Weichai Lovol's high-end intelligent agricultural machinery equipment continues to innovate
As an effective driving force for the development of agriculture in China, high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment have become an important symbol of agricultural modernization and a hot topic for industrial development.
From the "spring plowing map" that nurtures hope, to the "autumn harvest map" that ushers in a bountiful harvest, and to the "smart and prosperous scenery" that depicts unmanned farms, every window of the "great country and prosperous scenery" has the wonderful performance of Weichai Lovol. As the largest agricultural machinery equipment enterprise in China and a representative of Shandong's agricultural machinery equipment industry, Weichai Lewo Intelligent Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. has sung the modern agricultural intelligent agricultural machinery march on the field of hope.
After years of deep cultivation and continuous innovation, Weichai Lovol has grasped the "bull's nose", solved the "chain drop", and broken through the "bottleneck". It has broken through key core technologies in fields such as high-power CVT continuously variable speed tractors, intelligent rice and wheat harvesting, agricultural machinery navigation, and automatic operation. It has not only developed into the largest agricultural machinery equipment manufacturing enterprise in domestic production and sales, but also surpassed its peers in the field of smart agriculture and is at a leading level.
Even if separated by 30 kilometers, intelligent operation of 5 tractors can be controlled simultaneously through a remote control. "Wang Futong, a technician at Weichai Lovol Tractor Research Institute, said that this smart machine is China's first independently developed CVT heavy-duty intelligent tractor, which leads the world in continuously variable transmission technology.
However, for a long time, the monopoly of high-power CVT tractor technology and core components in foreign countries has not improved, which is a pain point for Chinese agricultural machinery enterprises. If domestic tractor enterprises fully grasp the CVT technology of tractors, then the tractor product field in China is equivalent to achieving leapfrog upgrades in technological iteration, and its significance is extraordinary.
Weichai leverages its advantages in engine, gearbox, hydraulic, and electronic control, while Lovol leverages its advantages in vehicle system integration to achieve collaborative and win-win results. After unremitting efforts, the R&D team of Weichai Lovol has successively conquered a series of "stuck neck" technologies such as power shifting and CVT continuously variable transmission. The comprehensive operating efficiency of high-power tractors has been improved by 30% compared to traditional tractors, and the fuel consumption rate has been reduced by 10%. It can also achieve completely unmanned driving.
In 2021, Weichai Lovol grandly launched China's first commercial CVT intelligent tractor, achieving a leap in technological iteration and upgrading in the tractor field in China.
In April 2022, the domestically produced high-power CVT tractor was delivered in the Jiansanjiang Reclamation Area of Heilongjiang Province, replacing foreign imports.
Facing the pain points of the industry and continuously overcoming difficulties, Weichai Lovol has solved one industry difficulty after another. As a leading domestic agricultural machinery enterprise, it has broken through multiple "bottleneck" technologies such as high-power CVT intelligent tractors, filled the domestic gap, replaced foreign imported products, resolved the "throat pain" of China's agricultural machinery industry, and pressed the "fast forward" button for the high-end and intelligent development of China's agricultural machinery.
Only innovation can revitalize the market. Weichai Lovol has set up a global "big chess game", focusing on filling gaps, filling weaknesses, and upgrading. Relying on the global core resource advantages and technological innovation advantages of Weichai Group, it has established technology innovation centers in the United States, Germany, and Japan, established a global research and development system, and created industry-leading technological advantages in power, transmission, hydraulic, and electronic control, fully implementing the comprehensive and high-quality development of national agricultural machinery and equipment throughout the entire process.
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.
Building a leading brand for global smart agricultural technology products
National agricultural machinery looks at Shandong, while Shandong agricultural machinery looks at Weifang. At present, the agricultural machinery industry in Weifang has formed an industrial chain led by Weichai Lovol Heavy Industry, with specialized cooperation and supporting from the main engine to components. The variety basically covers the entire process of agricultural machinery production, becoming the largest agricultural machinery industry base in China with advanced technology level.
