Cnh America LLC

Cnh Industrial America LLC

Cnh Industrial Belgium Nv

Cnh Belgium N.v.

Larry L Hoover

Kevin Michael Smith

Mark K Chow

James D Walker

Carl M Brewer

Stephen W Jacobs

Justin J Snook

Carl J Hagele

Scott C Simmons

Fred M Horchler

Jim Walker

Charles Brandon Peterson

Roger Mast

Carl Brewer

Justin Snook

Monitoring current draw of an actuator associated with a rotating arm on a round baler during a net wrapping cycle is used to determine the position of the rotating arm and actuator, as well as to determine the net tension. The current draw of the actuator may be correlated with the home and insert positions of the rotating arm during the net wrapping cycle; thus by monitoring the current draw, the rotating arm and actuator position is determined and may be provided to aid an operator. The net tension during the net wrapping cycle is a function of the rotating arm and actuator current. A calculation of net tension is determined and provided to an operator, allowing the operator to verify performance issues related to the net tension.

Current sensing of actuators on a round baler

An end cap for a spreader roll has a base portion and a pin portion, wherein the pin portion inserts into a bearing mechanism to allow the material spread roll to rotate. The base portion includes a mechanism to prevent wrapping material stretched by the material spread roll from reaching the bearing mechanism.

Spread roll cap system

An improved mechanism for controlling the pressure applied by the side walls of a square bale chamber comprising two independently positionable opposing pairs of bale tension rails, each pair perpendicularly arranged with respect to each other, whereby a uniform pressure may be exerted on all four sides of the bale in the bale chamber thereby resulting in improved consistency in bale length, density, shape, and appearance.

Side tension rails to control bale length variation in a square bale chamber

Agricultural baler

An improved mechanism for controlling the orientation of a plunger in a bale chamber of a small square baler that positions the lower plunger tail guide further from the working surface of the plunger than the upper plunger tail guide in order to better resist the rocking forces of the plunger in the bale chamber thereby improving the capability of the plunger guides to maintain proper plunger knife clearances and improving the durability of the bearing materials in the plunger guides.

Staggered plunger tail with improved wear surface for a small square baler

A bale kicker for a round baler that employs an adjustable torsion bar, or bars, to impart a rearward force to an exiting bale to ensure that the completed bale is clear of the baler.

Torsion bar activated round baler kicker

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Landisville, PA, United States of America

Larry L Hoover