A tag installer for a baler implement includes a housing having a wall defining a baling chamber. The tag installer includes a retractable member having a tooth portion rotatably moveable about a member rotation axis between an installation position and a tag loading position. When in the installation position, the tooth portion is positioned to extend through an opening in the wall and penetrate a bale within the baling chamber. When in the tag loading position, the tooth portion is withdrawn from the baling chamber. An member actuator selectively rotates the retractable member about the member rotation axis. A dispenser holds a plurality of identification tags so that the tooth portion may engage and move a respective one of the identification tags through the opening and into embedded engagement with the bale when moving from the tag loading position into the installation position.

A belt baler (1) comprising a chassis (5) supported on ground engaging wheels (6) comprises a housing (3) having a first part (8) and a second part (10) housing belts (20) defining a variable diameter bale chamber (25). The second part (10) is pivotally coupled to the first part (8) about a pivot axis (14) and is pivotal from a closed state for forming a bale and an open state for discharge of a bale from the bale chamber (25). A pair of retaining devices (39) comprising latches (40) on respective opposite sides of the first part (8) are engageable with corresponding latch pins (45) on respective opposite sides of the second part (10) for retaining the second part (10) in the closed state. Load sensors (59) coupled by first and second connecting members (64,65) between distal ends (49) of the respective latch pins (45) and anchor brackets (60) located on the second parts (10) produce signals indicative of the forces induced in the respective retaining devices (39) by the pressure being applied to a bale being formed in the bale chamber (25). A microprocessor (75) reads signals from the load sensors (59) and determines the uniformity or non-uniformity of the density of the bale across the axial length thereof from the signals read from the load sensors (59). An output signal from the microprocessor (75) is applied to a visual display device (77) which presents a display screen (78) to a driver indicating the direction of travel or a change in direction of travel of the baler (1) required to maintain uniform density or to correct for non-uniformity of the density of the bale by appropriately displaying a central cross sign (80), or arrows (83) in respective sections (81) of an area (79) of the screen (78).

A baler includes a chamber having a fixed size that receives crops and houses a formed bale. A tailgate is connected to a frame and is movable between a closed position, for cooperating with the frame to delimit the chamber, and an open position, for discharging the formed bale. A conveying assembly delimits the chamber for imparting a rotating movement to the crops contained in the chamber, and has a first portion provided in the frame and a second portion provided in the tailgate. An actuator includes a closing chamber and moves the tailgate from the open position to the closed position upon receiving an actuating fluid in the closing chamber. A binder binds the formed bale, and a pressure sensor detects a control signal representative of a pressure inside the closing chamber of the actuator. A control unit generates an alert signal as a function of the control signal.

A hydraulic system for operating a rear gate of a baler implement includes a hydraulic cylinder having a housing that defines an interior, and a piston that is moveably disposed within the interior of the housing. The housing includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, each disposed in fluid communication with a first fluid volume of the hydraulic cylinder. A flow rate control valve is moveable between a first position for directing fluid to or from the first fluid port at a first flow rate, and a second position for directing fluid to or from the second fluid port at a second flow rate. The second flow rate is different than the first flow rate.

A round baler has a rear door pivotable relative to the frame. A circulating press element defines a press chamber inside the frame for forming crop bales. A tension rocker is pivotable relative to the frame and has a rotatable rocker guide roller guiding the press element. A first pressure element is arranged at frame and rear door and acts between frame and rear door. A second pressure element is arranged at rear door and tension rocker and acts between rear door and tension rocker. At least one of the pressure elements is a linear actor. By length expansion of the first pressure element, rear door and tension rocker are pivotable, wherein the rear door is pivotable upwardly to enable ejection of crop bales. The rear door is pivotable downwardly by length expansion of the second pressure element. A method for operating the round baler is provided.

A hydraulic system for a rear gate of a baler implement includes a fluid circuit having a first portion connected to and disposed in fluid communication with a first fluid port of a hydraulic cylinder. A flow bypass assembly is disposed in the first portion of the fluid circuit. The flow bypass assembly includes a flow rate control valve selectively moveable between a first position allowing fluid communication therethrough at a first flow rate, and a second position blocking fluid communication therethrough. The flow bypass assembly further includes a bypass passageway for circulating the fluid when the flow rate control valve is closed. A flow restriction is disposed within the bypass passageway to provide a second flow rate that is less than the first flow rate.

An agricultural machine includes a baler controller configured or programmed to obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between a tractor inclination sensor and a bale ejector of a baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor corresponding to the bale ejector, and to allow ejection of the bale when a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value and the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value.

A round baler connectable to a tractor for providing round bales comprises: a baling chamber, configured for receiving crops and forming a bale; a frame, at least partially delimiting the baling chamber; a drive shaft, connectable to the tractor and configured to receive mechanical power from the tractor; a transmission system, for receiving mechanical power from the drive shaft and for imparting a rotating movement to the crops contained in the baling chamber, the transmission system including a drive roller connected to the frame, a chain assembly connected to the drive roller, and an oil circuit, containing lubricant oil for the chain assembly; a control unit, a sensor associated with the transmission system.

A baler comprises: a frame, including a forming chamber, configured to receive crops and to form a bale; a feeding assembly, configured to collect the crops form the ground and to feed the crops into the forming chamber; a tailgate, movable between a closed position, wherein the forming chamber is closed, and an open position, wherein the forming chamber is open to an external environment for discharging the bale; a control unit; a ramp, configured to lay down the bale on the ground and movable between a raised position and a discharge position, for allowing a release of the bale; a ramp sensor, responsive to a change of position of the ramp from the raised position to the discharge position and vice versa. The control unit is connected to the ramp sensor for assessing a release of the bale, responsive to a change of the ramp position from the raised position to the discharge position and, in succession, from the discharge position to the raised position. The control unit comprises a timer.

A method of controlling a wrap system of a round baler includes determining a current characteristic of a supply roll of wrap material related to a current weight of the supply roll, and controlling rotation of a pair of spool rollers based on the current characteristic of the supply roll. As the current characteristic indicates a decrease in weight, the rotation of the pair of spool rollers is controlled to achieve a desired acceleration rate of the spool rollers, such that a leading edge of the wrap material is ejected from a nip formed between the pair of spool rollers at an ejection trajectory that is within an allowable angular range relative to a tangent of the nip, so that the leading edge of the wrap material passes through an access and into a baling chamber of the round baler.