100 results about "Forage harvester" patented technology

A forage harvester with a camera system. The camera system is configured to detect and evaluate a harvested material flow processed by working units of the forage harvester. The harvested material flow comprises whole grains, and comminuted grains as grain components and non-grain components. The camera system comprising an image sensor and an objective arranged or positioned upstream from the image sensor. The image sensor, arranged or positioned opposite the viewing window, is positioned in a housing which is arranged or positioned on a discharge chute of the forage harvester and in which a transparent viewing window is arranged or positioned, past which the harvested material flow flows. Light beams from a first light source are directed onto the harvested material flow. Further, an image analysis apparatus receives images from the image sensor of the harvested material flow for evaluation.

A drive system for a forage harvester (10) comprises: an internal combustion engine (36), a mechanical drive train between the internal combustion engine (36) and a chopper drum (26), which comprises a first section coupled to the internal combustion engine (36) and a second section coupled to the chopper drum (26), which can be mechanically coupled to one another by a separable coupling (78), a first motor / generator (124) drivingly coupled to the first section of the drive train, a second motor / generator (102) drivingly coupled to the second section of the drive train, and a control device (94) configured to operate the first motor / generator (124) and / or second motor / generator (102) in at least one of the following operating modes (a) to (d): (a) increasing the speed of the chopping drum (26) until the clutch (78) is closed by the electric motor-driven second motor / generator (102), (b) supplying an electric motor (112, 116) for driving a material processing and / or conveying device (22, 136, 138) by the generator-operated first and / or second motor / generator (124, 102) with the clutch (78) closed, (c) braking the speed of the chopper drum (26) with the clutch (78) open by the generator-driven second motor / generator (102), and / or (d) operating the second motor / generator (102) with the clutch (78) open such that the chopping drum (26) is driven at a different speed and / or direction of rotation than in operating mode (b).

The utility model belongs to the technical field of pasture harvesting equipment, and particularly relates to a mowing head of a pasture harvester, which comprises a strip-shaped box, three mounting seats, an adjusting component, a support moving component, a fixed cutter, a movable cutter, a driving component and a shifting component. A strip-shaped opening is formed in the front side of the strip-shaped box, the three mounting bases are arranged in the strip-shaped box, the two mounting bases located on the two sides are slidably mounted in the strip-shaped box, and the mounting base located in the middle is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the strip-shaped box. The pasture harvester is reasonable in design and simple and convenient to operate, pasture can be efficiently and accurately cut off and conveyed, the pasture harvesting efficiency and quality are improved, meanwhile, through accurate control of the adjusting motor and the meshing effect of the linkage gear, rapid adjustment is facilitated, and the pasture harvesting quality is improved. In addition, the adjusting precision and stability of the mowing head can be further improved, so that the mowing head is more suitable for the harvesting requirements of pasture with different widths and heights.

The utility model relates to an adjustable split type comb plate silage harvester header, and belongs to the technical field of silage harvesting equipment. According to the technical scheme, a grain dividing fork (5) is arranged at the front end of a front feeding roller (2), cutting boards of the front feeding roller (2) and a rear feeding roller (3) are arranged in a crossed and staggered mode, and a split type comb plate (6) is arranged between the front feeding roller and the rear feeding roller; the split type comb plate comprises a front comb plate and a rear comb plate which are detachably connected, the fit clearance between the front comb plate and the rear comb plate can be adjusted, and the working distance between the front comb plate and the rear feeding roller can be changed by adjusting the fit clearance between the front comb plate and the rear comb plate. Therefore, the conveying requirement for cutting of different types of materials is met. According to the utility model, the split comb plate is adopted, so that material blockage during working of the header is reduced, the comb plate is convenient to replace and maintain, and the working efficiency during harvesting is improved; the feeding device has the characteristics of high feeding efficiency, uniform feeding, efficient and stable conveying and the like.

