Patent ID: 6248963
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A01F,B30B,G01N

Abstract:
A method of determining the density of square bales produced by a baler having a pressing passage of predetermined cross section and from which emerges a succession of the bales that travel rearward from the press passage over an output guide and fall off the baler from a rear edge of the guide, the method comprising the steps of:weighing each of the bales in the guide and producing a respective weight output corresponding to a weight of the bale in the guide;measuring the length of each of the bales in the guide and producing a respective length output corresponding to a length of the bale in the guide;calculating the volume of each of the bales by multiplying the respective bale length output by an area equal to the cross section of the passage; anddividing each calculated volume by the respective weight output to derive the density of the respective bale.