Case Study: Smart Turf Harvesting Machine Boosts Productivity and Reduces Cost

National Instruments' LabVIEW helps customer FireFly Equipment design a smart machine capable of harvesting turf 20% faster while using less fuel.

FireFly Equipment presented its new ProSlab 155 turf harvesting machine, developed using LabVIEW RIO architecture, at NIWeek 2015.
FireFly Equipment presented its new ProSlab 155 turf harvesting machine, developed using LabVIEW RIO architecture, at NIWeek 2015.

The Challenge:
Delivering a high-performance, automated turf harvester that reliably and efficiently palletizes turf in a variety of farming conditions while increasing farm productivity, reducing machine operating costs, and providing a secure Internet gateway to remotely monitor and control the turf harvester.

The Solution:
Using LabVIEW software and CompactRIO hardware to design the ProSlab 155, a smart machine harvests turf 20 percent faster, and uses half the diesel fuel than other turf harvesting machines on the market.

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