The present invention relates to a self-propelled forage harvester (1) comprising a height-adjustable header (4) for receiving crop (2), working units (20) for processing the received crop (2), an unloading device (15) for discharging the processed crop (2), a camera system (16) for capturing images (41) of a crop flow (21) passing through the forage harvester (1), an image evaluation device (27) for evaluating the images (41), and a driver assistance system (17) for controlling the header (4), the working units (20), and the unloading device (15), wherein the driver assistance system (17) has a memory (40) for storing data and a computing device (39) for processing the data stored in the memory (40), wherein the image evaluation device (27) together with the driver assistance system (17),The front attachment (4) and the working units (20) form an automatic setting system, in that the image evaluation device (27) is configured to continuously analyze the images (41) of the crop flow (21) for the proportion of, in particular inorganic, impurities contained in the crop flow (21) by means of a machine learning algorithm and to transmit a derived degree of contamination (DC) to the driver assistance system (17), which autonomously and continuously adapts a setting of the front attachment (4) and / or at least one of the working units (20) depending on the degree of contamination (DC).

An agricultural work machine and a method for operating an agricultural work machine. The agricultural work machine, which may comprise a combine harvester or forage harvester, may include a visualization device configured to display image data and process data, a monitoring device with a camera system for detecting fields of view in the surroundings of the agricultural work machine, a cleaning system to clean the camera system, and a data processing unit. The data processing unit is configured to generate context-relevant process data of the agricultural work machine and image data based on the detected fields of view. The cameras of the camera system may be attached to at least one support structure of the agricultural work machine and with fixed spatial assignment to one another.

A drive arrangement of a conditioning apparatus of a forage harvester having two conditioning rollers, with at least one of the conditioning rollers able to be driven at variable speed via an electrical drive train, includes an electric motor / generator for driving the conditioning roller. The electric motor / generator is able to be operated as a generator for braking the conditioning roller and to return the generated electrical energy into a drive system of the forage harvester.

The utility model belongs to the field of harvesters, and particularly relates to a shovel head mechanism of a pasture harvester, which comprises a shovel head support arranged on a shovel head of the pasture harvester, the shovel head support comprises two fixing frames, and the sides, close to each other, of the two fixing frames are fixedly provided with the same cross beam I; two second cross beams are fixedly installed on the sides, close to each other, of the two fixing frames, a sliding plate is slidably installed at the bottom of one second cross beam and the bottom of the first cross beam, two stand columns are fixedly installed at the bottom of the sliding plate, and guide rails are slidably installed on one sides of the stand columns; and the same mowing head mounting frame is mounted between the two corresponding guide rails. The mowing head mounting frame is reasonable in design, the mowing head mounting frame can float up and down along with the terrain by arranging the guide rail, the purpose of automatically adjusting the mowing head tool bit can be achieved, the distance between every two adjacent mowing head mounting frames can be adjusted, and the purpose of eliminating dead zones can be achieved.

Forage harvester (10) with a harvesting attachment (20) for harvesting maize or other stem-like plants having detachable fruit heads, wherein: The harvesting head (20) comprises a supporting frame (60) extending over the width of the harvesting head (20) and across the width of which are devices for harvesting plants in the form of mowing and intake units (56), which are equipped with lower cutting discs for cutting the stems from the stumps remaining in the ground and above them conveying discs with recesses distributed around their edge for receiving the stems of the plants, and above the mowing and intake units (56) are means for separating fruit heads of the plants in the form of picking units (54), The fruit bunches separated by means of the picking units (54) can be conveyed together by an upper transverse conveyor (48) and fed to the rear by a conveyor (44) into a first intake channel of the forage harvester (10) which is laterally offset from the longitudinal center plane of the harvesting head (20), while the remaining plant parts can be conveyed together by a lower transverse conveyor (50) and fed to the rear into a second intake channel of the forage harvester (10) adjacent to the longitudinal center plane of the harvesting head (20), the forage harvester (10) comprises a chopping drum (22) with knives (62, 64) distributed around its circumference, into which the fruit heads can be fed through the first intake channel in a first section (70) of the chopping drum (22) and separately the remaining plant parts through the second intake channel in a second section (68) of the chopping drum (22), wherein the second section (68) is axially offset from the first section (70) and rigidly connected to the first section (70), the circumferentially successive knives (62) of the chopping drum (22) in the first section (70) have a smaller distance between them than the circumferentially successive knives (64) in the second section (68) and / or the conveying speed in the first feed channel is greater than the conveying speed in the second feed channel, only the first section (70) is assigned a downstream post-crushing arrangement with two cooperating rollers (28, 28') which serves to break up the grains of the fruit heads for better digestibility, and Downstream of the chopping drum (22) is a discharge device with a discharge conveyor (24) for accelerating the chopped fruit heads entering from the secondary chopping device and the chopped remaining plant parts entering from the second section (68) and a discharge spout (26) through which both the chopped fruit heads and the chopped remaining plant parts can be transferred to a transport vehicle.

