CN114982655A - An automatic feeding device and measuring method for large-pen feeding - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic feeding device and a measuring method for large-pen feeding, comprising a feeding line switch module, which is installed at a position corresponding to a feeding outlet of a feeding line pipe in the field, and is connected to a control circuit; a measuring cylinder is installed on the Below the material line switch module; material level sensor, which is installed at the specified height on the side of the measuring cylinder and connected to the control circuit; the feeding switch, which is installed at the discharge port under the measuring cylinder and connected with the control circuit; full material probe, which is connected to the control circuit; It is installed on the upper edge of the barrel, and is connected to a control circuit; the control circuit, which counts the material quantity according to the feeding times of the graduated cylinder, and adjusts the feeding quantity according to the feeding quantity. The invention counts the feeding amount of each column, effectively reduces the waste of feed, and realizes the goal of refined management. At the same time, the automation of feeding also greatly reduces the labor intensity of breeders.

Description

An automatic feeding device and measuring method for large-pen feeding

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of animal husbandry equipment, in particular to an automatic feeding device and a metering method for large-pen feeding.

Background technique

With the rapid development of large-scale breeding enterprises, the traditional artificial feeding mode is no longer applicable to today's large-scale breeding. Therefore, automated unmanned feeding is an inevitable choice for large-scale modern scale breeding enterprises.

At present, most of the mature automatic feeding systems on the market are the feeding mode for single pens, while the feeding systems for large pens have less related achievements, and most of them are still carried out through the feeding line system and the large feeding barrel. Feeding freely, but it is impossible to know the amount of feed in the bar, resulting in waste of feed. At the same time, it is also necessary to make statistics on the feeding amount of the large pen. By recording the total amount of feeding in the pen, the breeders can know the feed consumption of the pigs in the pen, and adjust the feeding amount at any time according to the situation, which can not only Ensuring adequate feeding and reducing feed waste.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art, and provides an automatic feeding device and a metering method for large-pen feeding. For the large-pen breeding mode, under the condition that the animals in the pen are guaranteed to eat freely, record the The total amount of feed is realized, the statistics of feed amount are realized, the waste of feed is avoided, the manual start and stop of feed by the breeder is avoided, and the labor intensity is reduced.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention provides a large-pen feeding automatic unloading device, comprising:

The material line switch module, which is installed at the position of the material line pipe in the field corresponding to the discharge port, and is connected to the control circuit;

a graduated cylinder, which is installed below the material line switch module;

A material level sensor, which is installed at a specified height on the side of the measuring cylinder and connected to the control circuit;

A feeding switch, which is installed at the discharge port below the measuring cylinder and is connected with the control circuit;

Full material probe, which is installed on the outer edge of the upper edge of the barrel and connected to the control circuit;

A control circuit, which counts the amount of material according to the number of times of feeding of the measuring cylinder, and adjusts the amount of feeding according to the amount of material.

According to the automatic feeding device for large pens provided by the present invention, the material level sensor and the full material probe are both capacitive sensors.

According to the automatic feeding device for large-pen feeding provided by the present invention, it further includes a server, the server obtains the data of the control circuit, and summarizes the amount of material corresponding to the discharge port of each feeding line pipe in the field.

The present invention also provides a large column feeding and measuring method, which is realized by using the automatic feeding device, and includes the following steps:

Obtain the full material detection signal, judge whether the material needs to be unloaded according to the full material detection signal, and if the material needs to be unloaded, send the unloading control signal;

Obtain the cutting detection signal, judge whether the cutting is completed according to the cutting detection signal, and send a stop cutting control signal if the cutting is completed;

According to the stop blanking control signal, update the total blanking times;

According to the number of blanking in the target time period, the blanking weight is obtained, wherein the blanking weight is the reference data for adjusting the blanking amount.

