Wild Rice Harvester Technology Evaluation & Improvements

菰米收获机技术评价

• 批准号: 561849-2021
• 负责人: Blum, Susan
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Saskatchewan Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724493
• 关键词: Wild; Rice; Harvester; Technology; Evaluation

This Engage proposal is the start of an applied research program between Saskatchewan Polytechnic (SP) andindustry partner North West Communities Wood Products Ltd., which manages and markets wild rice throughNWC Wild Rice. NWC Wild Rice is a fully Indigenous-owned and operated business, working in collaborationwith Métis and Cree wild rice grower/harvesters in the far North West region of Saskatchewan. NWC is proudto partner with Saskatchewan Polytechnic, working together to develop improvements to harvester airboats.Saskatchewan Polytechnic's research team and students will be engaged in developing design elements on wildrice harvesting equipment that offer the highest likelihood to positively impact harvest results for the benefit ofthe harvesters, their families, and the lands and waters where they live and work.This stage of work includes design innovation & early POC (Proof of Concept) hardware development.Saskatchewan Polytech will be in ongoing discussions with the growers/harvesters, and will leverageleading-edge 3D design and advanced manufacturing technology to dramatically increase wild rice farmers'efficiency and profitability. This phase will incorporate electronic-only (virtual) builds to limit iterations andcost. Software can create 3D prints and software driven machining/weldments in SP labs and shops so POCcan be physically seen, tested a necessary using this software model. This research partnership is grounded inthe shared concept that harvesting technology for the North's largest agricultural crop must be efficient,maximize the return on the crop to the grower/harvesters, and protect the health of the environment. To date,there has not been significant technological adaptation and advancement done to support machinery in thisSaskatchewan-based agricultural industry. This lack is especially stark when compared to the advances indry-land farming equipment and technology available in Saskatchewan since the 1970s. This project may bethe first time an investment in engineering research and development, or even any modern efficiency thinking,has been applied to the mechanization of wild rice agriculture.

这项参与提案是萨斯喀彻温省理工学院 (SP) 与行业合作伙伴 North West Communities Wood Products Ltd. 之间应用研究项目的开始，该项目通过 NWC Wild Rice 管理和销售野生稻。 NWC Wild Rice 是一家完全由原住民拥有和经营的企业，与萨斯喀彻温省远西北地区的梅蒂斯和克里族野生稻种植者/收割者合作。 NWC 很荣幸与萨斯喀彻温理工学院合作，共同开发收割气艇的改进。萨斯喀彻温理工学院的研究团队和学生将致力于开发野稻收割设备的设计元素，这些设计元素最有可能对收割结果产生积极影响，造福收割者、他们的家人以及他们生活和工作的土地和水域。这一阶段的工作包括设计创新和早期 POC （概念验证）硬件开发。萨斯喀彻温省理工学院将与种植者/收割者进行持续讨论，并将利用领先的 3D 设计和先进制造技术来大幅提高野生稻种植者的效率和盈利能力。此阶段将合并纯电子（虚拟）构建，以限制迭代和成本。软件可以在 SP 实验室和商店中创建 3D 打印和软件驱动的加工/焊接件，因此可以使用该软件模型对 POC 进行物理查看和测试。这项研究合作伙伴关系的基础是共同的理念，即北方最大农作物的收割技术必须高效，最大限度地提高种植者/收割者的作物回报，并保护环境健康。迄今为止，尚未进行重大的技术调整和进步来支持萨斯喀彻温省农业产业的机械。与 20 世纪 70 年代以来萨斯喀彻温省先进的旱地农业设备和技术相比，这种缺乏尤为明显。该项目可能是首次将工程研发投资，甚至任何现代效率思维应用于菰米农业机械化。