The invention relates to an agricultural machine (1), preferably a combine harvester or forage harvester, with a visualization device (3) designed to display image data and process data. The machine (1) has a monitoring device (10) with a camera system (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) for capturing fields of view (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) in the vicinity of the machine (1), a cleaning system (18) for cleaning the camera system (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) and a data processing unit (20), wherein the data processing unit (20) is configured to generate context-relevant process data of the machine (1) and image data, each based on the captured fields of view (21, 22, 23, 24, 25), and wherein cameras (11.1, 11.2, 11.3) of the camera system (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) are mounted on at least one support structure (5) of the machine (1) and with a fixed spatial orientation. The arrangement is intended to be attached to each other.The invention further relates to a method for operating.

The present invention relates to a self-propelled forage harvester (1) comprising a drive motor (9) which drives a cutter drum (6a) and a post-acceleration device (8) via a common belt drive by means of a distribution gearbox (11), wherein the belt drive has a drive belt (14) which drives, via an output pulley (12) arranged on a drive shaft (11a) of the distribution gearbox (11), a drive pulley (15) associated with the cutter drum (6a) and a drive pulley (16) associated with the post-acceleration device (8), wherein a hydraulically actuated belt tensioning device (17) is provided for applying a first pretension force (VK1) to the drive belt (14), wherein a control device (22) of the forage harvester (1) is provided which is configured for adjusting the first pretension force (VK1).wherein at least one sensor unit is provided for detecting at least one operating state of the belt drive in chopping operation, wherein the control device (22) is configured to automatically increase the first preload force (VK1) to a second preload force (VK2) for an adjustable defined period of time by controlling a valve arrangement (23), depending on the at least one detected operating state.

The harvester includes a cutter drum for cutting up crops harvested from the ground. Inside the harvester, a stream of cut particles is propelled along a discharge path, including a wear plate facing the cutter drum, a concave, an accelerator for further driving the particle stream upward through a tower duct, and a discharge spout. The harvester including a nozzle assembly for discharging water (or an equivalent liquid) in the downstream direction of the discharge path to thereby mitigate plug formation. The nozzle assembly is mounted on the concave, in a position that enables impingement of the discharged liquid on the concave at a location that is upstream of the impact zone of the particle stream, when the header is in a harvesting position and the cutter drum is rotating within a standard operational speed range.

Control arrangement for a grinding device (142) of a forage harvester (10), comprising a control unit (156) connected to a computer (160) of a planning system, which is programmed to provide the control unit (156) with data regarding the areas to be harvested by the forage harvester (10) and data regarding the transport chain for the removal of the harvested material, wherein the control unit (156) is programmed to identify, based on the data of the planning system, one or more future operating times of the forage harvester (10) during which the forage harvester (10) will not take in any crop and whose duration is sufficient for a duration (T) of a grinding process of the grinding drum (36) predicted on the basis of the signals of a sensor (164) for detecting the sharpness of chopping knives (144) of a chopping drum (36) of the forage harvester (10), and to initiate a grinding process of the chopping knives (144) of the chopping drum (36) during the identified operating time(s), wherein the planning system is programmed to supply the control unit (156) with data regarding the position of the areas to be harvested (34) and the associated stock density, and the control unit (156) is programmed to extrapolate the sharpness of the chopping knives (144) based on the data of the planning system including the expected effect of the stand densities on the sharpness of the chopping knives (144) on the identified operating time at which the sharpening process is to take place, in order to predict the duration of the sharpening process.

