A clutch assembly for a drive train is equipped with a flywheel in a baler, with a slip clutch connected upstream of the flywheel on the drive side. The slip clutch is designed to be switchable and that a further clutch is provided which is connected downstream of the flywheel on the drive side, wherein the further clutch is an overload clutch and is combined with a brake to form a clutch-brake combination.

A rotary drive transmission is provided for a baler including a bale chamber, a plunger that compresses bale material in the bale chamber, a drive mechanism that drives reciprocating movement of the plunger, and a flywheel connected to a rotary input of the drive mechanism. The rotary drive transmission includes a rotary drive part, a rotary driven part that drives rotation of the flywheel, and a torsional drive transfer device that transfers rotary drive between the rotary drive part and the rotary driven part. The torsional drive transfer device includes a resilient element and is configured to allow limited relative rotation in the drive direction between the rotary drive part and the rotary driven part against a reaction force provided by the resilient element.

A mechanism for determining a condition of a knife arrangement for a baler. A measure responsive to a torque for a drivetrain of the knife arrangement is processed to determine or predict the condition of the knife arrangement or a portion thereof.

A gear assembly is disclosed for driving a ram arranged in a pressing channel of a square baler so as to be movable between end positions. The gear assembly comprises at least one side gear, which may be driven indirectly by a power take-off shaft of an agricultural production machine, and at least one reduction gear which is connected downstream from the at least one side gear and may be connected on the output side to a crankshaft on which the ram is mounted. The gear assembly further includes at least one flywheel that is connected between the at least one side gear and the at least one reduction gear, and at least one shiftable clutch device that is connected between the at least one flywheel and the at least one reduction gear.

A square baler that includes at least one ram movably arranged in a pressing channel between end positions and a drivetrain which is designed to drive at least the ram. The drivetrain has a torque input connection through which torque is supplied to the drivetrain. The drivetrain includes a transmission device arranged downstream from the torque input connection and has at least one flywheel. The transmission device has a first power splitter that is connected to the torque input connection, and two reduction gears that are assigned to the ram and are connected in parallel to one another to the first power split. At least one flywheel is connected upstream from each reduction gear. A shiftable clutch device is interposed between the first power split and the at least one flywheel and engages the at least one flywheel when the square baler is initially operated or during a startup process.

A square baler. The square baler includes: at least one ram arranged movably between end positions in a pressing channel, and a cutting rotor, and a drive train which is designed to drive at least the ram and the cutting rotor together, a torque input connection through which torque may be supplied to the drive train, and a first power split, such as a bevel gear stage, which is connected to the torque input connection. The drive train includes at least one reduction gear associated with the ram. The reduction gear associated with the ram and the cutting rotor are connected in parallel to each other to the first power split. At least one side gear is connected between the first power split and the at least one reduction gear associated with the ram. And, at least one flywheel is connected between the at least one reduction gear associated with the ram and the at least one side gear.

In a high capacity baling apparatus concurrently formed first formed bales and second formed bales are discharged from respective bale forming regions to a discharge chute arrangement. The disclosed discharge chute arrangement comprises a first bale support surface, a second bale support surface adjacent to the first bale support surface and disposed at an angle to the first bale support surface, an impeller located at a downstream end of the second bale support surface and a displacement apparatus adapted to move between a first position at one side of the first bale support surface and a second position.

The present invention relates to a drive train assembly for driving a working unit with fluctuating power consumption from a drive source, with a unit transmission which converts a driving movement of the drive source into a working movement of the work unit and is connected by a transmission output element to the working unit and is connected by a transmission input element to the drive source, and with a flywheel accumulator for mitigating load impacts and/or power consumption fluctuations, wherein the flywheel accumulator is connected on the output side of the unit transmission to the drive train which runs from the unit transmission to the working unit.

A gear assembly for a square baling press. The gear assembly drives a ram arranged movably between end positions in a pressing channel of the square baling press and at least one additional working unit of the square baling press. The gear assembly comprises two side gears and at least one reduction gear that is downstream from the particular side gear and may be connected on the output side to a crankshaft on which the ram is mounted. At least one flywheel is interposed between the particular side gear and the reduction gear downstream thereof. At least one of the reduction gears comprises a shiftable overload clutch which is designed to brake the reduction gears downstream from the flywheels to a standstill when a mechanical overload occurs.