18492003. SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL MERGER OPERATIONS (Deere & Company)
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL MERGER OPERATIONS
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Darin L. Roth of Batavia IA US
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL MERGER OPERATIONS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18492003 titled 'SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL MERGER OPERATIONS
Original Abstract Submitted
A header and a crop merger are operably attached to a harvester, wherein the crop merger receives cut crop from the header. A controller is operably connected with the header and the crop merger to determine if the header is approaching a headland or crop to cut. The controller receives one or more of a merger belt speed provided by a belt speed sensor associated with a crop belt of the crop merger, a maximum crop flow distance, and a merger belt motor pressure provided by a merger belt motor pressure sensor associated with a motor of the crop merger to determine whether to actuate a crop merger actuator to raise or lower the crop merger as the header approaches the headland. The controller receives harvester system inputs that include at least vehicle speed and cutter width of the header to identify the headland.