The utility model relates to a harvester, in particular to a broadleaf forage harvester, which comprises a frame, a first harvester and a first cutting machine, the frame is fixedly connected to a suspension used for connecting a tractor, the first cutting machine comprises a driver, a shell, a rotating shaft and a wire box, the driver is fixedly connected to the shell, and the rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the shell. The rotating shaft is rotationally connected to the shell and is in transmission connection with the output end of the driver through a belt, the wire box is connected to the tail end of the rotating shaft and arranged below the shell, and the wire box is provided with at least one throwing rope. The broadleaf pasture harvester is high in flexibility and capable of being suitable for harvesting large-area pasture.

Chopping drum (1) for a forage harvester, comprising: a circular cylindrical drum body (10) with a drum shell (11) which defines an outer diameter of the drum body (10) and has an axial length that is limited by first and second axial ends (11.1, 11.2) pointing in opposite directions to each other, two pairs of knife carriers (20, 20.1, 20.2; 20.3, 20.4), wherein each knife carrier (20) is formed with a plurality of knife carrier segments, each having an outer circumferential surface with a predetermined number of knife receptacles (22), and is detachably attached to the outer diameter of the drum body (10) in an annular arrangement of its knife carrier segments, wherein a first pair of knife carriers (20.1, 20.2) is arranged axially offset from each other on a first axial side of the drum shell (11) and a second pair of knife carriers (20.3, 20.4) is arranged axially offset from each other on a second axial side of the drum shell (11), characterized in that an intermediate knife carrier (25, 25.1, 25.2) designed like these knife carriers (20) is provided axially of the drum shell (11) both between the first pair of knife carriers (20.1, 20.2) and between the second pair of knife carriers (20.3, 20.4) and is detachably attached to the outer diameter of the drum body (10) and is equipped with a plurality of strip-shaped cutting knives (90) which are arranged circumferentially around the drum shell (11) and are each attached to two knife receptacles (22) arranged axially of the drum shell (11) at a distance from each other, one of which is arranged on one of the intermediate knife carriers (25.1, 25.2), wherein the cutting knives (90) comprise at least one short knife (90.2) which has a length such that the at least one short knife (90.2) extends from one of the knife carriers (20) to an intermediate knife carrier (25) directly adjacent to the respective knife carrier (20) axially of the drum shell (11) and is attached to a knife receptacle (22) of the respective knife carrier (20) and of the respective intermediate knife carrier (25), wherein all cutting knives (90) of the chopping drum (1) are designed like the at least one short knife (90.2), wherein half of the cutting knives (90) are arranged circumferentially around the drum shell (11) on the side of the first pair of knife carriers (20.1, 20.2) and the other half of the cutting knives (90) are arranged circumferentially around the drum shell (11) on the side of the second pair of knife carriers (20.3, 20.4), wherein in each half of cutting knives (90) a first group of cutting knives (90) is attached to one knife carrier (20.1, 20.4) and the intermediate knife carrier (25) of the respective pair of knife carriers (20.1, 20.2; 20.3, 20.4) which is axially adjacent to the drum shell (11), and a second group of cutting knives (90) is arranged on the other knife carrier (20.2, 20.3) and the intermediate knife carrier (25) of the respective pair of knife carriers (20.1, 20.2; 20.3, 20.4) which is axially adjacent to the drum shell (11).

Control arrangement for controlling a closing device (40) arranged in particular on the underside of a channel (64) downstream of a chopping drum (26) of a forage harvester (10), with an electronic control unit (70) which is connected to an externally operated actuator (42) configured to move the closing device (40) between a closed and an open position and to an operator interface (98) which allows manual input of a command to open the closing device (40), wherein the control unit (70) is configured to automatically command the actuator (42) to close the closing device (40) upon detection of a predetermined operating condition of the forage harvester (10), characterized in thatthat the predetermined operating condition corresponds to a sharpening process of the shredding knives of the shredding drum (26) initiated manually via the operator interface (98) or automatically by a device for detecting the sharpness of the shredding knives of the shredding drum (26) and / or to the start of an adjustment procedure of a counter blade (102) of the shredding drum (26) initiated automatically or manually, in order to prevent sparks from escaping through the open locking device (40) during the sharpening of the shredding knives and / or to prevent the risk of an operator or third party touching the shredding drum (26) while it is rotating during the adjustment of the counter blade.