According to a large-pen feeding metering method provided by the present invention, the acquisition of a full-feed detection signal, according to the full-feed detection signal, determine whether feeding is required, and if feeding is required, a feeding control signal is issued, including:

The control circuit obtains the full material detection signal from the full material probe, and judges whether the material barrel is full according to the full material detection signal. The feeding switch sends out feeding control signal.

According to the method for feeding and measuring large pens provided by the present invention, after the feed line switch module and the feed switch are connected to the feed control signal, the feed switch is turned off, and the feed line switch module is turned on. , keep the status until receiving the stop blanking control signal.

According to a large-pen feeding metering method provided by the present invention, the acquisition of the blanking detection signal, determining whether the blanking is completed according to the blanking detection signal, and if the blanking is completed, a stop blanking control signal is sent, including:

The control circuit obtains the blanking detection signal from the material level sensor, and judges whether the material level in the measuring cylinder reaches the preset height according to the blanking detection signal. The line switch module and the feeding switch send out the control signal for stopping feeding.

According to the method for feeding and measuring large pens provided by the present invention, after the feeding line switch module and the feeding switch receive the control signal for stopping feeding, the feeding line switch module is turned off, and the feeding switch is turned off. Turn on, hold state until the unloading control signal is received.

According to a large-pen feeding metering method provided by the present invention, according to the number of feeding times in the target time period, the feeding weight is obtained, including:

Calculate the total blanking weight according to the total number of blankings and the measuring cylinder range within the target time period.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

The invention provides a feasible automatic feeding and metering method for the breeding mode of large-pen group feeding. On the premise that the pigs in the pen can only eat freely, the feeding amount of each pen is counted, which effectively reduces the waste of feed and achieves the goal of refined management. At the same time, the automation of feeding also greatly reduces the labor intensity of breeders.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the automatic feeding device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet of a kind of large-pen feeding automatic blanking metering method of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the automatic feeding and metering method for large-pen feeding according to the present invention.

Description of reference numbers:

In Figure 1: 1. Material line switch module; 2. Measuring cylinder; 3. Material level sensor; 4. Material feeding switch; 5. Material barrel; 6. Full material probe

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. The indicated orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation or a specific orientation. construction and operation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed to indicate or imply relative importance.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms "installed", "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, for example, it may be a fixed connection or a detachable connection Connection, or integral connection; can be mechanical connection, can also be electrical connection; can be directly connected, can also be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be internal communication between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood in specific situations.

Example 1

As shown in FIG. 1 , an automatic feeding device for large pens according to the present invention includes a feed line switch module 1 , a measuring cylinder 2 , a material level sensor 3 , a feed switch 4 , and a full feed probe 6 .

Material line switch module 1, which is installed at the position of the material line pipe corresponding to the discharge port in the field, and is connected to the control circuit;

Graduated cylinder 2, which is installed below the material line switch module;

A material level sensor 3, which is installed at a specified height on the side of the measuring cylinder and connected to the control circuit;

The feeding switch 4 is installed at the discharge port below the measuring cylinder and is connected with the control circuit;

The full material probe 6, which is installed on the outer edge of the material barrel 5, is connected to the control circuit;

A control circuit, which counts the amount of material according to the number of times of feeding of the measuring cylinder, and adjusts the amount of feeding according to the amount of material.

The feed line switch module is connected with the feed line pipe in the field, and is used to control the feeding in the feed line pipe; the measuring cylinder is installed under the feed line pipe and is aligned with the feed line switch; the material level sensor is vertically installed and fixed to the measuring cylinder A certain height of the side surface is used to detect the material level in the measuring cylinder; the feeding switch is installed at the discharge port end of the measuring cylinder; The material probe is vertically fixed and installed on the side surface of the material barrel, and the installation height is located at the edge of the material barrel.

The material level sensor and the full material probe are both dust and waterproof capacitive sensors.

