Method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester

US7001267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Willi Behnke · Steinhagen, DE
• Martin Dammann · Harsewinkel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2004
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01D41/127
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester parameters of the threshing mechanism are adjusted with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, the changing automatically and the adjustment includes automatically determining a deviation of an actual crop throughput from the nominal crop throughput, and adjusting at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adaptation to the actual crop throughput; also a combine harvester with the control device for performing the method is proposed.