by the driver as per the requirement. The slip control provides faster response than the existing draft control method. The slip control device developed in this study would enable achieving efficient field of 2-wheel drive tractor and is capable of installation on any make and model of the tractor.