It can be understood that, by adopting the metering device and the scheme of the present invention, the automation of blanking of the large column and the statistics of the blanking amount are realized. The structure is simple, the form is novel and the design is reasonable. The key is that the automatic feeding and metering device has high compatibility and can be applied to the feeding method of existing new and old pig farms. The feeding pipe directly above the barrel is installed with the present invention The metering device can realize automatic feeding and metering of the pens, and can realize unmanned feeding and material quantity statistics for the group-raising pens at a lower cost.

Specifically, the capacity of the graduated cylinder is smaller than the capacity of the material barrel. If the barrel is to be filled, one feeding requires multiple feedings from the graduated cylinder. There is a certain time interval between the last feeding and the current feeding, and the amount of material to be unloaded during this feeding is The weight of feed consumed by the pigs corresponding to the feed level in the corresponding time interval. The next feeding time can be determined according to the volume of the barrel, the amount of material and the time interval.

Optionally, a vibrator can be set under the material barrel, after the measuring cylinder is unloaded, the material barrel is vibrated, and then the full material probe detects whether the material barrel is full, which improves the detection accuracy of the full material probe.

Optionally, according to the weight of the feed fed this time and the feed fed last time, the difference between the two values in the same unit time can be calculated, and a threshold value range can be set for the value difference. If it exceeds the threshold value range, an alarm signal will be issued. .

Optionally, let S _ij be the material amount of the j-th material position on the i-th material line at a certain unloading time, and fill the material bucket at the first set time, for example, at six o’clock in the morning every day, all materials are filled. Bucket full. Then set a warning value for the bucket. For example, only one-fifth or one-third of the feed in the bucket is left, and the time required for each bucket to reach the warning value can be calculated according to the amount of feed, whichever is the fastest. The time is the time of timing blanking. After the timing blanking time arrives, the control circuit will send out blanking control signals in batches. After the number of times, the control circuit sends out a stop cutting control signal, and the cutting is stopped uniformly. Then at the second set time (for example, 9:00 pm every day), the remaining feed weight in the bucket is detected, and it is judged whether it needs to be cut according to the remaining feed weight. By adopting the above technical scheme, the freshness of the feed can be ensured, the remaining feed can be reduced as much as possible, and the control circuit works at a fixed time, which can reduce the power consumption and improve the service life of the control circuit.

Embodiment 2

As shown in Figure 2, the present invention also provides a large-pen feeding and measuring method, which is realized by using the automatic feeding device, and includes the following steps:

S100, acquiring a full-material detection signal, and judging whether the material needs to be unloaded according to the full-material detection signal, and if the material needs to be unloaded, a cutting control signal is issued;

S200, acquiring a blanking detection signal, and judging whether the blanking is completed according to the blanking detection signal, and if the blanking is completed, a stop blanking control signal is issued;

S300, update the total number of blanking according to the control signal for stopping blanking;

S400, according to the number of blanking in the target time period, obtain the blanking weight, wherein the blanking weight is reference data for adjusting the blanking amount.

On the basis of the above embodiment, as an optional embodiment, the acquisition of the full material detection signal, according to the full material detection signal to determine whether the material needs to be unloaded, if the material needs to be unloaded, the unloading control signal is sent, including :

The control circuit obtains the full material detection signal from the full material probe, and judges whether the material barrel is full according to the full material detection signal. The feeding switch sends out feeding control signal.

Optionally, after the feed line switch module and the feed switch receive the feed control signal, the feed switch is turned off, the feed line switch module is turned on, and remains in the state until the feed stop control is received. Signal.

On the basis of the above embodiment, as an optional embodiment, the acquisition of the blanking detection signal, according to the blanking detection signal to determine whether the blanking is completed, if the blanking is completed, a stop blanking control signal is sent, include:

The control circuit obtains the blanking detection signal from the material level sensor, and judges whether the material level in the measuring cylinder reaches the preset height according to the blanking detection signal. The line switch module and the feeding switch send out the control signal for stopping feeding.

Optionally, after the feed line switch module and the feed switch receive the stop cutting control signal, the feed line switch module is turned off, the feed switch is turned on, and the state is maintained until the feed stop is received. material control signal.

