Merger control device for adjusting conveyor speed or pickup speed as a function of steering angle

A merger control device (21) for controlling the operation of a merger or a pick-up header, comprising:

• two receiving members (17) configured as pick-ups for receiving harvested crops,
• at least two transverse conveying devices (18) configured as a belt conveyor for the conveyance of the received harvested crops in a transverse direction of conveyance running transversely to a harvesting direction or direction of travel,
• a steering angle sensor (23) for detecting a cornering steering angle which is designed, in particular, as a drawbar sensor which detects an angle which is produced between the longitudinal axis of a towing vehicle (10) —towing the merger (11) —and the longitudinal axis of the merger (11) during cornering,
• wherein the merger control device (21) is designed to receive a cornering steering angle from the steering angle sensor (22, 23) as an input variable,
• wherein the merger control device (21) is configured, as a function of the received cornering steering angle, to generate as an output variable at least one adjusting signal for the at least two transverse conveying devices (18) of the merger configured as belt conveyors and at least one adjusting signal for the two receiving members (17) of the merger configured as pick-ups, to output said adjusting signal to the at least two transverse conveying devices (18) and two receiving members (17) and to adapt the operation thereof automatically as a function of the cornering steering angle.