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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Agco Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Thomas G. Schrag, Hesston, KS (US);
Larry D. Retzlaff, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A baling system for baling crop material includes a baling chamber. Moveable doors partly define the chamber and the shape of the bale. Hydraulic tension cylinders extend and retract to apply a force to the moveable doors and the growing bale, and transducers measure the lengths of the tension cylinders. An electronic control unit receives the lengths from the transducers, and communicates via a display at least a relative difference between the lengths for consideration in steering the baling system. In particular, the lengths being equal indicates the growing bale is substantially straight and the baling system should be steered straight, and the lengths being unequal indicates the growing bale is developing a curvature and the baling system should be steered in the direction of the cylinder having the shorter length. The transducers may be located external or internal to the cylinders, and may measure the lengths continuously or periodically.