BROKEN PADDLE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ELEVATOR OF COMBINE HARVESTER

A system for detecting a broken or missing grain paddle (88) of an elevator (60) of a combine harvester includes a sensor (200) positioned to either directly or indirectly detect a presence of grain paddles of the elevator, and output signals based thereon. The system also includes a controller (202...

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Hauptverfasser: BANKS, Jr., Clayton, O'DONNELL, Shaun, LINDE, Karl
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A system for detecting a broken or missing grain paddle (88) of an elevator (60) of a combine harvester includes a sensor (200) positioned to either directly or indirectly detect a presence of grain paddles of the elevator, and output signals based thereon. The system also includes a controller (202) that is configured to receive the signals output from the sensor and determine the occurrence of the broken or missing grain paddle as a function of the signals transmitted by the sensor.