The 18th International Quarter-Trown Tractor Student Design Competition will kick off in the US

The 18th International Quarter-Trown Tractor Student Design Competition will kick off in the US

An international agricultural machinery design competition with many years of influence. The international quarter-scale tractor student design competition will be held at the Expo Garden Market in Peoria, Ill., in early June. Li Shichao, a researcher at the opening ceremony of the competition, accompanied by Mr. Yan, the vice president of business of the US Shifang International Company, conducted a site visit.

This agricultural machinery event was a very important event of the national agricultural machinery industry sponsored by the American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. It started in 1998 and has been the 18th this year. Each year, there are about 18 agricultural universities in the United States, as well as agricultural engineering students from countries such as the United Kingdom and Israel. Every year, the United States, John Deere, Case New Holland, Aike and other agricultural machinery manufacturers are sponsors of previous competitions, and assign company experts to participate in the assessment of referees. There are 8 awards in the contest, Campbell Science Award, reward test method and data collection; craft award, experts believe that the tractor manufactures high craftsmanship; appearance award: good overall tractor appearance; sports morality award: contestants vote, performance High standards of sportsmanship, teams with all events of other teams; Team Awards: Participants vote for a good team with a team as a whole in the event of a difficult event; Innovation Award: Tractor Design Innovative people; scholarships; will be awarded to each of the top three team members.

The international quarter-scale tractor student design competition provides a realistic and comprehensive student engineering design competition task. The student team received a 31-horsepower Briggs engine and a set of Titan tires. The design of the tractor is designed according to the actual tractor's 1/4 ratio under the guidance of the teacher. The university student independently completes the manufacture of the tractor product, which can be used in practice. All tractors run on a 10% ethanol blend.

Generally, at the end of May and the beginning of June each year, the tractor student design competition will begin. The team of experts from the American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineers scored in six aspects and 22 evaluations to judge each university team's design innovation, manufacturability, maintainability, safety, sound level, and ergonomics. learn. The team also submitted written design reports in advance, and reported on-site to answer their design proposals, showing industry experts the ability and organization of the design team. Test the three properties of the machine, namely tractor dynamics, field operability and durability. After the evaluation of the top three design teams, and given a certain dollar and material rewards.

The Stephen Gulben Festival, the executive chairman of this year's competition from John Deere, tells us that one of the main concerns of today's international agricultural engineering industry is that many engineering students have little or no ability to practice knowledge and design experience. The organizing committee is to design a competition project through students to help students to become a key foundation for talented professional engineers in terms of practical work ability. In the international quarter-scale tractor student design competition, the challenge for students is to utilize the power and torque of a particular tractor engine to maximize the performance of the performance of the tractor pull, design the basic aspects, while considering material, static and power Transmission strength, etc., will vary with the major factors that students design their own frames, drive trains, suspensions, clutches, heavy brackets, and more. Although the 1/4-ratio tractor is similar in size and shape to a typical lawn and garden tractor, some of the designed machines will still be sold and used directly. Through the actual operation of the competition, not only students who participate in the actual design experience competition, they will also gain valuable experience and show their own design. Through hands-on experience and numerous manufacturing process experience, students gain the knowledge and ability to design, manufacture, and assemble design capabilities. Students' communication skills, teamwork awareness and time management will be greatly challenged, and through this practical development, the program will graduate students who can stand out and participate in the design of students to improve the value of being employed by the company's employers.

Compared with China, China Manufacturing 2025 is the action plan of the Chinese government to implement the strategy of manufacturing a strong country for ten years. Agricultural machinery and equipment is one of the ten key areas, and the future development prospects are broad. However, students' practice and independent innovation ability need to be improved. This model of the United States is worth learning and promoting.

(Original title: Look at the American agricultural machinery innovation started from college students - the international scaled tractor student design competition was held in the United States)