US 11,968,929 B2
Agricultural system
Kenneth De Leener, Oostkamp (BE); Niklaas G C Monteyne, Blankenberge (BE); Frederik Demon, Bruges (BE); and Xavier G J M Bonte, Zuidzande (NL)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/092,884.
Claims priority of application No. 19208201 (EP), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137018 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A01F 15/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/0841 (2013.01) [A01F 15/042 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural system comprising:
an agricultural baler comprising:
a baler driveline;
a rotatable flywheel; and
a rotary input shaft connected by way of the baler driveline to the rotatable flywheel, the driveline including one or more clutches for controllably transferring rotary drive between the input shaft and the flywheel; and
a control unit that:
receives input-power-data indicative of a drive power available at the rotary input shaft, wherein the input-power-data comprises measured-input-power-data that represents measurements of one or more operating parameters of the agricultural system or an associated tractor;
determines a clutch-control-signal for controlling an amount of torque transferred from the input shaft to the flywheel by the one or more clutches, based on the input-power-data;
determines an error-factor that is an indicator that one or more of the measurements has dropped below an expected value;
determines a clutch-control-signal for decreasing a rate at which torque is transferred to the flywheel by the one or more clutches based on the error-factor; and
controls the one or more clutches based on the clutch-control-signals to set a pressure applied to engage friction surfaces of the one or more clutches.