Developing an Automatic Tire Pressure Control System To Improve the Tractive Efficiency of Tractors

In this research it is aimed to develop an automatic tire pressure control system for slippage control in order to improve the tractive efficiency of tractors. The developed system was designed in a flexible structure which can be adapted to all brand and model of tractors. With the automatic tire pressure control system, it is aimed to increase the efficiency of drawbars, to reduce fuel consumption and to bottom out negative traffic effects which will occur on the field. The system consists of electronic control unit, pneumatic control unit, user interface, central control unit and auxiliary units. Evaluating slippage data which electronic control unit gets from each drive tire with the help of developed software; it is aimed to make slippage stay in indicated limit by decreasing and increasing tire pressure. Working with tire pressure control sensors and pneumatic unit integratedly, software speed sensors provided pressure control. In this article, it is aimed to give design and production stages of the system, which is a part of the research, and measurement carried out under the laboratory conditions. In the second stage of the research, the system will be tested in field conditions.