The application relates to a profiling detection device, a profiling adjustment system and a forage harvester. The profiling detection device comprises a mounting piece and a profiling detection assembly. The mounting piece is used for matching with a header. The profiling detection assembly comprises a profiling rod, a connecting piece and at least two profiling wheels. One end of the profiling rod is slidably connected with the mounting piece, and the other end of the profiling rod, which is away from the mounting piece, is rotationally connected with the connecting piece through a rotating shaft. All the profiling wheels are rotationally matched with one side of the connecting piece, which is away from the profiling rod, and all the profiling wheels are arranged side by side along the advancing direction of the forage harvester. All the profiling wheels can drive the connecting piece to rotate relative to the profiling rod along with the change of the ground slope, and all the profiling wheels can drive the connecting piece to move along the gravity direction along with the change of the ground height, so that the profiling rod slides along the gravity direction relative to the mounting piece. The application can obtain the change of the terrain of the forage harvester in the advancing process in real time, so that the position relationship between the header and the ground can be correspondingly adjusted, and the uniform stubble height of the ground vegetation can be realized.

The utility model relates to a harvester, in particular to a pasture harvester, which comprises a bottom plate, moving wheels, a vertical frame, a top frame, a motor, a transmission shaft and a polygonal positioning block, the moving wheels are mounted at the bottom of the bottom plate, the vertical frame is mounted at the top of the bottom plate, the top frame is mounted at the top of the vertical frame, the motor is mounted at one end of the top frame, and an output shaft of the motor is connected with the transmission shaft. The transmission shaft is rotationally connected with the top frame and rotationally penetrates through the bottom plate, and a first polygonal positioning block, a second polygonal positioning block and the like are installed on the upper side and the lower side, with the bottom plate as the center, of the transmission shaft respectively. The motor drives the transmission shaft to rotate, the transmission shaft drives the oval rotating disc to rotate through the first hexagonal positioning block, the oval rotating disc is matched with the second serrated knife in a reciprocating extrusion mode, the second serrated knife reciprocates along the surface of the first serrated knife, and therefore the effect of efficiently cutting pasture in a large range is achieved.

Harvesting vehicle, in particular forage harvester or combine harvester, with a feed mechanism having a feed housing (10), with a pendulum frame (11), wherein the pendulum frame (11) is arranged to couple a front attachment to the pendulum frame (11) and via the pendulum frame (11) to the harvesting vehicle, wherein a curved receiving device (16) is attached to the feed housing (10), which cooperates with rollers (17) mounted on the pendulum frame (11) to provide a pendulum movement of the pendulum frame (11) relative to the feed housing (10), the curved receiving device (16) is adjustable relative to the feed housing (10) in the longitudinal direction of the harvesting vehicle in order to set a cutting angle for the attachment which can be coupled to the pendulum frame (11) depending on the relative position between the receiving device (16) and the feed housing (10).

The application discloses a kind of alfalfa harvester inclination control method and device, including pump body support, upper connecting lever, connecting rod frame, inclination adjustment solenoid valve, header hinged frame, controller, header, header support frame, inclination adjustment hydraulic cylinder, lower connecting lever, profile gear, angle sensor and straight gear, the upper connecting lever is hinged with support by rivet, the connecting rod frame is hinged with upper connecting lever by rivet, the inclination adjustment solenoid valve is connected to the front end of the connecting rod frame by bolt, the header hinged frame is welded to the front end of the connecting rod frame, and the header support frame is hinged with header hinged frame by rivet.The application can realize real-time adjustment of header inclination, can compensate header inclination, ensure stubble height uniformity, simple structure, low cost, without increasing complex measuring equipment, only increase an angle sensor, combined with the controller of harvesting machinery itself can realize header inclination adjustment, algorithm model is accurate, simple, reliable.

