Rotatable Support Table for Cuboid Bale Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional agricultural crop presses face challenges in efficiently handling and stacking cuboid bales due to their narrow sides being inaccessible for conventional loading and stacking, leading to logistical inefficiencies and space inefficiencies during storage and transport.
Innovation Solution
An agricultural crop press equipped with a rotatable support table and inclined ramp allows for controlled deposition of cuboid bales, enabling them to be rotated 90° around a vertical axis, making their long sides accessible for easier handling and stacking, and incorporating a sliding device for pushing bales onto the ramp for precise placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cuboid bales are deposited with narrow sides facing forward using conventional presses, then the pressing process is simple, but the bales are difficult to handle and stack efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The support table is designed to be rotatable about a vertical axis, allowing dynamic repositioning of the bales from a first position (narrow sides forward) to a second position (long sides forward). This dynamic adjustment enables the bales to be deposited in an orientation that facilitates easier handling and stacking by loading devices, resolving the contradiction between simple pressing and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable support table acts as an intermediary device between the pressing device and the ground. It receives bles from the pressing device, rotates them to the optimal orientation, and then deposits them. This intermediary mechanism enables the transition from simple deposition to optimized orientation without requiring complex modifications to the pressing device itself.
2Productivity
If bales are deposited without rotation, then the depositing process is fast, but storage density and space utilization are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable support table enables rapid repositioning of bales to the optimal storage orientation (long sides forward) immediately upon deposition. This dynamic rotation occurs as part of the depositing process itself, not as a separate subsequent operation, thereby maintaining high productivity while achieving superior storage density and space utilization.
3Ease of operation
If a rotatable support table is added to the press, then bale handling efficiency improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable support table serves multiple functions: it supports bles during transfer, rotates them to the correct orientation, and deposits them on the ground. By combining these functions into a single multi-functional component, the increase in device complexity is minimized while achieving significant improvements in bale handling efficiency.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an agricultural straw baler (10) for pressing, in particular, cuboid-shaped bales or large bales. The straw baler (10) comprises a receiving device for receiving the harvested crop, a pressing device for pressing the harvested crop into bales of a defined size, and a conveying and/or depositing device (38) for ejecting the finished, pressed bales wrapped with twine. The conveying and/or depositing device (38) has a support table (42) rotatable about an approximately vertical axis (40) with a ramp (44) laterally adjoining it for the controlled placement of bales on the ground. A pushing device for pushing bales or large bales located on the support table (42) towards the ramp (44) is associated with the rotatable support table (42).The invention also relates to a method for depositing, in particular, cuboid-shaped bales or large bales, which have been pressed from harvested crops taken up from the ground by means of an agricultural straw baler (10), wherein the bales are discharged after pressing via a conveying and/or depositing device (38) arranged at the rear of the straw baler (10), rotated there about an approximately vertical axis (40) and pushed by means of a sliding device to an inclined ramp (44) and deposited in a controlled manner on the ground.