Method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester, comprising the steps of adjusting parameters of the threshing mechanism with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, said adjusting including automatically determining a deviation of an actual crop throughput as an input value at a beginning of a harvesting process from the nominal crop throughput, and adjusting at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adaptation to the actual crop throughput only when the deviation occurs.
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Abstract
For controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester parameters of the threshing mechanism are adjusted with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, the changing automatically and the adjustment includes automatically determining a deviation of an actual crop throughput from the nominal crop throughput, and adjusting at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adaptation to the actual crop throughput; also a combine harvester with the control device for performing the method is proposed.
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- 1. A method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester, comprising the steps of adjusting parameters of the threshing mechanism with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, said adjusting including automatically determining a deviation of an actual crop throughput as an input value at a beginning of a harvesting process from the nominal crop throughput, and adjusting at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adaptation to the actual crop throughput only when the deviation occurs.
- 13. A method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester, comprising the steps of adjusting parameters of the threshing mechanism with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, said adjusting including automatically determining a deviation of an actual crop throughput as an input value at a beginning of a harvesting process from the nominal crop throughput, and adjusting at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adaptation to the actual crop throughput only when the deviation occurs, wherein said adjusting a threshing mechanism parameter includes performing the adjusting when a situation occurs selected from the group consisting of a deviation of the actual crop throughput by a predetermined threshold value, a deviation of a predetermined first time period, and both from the nominal crop throughput.
- 14. A combine harvester, comprising a threshing mechanism, and a control device for adjusting parameters of said threshing mechanism with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for crop conditions to an optimal value, said control device having a crop throughput control unit which automatically recognizes a deviation of an actual crop throughput as an input value at a beginning of a harvesting process from the nominal crop throughput, said control device being formed so that only in the case of such a deviation it adjusts at least one threshing mechanism parameter for adapting to the actual crop throughput.
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