A self-propelled agricultural harvester. A harvester, such as a forage harvester, may comprise a machine frame, a transfer device mounted on the machine frame for transferring processed harvested material to a transport vehicle, and a hydraulic actuator connected to the transfer device. Using the hydraulic actuator, the transfer device may be rotated about a horizontal axis of rotation relative to the machine frame, and thereby a position of an end outlet of the transfer device may be changed. To reduce the vibration of the transfer device, a control and regulating device regulates vibration behavior of the transfer device to dampen vibrations of the transfer device. The control and regulating device determines a manipulated variable for controlling a proportional valve, which is operatively connected to the hydraulic actuator and is designed to adjust a volume flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator, for damping the vibrations of the transfer device.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of forage grass collection, and discloses a forage grass harvester. Comprising a harvester body, a driving wheel is rotatably connected to the bottom of the harvester body, a frame opening is fixedly connected to one side of the harvester body, an electric cutting head is fixedly connected to the bottom of the frame opening, and a conveying roller is rotatably connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the harvester body. Air flow can be heated into hot air by the heating frame after passing through the heating frame, the hot air is blown into the square groove, the two sets of sealing plates can be pushed downwards through the control assembly, and therefore the square groove is opened, the hot air flows downwards through the square groove, and when the harvested pasture makes contact with the hot air, the pasture can be dried through the hot air; therefore, the water content in the pasture is reduced, the nutrient content of the harvested pasture is further maintained, and the problem that the water content of the harvested pasture is high is solved.

In a harvester / header combination according to the invention, the header is a crop pick-up header (2) coupled to a forage harvester (1). The header comprises a frame (10) and a rotatable reel (13) configured to collect crops from the ground, a rotatable auger (20) provided with two oppositely wound helicoidal flights (26), and one or more windguard rolls (15). The auger is rotatable with respect to a pair of support arms (21) which are themselves pivotable relative to the frame, so that the pivoting movement of the arms results in lowering or raising the auger (20). According to the invention, the header comprises at least one set of actuators (18, 19) capable of actively raising the auger and the windguard roll(s) and the harvester / header combination comprises a control unit (46) configured to execute a sequence of steps for removing a foreign object from the header, after detection of the object and stoppage of the harvester's feed rolls (51). The removal sequence includes raising the auger while rotating the auger in the reverse direction, followed by lowering the auger while maintaining said reverse rotation.

A crop processing system for a forage harvester includes a crop processor for processing crop including two crop processor rolls defining a processor gap therebetween for the crop to pass through. An inlet channel guides the crop to the crop processor. A positioning adjustment system is configured to adjust a position of the processing gap relative to a center of the inlet channel.

The present invention relates to a forage harvester (1) with a camera system (16) which is designed and configured to capture and evaluate a crop stream (21) processed by working units (20) of the forage harvester (1), which includes whole grains (23) and comminuted grains (24) as grain components (25) as well as non-grain components (26), comprising an image sensor (32) and a lens (31) arranged upstream of the image sensor (32), wherein the image sensor (32) is arranged in a housing (28) arranged on a discharge chute (15) of the forage harvester (1), in which housing a light-permeable viewing window (29) is arranged, past which the crop stream (21) flows, as well as a first light source (33) whose light beams are directed onto the crop stream (21), and an image analysis device (27) to which the image sensor (32) is connected from the crop stream (21) transmits recorded images for evaluation,wherein the image sensor (32) is arranged opposite the viewing window (29).

