Forage harvester adjustment apparatus
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsWilhelm Tschirdewahn, Markus Uhl, Burkhard Freiburg-Neuhaus
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AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsWilhelm Tschirdewahn, Markus Uhl, Burkhard Freiburg-Neuhaus
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An adjustment apparatus for a forage harvester having a shear bar adjustably mounted on a housing. A chopper drum is supported from the housing and mounted for rotation about an axis and further provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced knife supports to which at least one chopper knife can be adjustably secured. In use the chopper knives cooperate with the shear bar to chop incoming crop. The adjustment apparatus includes a lateral element, at least one location element and at least one radially inwardly directed guide surface, each radially inwardly directed guide surface describing a desired outer path of an unworn chopper knife. Each guide surface is adjustably located with respect to the lateral element.
An adjustment apparatus for use with a chopper drum, in which the chopper drum is supported from a housing and mounted for rotation about a rotational axis and comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced knife supports to which at least one chopper knife is adjustably secured, the adjustment apparatus comprising:
A calibration system comprising:
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