Agricultural Microcombine

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Agricultural microcombine - a combine is a complex device that cuts, threshes, and winnows grains and field crops of all sorts. Modern combines are huge devices today, and a smaller one is desirable for a small farm. This is not to say that this design should not be scaleable to larger size, as required to feed larger populations effectively. We propose a hybrid combine, with all parts driven by separate, infinitely speed controllable motors. This eliminates all pulleys and complexity of a single power source powering the entire modern combine. The key here is availability of cost-effective motors and controls, where today, motor controls are prohibitively expensive for such a proposition. OS changes this. With a microcombine under the control of the operator, expensive maintenance is avoided, and full food sufficiency becomes feasible on the tens-of-acres scale.

Development Work Template

1. CEB - Product Definition
   1. CEB - General
   2. CEB - General Scope
   3. CEB - Product Ecology
      1. CEB - Localization
      2. CEB - Scaleability
      3. CEB - Analysis of Scale
      4. CEB - Lifecycle Analysis
   4. CEB - Enterprise Options
   5. CEB - Development Approach
      1. CEB - Timeline
      2. CEB - Development Budget
         1. CEB - Value Spent
         2. CEB - Value available
         3. CEB - Value needed
   6. CEB - Deliverables and Product Specifications
   7. CEB - Industry Standards
   8. CEB - Market and Market Segmentation
   9. CEB - Salient Features and Keys to Success
2. CEB - Technical Design
   1. CEB - Product System Design
      1. CEB - Diagrams and Conceptual Drawings
         1. CEB - Pattern Language Icons
         2. CEB - Structural Diagram
         3. CEB - Funcional or Process Diagram
         4. CEB - Workflow
      2. CEB - Technical Issues
      3. CEB - Deployment Strategy
      4. CEB - Performance specifications
      5. CEB - Calculations
         1. CEB - Design Calculations
         2. CEB - Yields
         3. CEB - Rates
         4. CEB - Structural Calculations
         5. CEB - Power Requirements
         6. CEB - Ergonomics of Production
         7. CEB -Time Requirements
         8. CEB - Economic Breakeven Analysis
         9. CEB - Scaleability Calculations
         10. CEB - Growth Calculations
      6. CEB - Technical Drawings and CAD
      7. CEB - CAM Files
   2. CEB - Component Design
      1. CEB - Diagrams
      2. CEB - Conceptual drawings
      3. CEB - Performance specifications
      4. CEB - Performance calculations
      5. CEB - Technical drawings and CAD
      6. CEB - CAM files whenever available
   3. CEB - Subcomponents
3. CEB - Deployment and Results
   1. CEB - Production steps
   2. CEB - Flexible Fabrication or Production
   3. CEB - Bill of materials
   4. CEB - Pictures and Video
   5. CEB - Data
4. CEB - Documentation and Education
   1. CEB - Documentation
   2. CEB - Enterprise Plans
5. CEB - Resource Development
   1. CEB - Identifying Stakeholders
      1. CEB - Information Collaboration
         1. CEB - Wiki Markup
         2. CEB - Addition of Supporting References
         3. CEB - Production of diagrams, flowcharts, 3D computer models, and other qualitative information architecture
         4. CEB - Technical Calculations, Drawings, CAD, CAM, other
      2. CEB - Prototyping
      3. CEB - Funding
      4. CEB - Preordering working products
      5. CEB - Grantwriting
      6. CEB - Publicity
      7. CEB - User/Fabricator Training and Accreditation
      8. CEB - Standards and Certification Developmen
      9. CEB - Other
   2. CEB - Grantwriting
      1. CEB - Volunteer grantwriters
      2. CEB - Professional, Outcome-Based Grantwriters
   3. CEB - Collaborative Stakeholder Funding
   4. CEB - Tool and Material Donations
   5. CEB - Charitable Contributions