Bale ejection control system for an agricultural harvester

A bale ejection control system for an agricultural harvester, comprising:

• a bale wrap presence sensor directed towards a bale of agricultural product within a baler of the agricultural harvester, wherein the bale wrap presence outputs a bale wrap presence signal indicative of presence of a bale wrap on the bale;
• a bale absence sensor that outputs a bale absence signal indicative of absence of a previous bale on a bale handler of the agricultural harvester;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the bale wrap presence sensor and to the bale absence sensor, wherein the controller comprises a processor and a memory, and the controller is configured to:
• receive the bale wrap presence signal from the bale wrap presence sensor;
• receive the bale absence signal from the bale absence sensor;
• determine a bale wrapping process is complete based on presence of the bale wrap on the bale;
• determine the bale handler is available based on absence of the previous bale on the bale handler;
• and
• control a bale ejection system to eject the bale from the baler in response to determining the bale wrapping process is complete and the bale handler is available.

A method for ejecting a bale of agricultural product from a baler of an agricultural harvester, comprising:

• receiving, via a controller comprising a processor and a memory, a bale wrap presence signal indicative of presence of a bale wrap on the bale within the baler;
• receiving, via the controller, a bale absence signal indicative of absence of a previous bale on a bale handler of the agricultural harvester;
• determining, via the controller, a bale wrapping process is complete based on presence of the bale wrap on the bale;
• determining, via the controller, the bale handler is available based on absence of the previous bale on the bale handler;
• and
• controlling, via the controller, a bale ejection system to eject the bale from the baler in response to determining the bale wrapping process is complete and the bale handler is available.