Agricultural Microcombine

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