On the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, as an optional embodiment, according to the number of times of blanking in the target time period, the weight of blanking is obtained, including:

Calculate the total blanking weight according to the total number of blankings and the measuring cylinder range within the target time period.

As shown in Figure 3, the following is an example of a large-pen feeding automatic feeding and metering method provided by the present invention, including the following steps:

S02, according to whether the position of the feed in the barrel reaches the position of the full-feed probe, the full-feed probe will generate the presence or absence of a signal, and transmit the signal to the control circuit. If the control circuit detects the signal, step S07 is performed; otherwise, step S03 is performed;

S03, the material line switch module is turned on after receiving the control signal, and the blanking switch is turned off after receiving the control signal;

S04, the material level sensor detects whether the material level in the measuring cylinder reaches the preset height, if the material level sensor generates a signal and transmits it to the control circuit, then step S05 is performed; otherwise, step S03 is performed;

S05, the material line switch module is turned off after receiving the control signal, and the feeding switch is turned on after receiving the control signal;

S06, the background system automatically accumulates the cutting times and refreshes the total cutting times. After the single feeding process is completed, return to step S02 to determine whether the material bucket is full;

S07, the background system calculates the total weight of the current blanking according to the total number of blanking times and the measuring cylinder range, and records the data.

Finally, the total weight of this feeding is calculated, that is, the amount of feed eaten by the pigs in this pen during the period before this feeding and after the last feeding.

The following steps may also be included before the step S02:

S01, initialization.

The step S01 may include the following steps:

S011, the material line system in the field has been turned on, and the material is normally fed in the material line pipe;

The step S03 includes the following steps:

S031, after the feed line switch module is turned on and the feed switch is turned off, the state will remain unchanged until the next control signal is received;

The step S05 includes the following steps:

S051, the opening time of the feeding switch depends on the measuring cylinder range, and it is necessary to ensure that the feed in the measuring cylinder is completely empty within the opening time of the switch;

The step S06 includes the following steps:

S061, the background system accumulates the number of times of blanking in this column;

SUM=SUM+1,

Among them, SUM is the total number of blanking in this blanking process.

The step S07 includes the following steps:

S071, the background system accumulatively calculates the weight of this cutting;

G=SUM*m,

Among them, G is the total weight of this feeding, that is, the feed grains eaten by the pigs in the last period of time; SUM is the total feeding times of this feeding process; m is the measuring cylinder range, that is, the feeding switch every time The amount of material released from the measuring cylinder is opened once, which can be configured on site according to actual needs.

Optionally, a vibrator can be set under the material barrel, after the measuring cylinder is unloaded, the material barrel is vibrated, and then the full material probe detects whether the material barrel is full, which improves the detection accuracy of the full material probe.

Optionally, according to the weight of the feed fed this time and the feed fed last time, the difference between the two values within a unit time can be calculated, and a threshold value range can be set for the value difference. If the value exceeds the threshold value range, an alarm signal is issued.

Optionally, let S _ij be the material amount of the j-th material position on the i-th material line at a certain unloading time, and fill the material bucket at the first set time, for example, at six o’clock in the morning every day, all materials are filled. Bucket full. Then set a warning value for the bucket. For example, only one-fifth or one-third of the feed in the bucket is left, and the time required for each bucket to reach the warning value can be calculated according to the amount of feed, whichever is the fastest. The time is the time of timing blanking. After the timing blanking time arrives, the control circuit will send out blanking control signals in batches. After the number of times, the control circuit sends out a stop cutting control signal, and the cutting is stopped uniformly. Then at the second set time (for example, 9:00 pm every day), the remaining feed weight in the bucket is detected, and it is judged whether it needs to be cut according to the remaining feed weight. By adopting the above technical scheme, the freshness of the feed can be ensured, the remaining feed can be reduced as much as possible, and the control circuit works at a fixed time, which can reduce the power consumption and improve the service life of the control circuit.

