Agricultural Machinery Intelligent Navigation System
The intelligent navigation technology of agricultural machinery is receiving increasing attention, and its main advantages include: standardized operation in farmland, which can reduce labor intensity and improve the quality of field operations. Accurately knowing the working position of the car is beneficial for understanding the working situation.
Reduce manpower investment, accurately understand the working situation of tractors, and achieve intelligent operation.Sitting in a tractor equipped with this system, the driver does not need to constantly operate the steering wheel. They only need to turn the steering wheel when the tractor reaches the ground. And there is no need for people to follow the car, saving one worker.
At present, the agricultural machinery autonomous driving market can be divided into the front-end market BM (Before Market) dominated by agricultural machinery manufacturers and the back-end market AM (After Market) dominated by navigation control manufacturers.
From a global market perspective, major agricultural machinery manufacturers have pre installed series of autonomous driving models (GPS Ready), such as John Deere's 8R series AutoTrac technology, Kesner Netherlands' Magnum series AFS AccuGuide technology, and Aiko's AutoGuide 3000 comes standard with Danfoss hydraulic valves.
Looking at the domestic front-end market, Luoyang Yituo's pre installed products are all hydraulic solutions, while Lovol Heavy Industry, Zoomlion Heavy Industry, Changzhou Dongfeng, Shandong Wuzheng, and others promote hydraulic solutions at exhibitions. Overall, the pre installed models in the car factory mainly use hydraulic solutions. But there are also some alternative options, such as transplanters, sprayers, etc. without hydraulic systems, which can only be considered for renovation and upgrading with an electric steering wheel.
The aftermarket is another scene, where both hydraulic autonomous driving and steering wheel autonomous driving have a considerable amount of installation and sales. Looking at the domestic market alone, Tianbao sells both, but the hydraulic system is too high; Topcon mainly provides steering wheel solutions; There are both ways to unite and think big, with hydraulic pressure significantly higher than the steering wheel; Shanghai Lianshi has both, initially mainly hydraulic, and in 2019, it mainly pushed the steering wheel; Lovol has both, and most other companies also sell both.
Based on current data, from 2008 to present, the installed electric steering wheels account for about 20% and hydraulic systems account for about 80% of the entire Chinese market. Considering the new installation volume in the 2019 Spring Broadcast Chinese market, electric steering wheels account for about 30% and hydraulic systems account for about 70%.
