Patent ID: 7398728
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: A01F,B30B

Abstract:
1. A baling press for compressed crop materials that can be used with a tow vehicle, comprising: a rectangular pressing space; a pressing piston movably communicated to said pressing space, said pressing piston having a plurality of rotatable guide means which cooperate with corresponding guides in the pressing space; a plurality of stress measuring sensors are associated with the plurality of rotatable guide means; a feed channel having a feed mechanism for compression of crop materials in said feed channel and for conveying said compressed crop material into said pressing space; and a sensor system determining at least one value corresponding to a vertical distribution of compressed crop material in said pressing space said sensor system comprising first and second sensors, said first and second sensors being mutually separated in substantially a vertical direction, and wherein said plurality of stress measuring sensors are coordinated with the sensor system.