Claas Saulgau Gmbh

Stefan Birkhofer

Ulrich Boll

Stefan Loebe

Peter Kajtar

Harvesting device, having cutting members () for separating the crop material and/or having receiving members for collecting the crop material, having at least one transverse conveying device () for delivering the separated and/or collected crop material in a transverse conveying direction () running transversely to the harvesting direction, wherein the at least one transverse conveying device () is configured as a screw conveyor (), comprising a trommel () and spiral conveying elements () sticking out from the trommel () in its radial direction. The respective screw conveyor () is conical or cone shaped, such that an envelope surface () of the spiral conveying elements () subtends a cone, which expands in conical or cone-shaped manner looking in the transverse conveying direction.

Harvesting device with a conical screw conveyor

Chopping drum () for a field chopper, having a drum body (), having a blade carrier () and having a plurality of blades () which are fastened to the blade carrier (), each blade () being fastened to the blade carrier () via at least two fasteners () which extend through a fastening section () of the respective blade () into the blade carrier (), and the fasteners () penetrating the fastening section () of the respective blade () at an angle of between 40&#xb0; and 70&#xb0;.

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Stockach, Germany

Stefan Birkhofer