The application discloses a kind of pasture harvesting device with stable conveying function related to the technical field of pasture processing, the device includes main body cylinder: including fixed cylinder body on main body cylinder, the surface of fixed cylinder body is fixedly installed with the installation rod being connected with outside mobile car, fixed cylinder body is opened with the arc-shaped gap for pasture discharging;Compression mechanism includes the rotary cylinder being rotatably connected with fixed cylinder body, the inside of rotary cylinder is opened with multiple U-shaped grooves for storing pasture, and the inside of rotary cylinder is slidably connected with compression cylinder through the U-shaped groove being opened;Chute mechanism is used to extrude the pasture in U-shaped groove by compression cylinder;Thrust mechanism is used to push the pasture in U-shaped groove and discharge;By the action of chute mechanism, compression cylinder is away from the central axis of rotary cylinder, and then the U-shaped groove space of rotary cylinder is reduced, so that automatic extrusion pasture is achieved, which is automatically compressed in the process of conveying, to reduce the volume of pasture, increase the purpose of one collection amount.

1. The name of the design product: green forage harvester (4QZ-2000). 2. The use of the design product: for harvesting forage. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: perspective view.

The present invention relates to a harvesting header (10) for row-independent harvesting of maize with a forage harvester (80). The harvesting header (10) comprises at least three header segments (1, 2, 3, 4) including a first central header segment (1). The header segments (1, 2, 3, 4) each have a conveying element (18) that rotates during operation for conveying the maize plants in a segment conveying direction (SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4) towards the intake area (14). Furthermore, the harvesting header has a transfer device (20) for transferring the harvesting header (10) from a working position (I) to a transport position (VI). In the working position (I), the feeder segments (1, 2, 3, 4) connect to each other in a transverse direction (QR) such that their segment conveying directions (SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4) are parallel to a support plane (AE) and are aligned with the intake area (14).In the transport position (VI), at least one of the header segments (1, 2, 3, 4) is arranged such that the segment conveyance direction (SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4) of the header segment (1, 2, 3, 4) is angled relative to the ground plane (AE). According to the invention, the transfer device (20) has a configuration for transferring the harvesting header (10) such that the segment conveyance direction (SR1) of the first header segment (1) is angled relative to the ground plane (AE) in the transport position (VI) of the harvesting header (10).

The pasture harvester comprises a processing hopper, a first conveying belt is arranged at the bottom of the processing hopper, a bending plate is arranged at the front end of the processing hopper, a first motor is installed on the lower end face of one inclined face of the bending plate, the first motor is in transmission connection with a rotating block, a rotating rod is connected to the side face of the rotating block, and a cutting knife is arranged on the side edge of the rotating rod. A discharging opening is formed in the rear end of the treatment hopper, a second conveying belt is arranged below the discharging opening, an air heater is installed in the treatment hopper, an air outlet of the air heater faces the first conveying belt, walking wheels are installed at the bottom end of the treatment hopper, and a traction block is connected to the front end of the treatment hopper. A rotating block rotates to drive a rotating rod to rotate, then a cutting knife is driven to rotate to cut forage grass in front of a bending plate, a first conveying belt conveys the forage grass to a discharging opening, a second conveying belt operates to convey the forage grass to one side edge of a processing hopper to be stacked, and batch harvesting is conducted on the forage grass planted on a large scale; compared with manual pasture harvesting, pasture harvesting efficiency is improved.

Chopping unit (10) of a forage harvester, with a chopping drum (11) carrying chopping knives (15), with a counter-blade holder (17) carrying a counter-blade (16) for the chopping knives (15), wherein a top surface (20) of the counter-blade (16) facing away from the counter-blade holder (17) provides a cutting edge (21) of the counter-blade (16), characterized in that the top surface (20) of the counter-blade (16) is contoured such that the top surface (20) of the counter-blade (16) is inclined continuously towards the chopping drum (11) at least on one top surface section (26) facing the chopping drum (11) in the axial direction of the chopping drum (11) in the contact area with the chopping knives (15), wherein the top surface (20) of the counter-blade (16) is inclined at the chopping drum (11) the upper surface section (26) facing is contoured in such a way,that a first subsection (24) forming the cutting edge (21) runs parallel or approximately parallel to an underside (25) of the counter blade (16) facing the counter blade holder (17), and that a second subsection (23) adjoining this first subsection (24) is inclined towards the chopping drum (11).