The “profi” editors are the first to present a Mobile Training Station (MTS) that will assist students studying mechatronics. The equipment is based on John Deere subunits.
We are proud to present a device on which students can learn programming of work on agricultural equipment using ISOBUS and GPS technologies. It was shown at workshops “Agrotronics and precision agriculture – the latest solutions” organised by the National Centre of Agricultural Education (KCER) in Brwinów in cooperation with John Deere Polska.
‘These workshops are cyclical, organised every year for teachers of agricultural technique’, emphasised Marek Rudziński from KCER in Brwinów.
Mobile Training Station
The design of MTS, a Mobile Training Station, was based on John Deere equipment. It is equipped with:
All devices and a battery are installed in an aesthetic casing on wheels with lockers.
School Complex No 1 in Biała Piska
Works on the device took over 1.5 years. The MTS documentation was developed by Tomasz Wysocki supported by Director Dariusz Charubin – both from The School Complex No 1 in Biała Piska. The business support for the project is offered by Sebastian Bartkowicz by Fricke Mrągowo.
MTS will be presented at Polagra Premiery at the “profi” stand. We will inform about this event at www.profitechnika.pl.
Mobile Training Station instead of a tractor!
The School Complex No. 1 in Biała Piska, together with companies Fricke Mrągowo and John Deere Polska created a Mobile Training Station simulating work of a tractor, which can be connected with a machine via ISOBUS. The device cannot replace a tractor during a training for tractor operators, but a larger group of students can be trained on it. It can also be used for exams.
The technical progress that we have seen recently in the agriculture requires continues training of tractor and machine operators. Agricultural schools are equipped with specific devices, but usually their resources are too small for over a dozen students in a group. As only one student can be taken into a tractor cabin for a training in a terminal operation at one time, this way of training has a low effectiveness.
An idea of Tomasz Wysocki
This problem was solved at The School Complex No 1 in Biała Piska. A teacher of Agrotronics,
Mr Tomasz Wysocki, developed a Mobile Training Station, at which several students can be provided practical training at one time.
Mobile Training Station
The development of the Mobile Training Station was possible due to support from the company Fricke from Mrągowo, a dealer of the John Deere brand. The MTS device was based on solutions of this American manufacturer. On a cart of a size similar to a shop cart, an 8-inch John Deere 4240 display in a water and dust-tight enclosure, the StarFire 6000 receiver, the AutoTrack Uniwersal 300 steering wheel and the ISOBUS socket were installed. The entire set is used to simulate work in
a tractor without using the tractor itself. The StarFire 6000 receiver connected to the display and the steering wheel tracks signals from three satellites simultaneously, so it supplies a corrective signal guiding the unit with a 15 cm precision. When MTS is pushed by one of the students, the AutoTrack steering wheel imitates movements of the steering system when the tractor is driven to a selected path. At the same time the 4240 terminal offers full functionality, the same as in the tractor during field works.
Training and exams
MTS is useful in training of students including professional qualification “Operation of mechatronic systems in agriculture” according to the old (MG-42) and new (Rol-08) curricula. What is important, the device can be used not only for training, but also for exams.
MTS in the Fricke Mrągowo range
Apart from John Deere antenna, terminal and steering wheel, the device is also equipped with its own power supply in form of a battery. The Mobile Measurement Station is available in the range of the company Fricke from Mrągowo, from Mr Sebastian Bartkowicz. The cost of the device is PLN 60 thousand net, and the price includes delivery and training in the device operation.
The MTS device could be seen at the Polagra Premiery Fair at the Profi stand. For two days we had with us its creator, Mr Tomasz Wysocki from the School Complex No. 1 in Biała Piska, the director of that school, Mr Dariusz Charubin, and Mr Sebastian Bartkowicz, from the company Fricke Mrągowo.
