Device for Processing Harvested Crops and Method for Controlling the Flow of a Harvested Crop in the Device

A method for controlling the flow of a harvested crop in an apparatus for processing harvested crops, wherein the apparatus comprises a rotor which is mounted rotatably about its longitudinal axis, a separating device with a separating device region which at least partially surrounds a lower circumferential region of the rotor, said circumferential region being arranged below the longitudinal axis in an operationally ready state of the apparatus, and is arranged radially spaced apart from the rotor, wherein a passage region for the harvested crop is formed between the separating device region and the lower circumferential region of the rotor, wherein the separating device region extends along the longitudinal axis, at least in a partial region of the rotor, and has at least one control element which is arranged on the separating device region, wherein the method comprises:

• moving the at least one control element into the passage region and/or into an axial projection of the passage region, said axial projection being formed along the longitudinal axis, in order to control the flow of harvested crop.