Wrap stretch sensing for a baler implement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLuke J. Greiner, Jeremy M. Erdmann
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AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLuke J. Greiner, Jeremy M. Erdmann
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A baler implement includes a baler controller configured to determine an unstretched length of wrap material dispensed by a wrap system during a wrap cycle, and determine a circumference of a bale in a baling chamber. The baler controller may then determine a stretched length of the wrap material as applied onto the bale during the wrap cycle from the circumference of the bale and a number of wrap layers of the wrap material wrapped around the circumference of the bale. The baler controller may then compare the stretched length of the wrap material as applied onto the bale to the unstretched length of the wrap material dispensed by the wrap system during the wrap cycle to determine an applied wrap stretch factor. The applied wrap stretch factor may be communicated to an operator, or used to control the wrap system to achieve a desired wrap stretch.
A baler implement comprising:
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