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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2022
Agco International Gmbh, Neuhausen, CH;
Steffen Hoffmann, Wolfenbuttel, DE;
Malte Cornelius Schlichting, Wolfenbuttel, DE;
AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen, CH;
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.