Weichai Lewo Unmanned Farm
With the continuous infiltration of artificial intelligence and information technology into the agricultural machinery industry, the level of intelligence in agriculture is rapidly improving, and traditional agricultural production models are also undergoing rapid transformation. Only hearing the sound of machines and not seeing the busy farmers has become a new form of modern agricultural production.
On June 17, the 2023 China Agricultural Machinery Promotion Field Day was held in Weichai Lovol Smart Agriculture Demonstration Base, Weifang City, Shandong Province. Here, the entire series of intelligent agricultural machinery under Weichai Lovol is showcased in a centralized manner, showcasing the entire process of unmanned driving operations and decoding the intelligent agriculture of unmanned farms on site, allowing people to experience the entire process of "intelligent farming" up close.
Leading by technology, creating a "smart and prosperous scenery" for unmanned farms
In the vast unmanned farm, Weichai Lovol's various types of unmanned intelligent agricultural machinery are neatly arranged, starting operations in the field in sequence. Unmanned harvesting, bundling, sowing, plant protection, and other aspects are closely linked and closely coordinated, presenting a future picture of a smart "unmanned farm", which has attracted continuous praise from attendees.
The first demonstration is the collaborative operation between the Lovol Valley God unmanned wheat machine and the grain truck. The on-site technical personnel only clicked on the "Start" button in the mobile app interface, and these two "iron brothers" drove into the wheat field together, completing the harvesting operation according to the planned route. The Lovol Valley God GM100 unmanned wheat harvester sets off first for harvesting operations, followed closely by a grain transport truck. Based on the operation route of the unmanned harvester and the length of the unloading cylinder, it intelligently plans its own walking route, and accurately maintains its relative position with the harvester through steering and throttle control, ensuring that the grain can be accurately unloaded into the grain transport truck during the harvesting process, with synchronous collection and unloading, and efficient operation.
Subsequently, a Lovol Leopard tractor equipped with a Lovol round bundling machine demonstrated unmanned bundling operations, picking up and bundling crushed straw, transforming the scattered straw into sturdy straw bundles. After completing the bundling operation, three Weichai Lovol CVT high-power intelligent tractors were equipped with Lovol air suction corn seeders, Lovol soybean corn compound seeders, and wheat compound drill seeders for unmanned driving operations, as well as demonstrations of unmanned tillage, unmanned plant protection, and other operations... This fully showcased the "new landscape" of unmanned farm operations, and the entire operation process also exuded a strong sense of technology.
At the same time, each unmanned intelligent agricultural machine for farming, planting, management and harvesting is equipped with intelligent equipment for job monitoring, job quality sensors and other related equipment. The data from the sensors will show the location, status, running track of agricultural machinery, as well as the area, moisture, yield and other information data of crops in real time on the management platform of Weichai Lovol Smart Farm. Users can not only achieve vehicle scheduling, Fleet management Operations and fuel consumption statistics can also make scientific production decisions based on yield distribution maps, help users compare profits, and provide scientific farming and income management solutions.
The person in charge of Weichai Lewo Unmanned Farm introduced that this operating mode has achieved unmanned operations in the entire process of cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting of crops such as wheat, soybeans, and corn. It can also achieve precise management in the field, greatly reducing labor and agricultural inputs, improving agricultural production efficiency and comprehensive farm benefits. This is the direction of the future development of smart agriculture.
The intelligent terminal "comes up with ideas", and farmers have transitioned from being skilled in farming to being "intelligent" in farming. The comprehensive application of Weichai Lovol's entire series of unmanned driving and intelligent system technologies undoubtedly brings more intelligent power to this "Sanxia".
Continuously innovating to solve the industry's "throat locking pain"
If you want to do good work, you must first sharpen your tools. For many years, the core issues of the agricultural machinery equipment industry have still focused on the technical level. For this reason, the No. 1 central document this year focused on "accelerating the R&D and promotion of advanced agricultural machinery", "supporting the integrated application of Beidou intelligent monitoring terminal and auxiliary driving system", and strengthening agricultural technology and equipment support.
As a leading domestic agricultural machinery enterprise, Weichai Lovol has faced industry pain points, continuously overcome difficulties, and solved industry difficulties one after another. It has pressed the "fast forward" button for the high-end and intelligent development of Chinese agricultural machinery, and its achievements are obvious to all. We have successively broken through multiple "bottleneck" technologies such as high-power CVT intelligent tractors and 12kg/s large feed harvesting machinery, filling the domestic gap, replacing foreign imported products, and resolving the "throat pain" of China's agricultural machinery industry.