The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: it provides an economical and practical automatic feeding device and metering scheme for large-pen feeding. The cumulative feeding amount can be known by the opening and closing times of the graduated cylinder. The background system counts the feeding amount of each column every day and each month, which is helpful for the refined management of large-pen breeding and feeding, rational use of feed, and reduction of waste. , to achieve the "cost reduction and efficiency increase" of aquaculture. In addition, the feeding device has a simple structure, low installation cost and post-maintenance cost, and has strong applicability, and can realize automatic control of large-pen feeding and feeding quantity statistics without large-scale modification of the feeding line of the pig farm.

The above descriptions are only the embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies Fields are similarly included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. a large bar feeding automatic feeding device, is characterized in that, comprises: The material line switch module, which is installed at the position of the material line pipe in the field corresponding to the discharge port, and is connected to the control circuit; a graduated cylinder, which is installed below the material line switch module; A material level sensor, which is installed at a specified height on the side of the measuring cylinder and connected to the control circuit; A feeding switch, which is installed at the discharge port below the measuring cylinder and is connected with the control circuit; Full material probe, which is installed on the outer edge of the upper edge of the barrel and connected to the control circuit; A control circuit, which counts the amount of material according to the number of times of feeding of the measuring cylinder, and adjusts the amount of feeding according to the amount of material. 2 . The automatic feeding device for large-pen feeding according to claim 1 , wherein the material level sensor and the full material probe are both capacitive sensors. 3 . 3. The automatic feeding device for large-pen feeding according to claim 1, further comprising a server, the server obtains the data of the control circuit, and summarizes the corresponding discharges of the feeding pipes in each field mouth volume. 4. a large column feeding and measuring method, is characterized in that, utilizes the automatic feeding device described in any one of claim 1-3 to realize, comprises the steps: Obtain the full material detection signal, judge whether the material needs to be unloaded according to the full material detection signal, and if the material needs to be unloaded, send the unloading control signal; Obtain the cutting detection signal, judge whether the cutting is completed according to the cutting detection signal, and send a stop cutting control signal if the cutting is completed; According to the stop blanking control signal, update the total blanking times; According to the number of blanking in the target time period, the blanking weight is obtained, wherein the blanking weight is the reference data for adjusting the blanking amount. 5. A large-pen feeding metering method according to claim 4, characterized in that, the acquisition of a full-feed detection signal, according to the full-feed detection signal, to determine whether feeding is required, and if feeding is required, it is sent out. Blanking control signals, including: The control circuit obtains the full material detection signal from the full material probe, and judges whether the material barrel is full according to the full material detection signal. The feeding switch sends out feeding control signal. 6 . The method for feeding and measuring large pens according to claim 5 , wherein after the feed line switch module and the feed switch are connected to the feed control signal, the feed switch is turned off. 7 . , the material line switch module is turned on, and remains in the state until receiving a control signal to stop feeding. 7. A kind of large-pen feeding measurement method according to claim 4, is characterized in that, described acquisition blanking detection signal, according to described blanking detection signal to judge whether to finish blanking, if finish blanking, then send out. Stop blanking control signals, including: The control circuit obtains the blanking detection signal from the material level sensor, and judges whether the material level in the measuring cylinder reaches the preset height according to the blanking detection signal. The line switch module and the feeding switch send out the control signal for stopping feeding. 8 . The method for feeding and measuring large pens according to claim 7 , wherein after the feeding line switch module and the feeding switch are connected to the control signal for stopping feeding, the feeding line switch The module is closed, the feeding switch is turned on, and the state is maintained until the feeding control signal is received. 9. a kind of large bar feeding and measuring method according to claim 4, is characterized in that, described according to the number of times of unloading in the target time period, obtains the weight of unloading, comprising: Calculate the total blanking weight according to the total number of blankings and the measuring cylinder range within the target time period.

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