Patent ID: 11882793
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 7:
8. A method for monitoring a life state of one or more baling components of an agricultural baler, the baler comprising a baling chamber, a reciprocating plunger for compressing gathered agricultural material into bales within the baling chamber, and one or more baling components configured to at least partially carry forces applied to the plunger, the method comprising:
automatically determine one or more operating conditions including at least a type of an agricultural material being baled, based at least in part on one or more of detected operating parameters of the baler and a detected geolocation of the baler;
determining forces applied to the plunger and at least one associated baling component configured to at least carry forces applied to the reciprocating plunger during operation via a first sensor assembly;
for each of a plurality of bales during operation, aggregating data comprising the determined forces and the respective type of agricultural material baled;
determining and storing baseline or threshold values for the aggregated data respective to the one or more operating conditions;
comparing the aggregated data for a particular bale and/or the baler with the baseline or threshold values having a similar or equivalent one or more operating conditions; and
generating at least one output signal relating to the aggregated data, further based at least in part on a type of agricultural material to be baled.