In terms of intelligent agricultural machinery, as early as 2012, Weichai Lovol took the lead in conducting systematic research on automatic navigation technology for agricultural machinery based on satellite positioning in China. This move not only broke the monopoly of key technologies abroad, but also opened up a new path for the research and development of key technologies for agricultural equipment in China; In 2021, Weichai Lovol grandly launched China's first commercialized CVT intelligent tractor, achieving a leapfrog upgrade in technology iteration in the field of tractors in China; In April of the following year, the domestically produced high-power CVT tractor was delivered in the Jiansanjiang Reclamation Area of Heilongjiang Province, replacing foreign imports.
Holding onto the "bull's nose", solving the "chain drop", and breaking through the "bottleneck", Weichai Lovol's secret is innovation, and only innovation can revitalize the market. Today, Weichai Lovolb has set up a global "big chess game" in North America, Europe and Japan. Relying on Weichai Group's global core resource advantages and technological innovation advantages, Weichai Lovolb aims to fill in gaps, fill in weaknesses, and improve the quality of national agricultural machinery and equipment. As of now, Weichai Lovol Smart Agriculture has built more than ten important national and provincial scientific research and innovation platforms, and has undertaken 138 national and provincial technological innovation projects. It has made strong breakthroughs in multiple key core technologies in the industry, and its scientific research achievements have blossomed in many places. It is also based on the output of continuous innovation that Weichai Lovol is gradually shortening the distance between China's agricultural machinery equipment and the international level.
Not only that, Weichai Lovol's smart agriculture field has surpassed the leading level in the industry. On the basis of intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment, Weichai Lovol actively explores new models and new formats, deeply promotes the development of smart agriculture, expands and extends smart agricultural service business, develops precision operation, operation monitoring and smart agricultural management platforms, transforms from purely providing agricultural machinery products to providing smart agricultural system services, and closely combines the Internet, Internet of Things, Big data and modern agriculture, We have established multiple smart agricultural demonstration farms with scientific research units and cooperative units, developed and promoted a series of new technologies and products required for unmanned farms, and achieved integrated application of agricultural machinery, crops, soil, and environment. We provide customers with modern agricultural services throughout the entire process of cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting operations, striving to achieve the promotion and application of over 20 million acres during the 14th Five Year Plan period.
Smart Services Decrypt the Power Behind Harvest
What is the service? For the agricultural machinery workers who are rushing around in the "Three Summers", it is a "reassuring pill", a guarantee, and even a trust.
During the "Three Summers" period this year, Weichai Lovol spared no effort to comprehensively increase the investment and upgrading of service resources, continuously deepen the "three vertical and one horizontal" 30 character service model, and form a "30 character" service army. We have invested over 3000 service personnel, over 1000 service vehicles, and a reserve of 300 million yuan in spare parts resources to establish a full-time and comprehensive service guarantee system, achieving efficient services with 15 minute response, 4 hour arrival, and 24 hour closed-loop. At the same time, Weichai Lovol is also establishing Weichai Lovol stations in the main operating areas and on the roads that cross regional vehicles must pass through, to carry out system maintenance for cross regional customer vehicles; We have established a dedicated spare parts rapid replenishment team, equipped with over a hundred vehicles, and quickly delivered and allocated spare parts to achieve the service guarantee of "customers follow wherever they go", fully ensuring the return of summer grain particles to the warehouse.
In addition, Weichai Lovol Smart Agriculture continues to leverage its advantages in various fields such as informatization and intelligence, and cooperates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to open the "National Three Summer Agricultural Machinery Cross regional Operation Information Service Platform", providing information including operation supply and demand, health and epidemic prevention, weather forecast, technical guidance, maintenance accessories, traffic conditions, and other information for national operators. Through timely information services, it provides comprehensive support for cross regional operations.
Intelligent agricultural machinery goes on a journey to the "Three Summers", and intelligent services are fully enhanced. It coincides with the launch of national four agricultural machinery to the market this year. In this critical period, Weichai Power will take advantage of its core technology, superimpose the first brand effect of China's agricultural machinery and a full range of agricultural equipment platforms, and Weichai Lovol will use its unique advantages in the industry to create the strongest competitiveness, promote the transformation of traditional agriculture to smart agriculture, and provide strong support for food security and rural revitalization.
