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Baling apparatus

US12372989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGCO International GmbH · CH

Inventors

Steffen Hoffmann · Leipzig, DE
Malte Cornelius Schlichting · Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2022
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01F15/085
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling a tractor/baler combination includes advancing a tractor/baler combination through a swath or windrow of a harvested crop material with a tractor PTO operating at a constant speed to power a drive of a baling chamber of the baler and the baler operating to pick up harvested crop material; assessing the flowrate of the harvested crop material in the baler and the torque of the baling chamber drive; comparing the flowrate with an optimal flowrate and the torque of the baling chamber drive with an optimal baling chamber drive; and, if the assessed flowrate differs from the optimal flowrate or the assessed torque of the baling chamber drive differs from the optimal torque by more than a predetermined amount, changing the speed of advancement of the tractor/baler combination, and changing the flowrate in the baler and the torque of the baling chamber drive.

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