Remote Controls on an Agricultural Tractor for Performing ASAE/SAE Field Upset Tests

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• Personal Author:
  Homce, Gerald T. ; Lutz TJ
• Description:
  A standard Ford 4600 agricultural tractor was converted to remote control to perform ASAE/SAE field upset tests (rear rollover and side rollover). This paper discusses the engineering process to develop a remote-controlled tractor in determining the critical parameters of operation, to choosing appropriate actuators, designing the circuitry to control them, installing the actuators on the tractor, testing the system for functionality and then conducting numerous overturn tests. The system used off-the-shelf components for simplicity, replaceability, and economic concerns. The remote control system has withstood 21 tests to date with no failures and will continue to be used for at least three more years of testing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Agriculture Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Agricultural Machinery Machine Operation Machine Operators Safety Engineering Safety Equipment Safety Research
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020990
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 93rd Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Paper No. 007004, Milwaukee, WI, July 9-12, 2000. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2000 Jul; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:80feff98c43ec053303a16ec992dc4b2454792e50f748adbc0d717508e55b4bc089bdd40374586ced3b6f414bdd4eb1d807a1430e2553eb40f0b1766dea82f65
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220428/cdc_220428_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.28 MB ]