We mainly export large and medium-sized tractors, tracked grain harvesters, and wheeled grain harvesters with capacities ranging from 25 horsepower to 240 horsepower overseas, covering 128 countries and regions worldwide, "said Tian Dayong, Strategic Director of Weichai Lovol Intelligent Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.
From selling machines to selling solutions, from selling kinetic energy to selling wisdom, Weichai Lovol's goal is to create a leading brand of global smart agricultural technology products and promote China's agricultural mechanization level to world-class.
Weichai Lovol has transitioned from simply providing agricultural equipment to providing smart agricultural system service solutions. The company closely integrates the Internet, Internet of Things, big data with modern agriculture, continues to increase investment in precision agriculture technology and autonomous driving technology development, and vigorously enters the smart agricultural service business to develop a smart agricultural management platform.
Facing the future, Weichai Lovol Smart Agriculture will continue to rely on core industry resources such as Weichai Group's high-end non road full series engines, CVT powertrain, and hydraulic powertrain, further focusing on high-end agricultural equipment, continuously increasing research and development investment, breaking through the forefront technology of agricultural modernization development, promoting the high-end and intelligent development of products and services, and building a world-class agricultural equipment group.
Inserting Wisdom "Wings" for the Development of Modern Agriculture
During this year's "Field Day", during the "Unmanned Farm" operation demonstration area, Weichai Lovol unmanned various intelligent agricultural machinery combinations were neatly arranged, starting operations in the field in sequence. Unmanned harvesting, bundling, sowing, plant protection, and other aspects were closely linked and closely coordinated, completing various agricultural production demonstrations in a very tacit manner, presenting a future picture of a smart "unmanned farm".
Looking closely at these "big guys", the driver's cabin was empty, and technicians issued commands remotely through handheld devices, enabling the intelligent agricultural machinery to enter a clustered unmanned operation mode. It is reported that after being equipped with autonomous driving systems, these agricultural machinery not only achieve functions such as automatic entry and exit, intelligent path planning, dual machine collaboration, and automatic control of implements, but also achieve automatic identification and avoidance of obstacles in the field through intelligent sensing, remote communication, and other technological applications, making traditional "Three Summer" production technology feel full.
We provide large-scale growers with production services such as cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting, and combine precision operation technology to achieve drug reduction, weight loss, and loss reduction. We solve the future 'who will plant the land' problem after the reduction of farm labor force, and lead the transformation of agriculture from 'sweat driven' to 'intelligent driven', "said Tian Dayong.
On the basis of intelligent agricultural machinery equipment, Weichai Lovol actively explores new models and formats, deeply promotes the development of smart agriculture, expands and extends the business of smart agricultural services, develops precision operations, operation monitoring, and smart agricultural management platforms, transforms from simply providing agricultural machinery products to providing smart agricultural system service solutions, and closely integrates the Internet, Internet of Things, big data, and modern agriculture, We have established multiple smart agricultural demonstration farms with research and cooperation units, developed and promoted a series of new technologies and products required for unmanned farms, and achieved integrated applications of agricultural machinery, crops, soil, and the environment. We provide customers with modern agricultural services throughout the entire process of cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting operations.
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 the national machinery operators. Through timely information services, it provides comprehensive support for cross regional operations.
In 2023, the No. 1 central document proposed to "accelerate the R&D and pomotion of advanced agricultural machinery". This means that smart agricultural machinery is providing a new opportunity for China's agricultural machinery industry to "overtake by changing lanes".
Coinciding with the launch of the fourth national agricultural machinery market this year, during this critical period, leveraging Weichai Power's core technology, coupled with Weichai Lovol's first brand effect in China's agricultural machinery and a full range of agricultural equipment platforms, Weichai Lovol will definitely 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 safeguarding food security and empowering rural revitalization
