| CPC A01F 15/0715 (2013.01) [B65B 27/125 (2013.01); A01F 2015/076 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65B 57/18 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A method of operating a baler implement operable to form a bale having a cylindrical shape and wrap the bale with a wrap material, the method comprising:
receiving a supply roll length input with a baler controller, wherein the supply roll length input includes a total longitudinal length of the wrap material included on a full supply roll of the wrap material;
sensing data related to the respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale, with a sensor positioned on the baler implement, wherein sensing data related to the respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale includes sensing a dispensing speed of the wrap material during a bale wrap process and sensing a time period during which the wrap material is dispensed during the bale wrap process;
determining, with the baler controller, a respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale since receiving the supply roll length input, wherein determining the respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale includes multiplying the dispensing speed by the time period to calculate the respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale;
summing, with the baler controller, all of the respective lengths of the wrap material used to wrap each bale since receiving the supply roll length input, to define a total current used wrap value;
subtracting, with the baler controller, the total current used wrap value from the total longitudinal length to define a current remaining length of the wrap material; d
communicating a notification signal to a communicator with the baler controller, wherein the notification signal indicates the current remaining length of the wrap material on the supply roll of the wrap material.
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