Post by rod on Jan 21, 2023 4:19:24 GMT -6
This past harvest in OZ……. it was tough going from day one to day finish & FRC seemed to be sluggish in responding.
Thinking about this now, there must be some load sensing coming off the PTO drive that goes down & drives the feeder & the head you are pushing along …… that adds information to the FRC to also add information as to whether to speed up or slow down.
My reasoning for is, in rice last season, the machine would quickly slow down the moment it “felt” extra load - in the case of rice, lodged crop area is much harder to cut etc. etc. etc. ……. So it would slow the forward speed down & not let that massive increase in load arrive at the rotor ……. then try & slow down as well as deal with the lump of crap that trying to block the rotor!
So my thoughts & assumptions are, if we have tough cutting conditions in cereals & canola, that extra load on the drive system is holding back FRC & when you look at the crop & it looks like you could go much faster through it …….. the machine has actually reached its “set point” load limit & will not go faster.
Therefore if I increase the “set point” ……. I should be able to push it harder through these tough cutting areas.
Or should I do a calibration of FRC at low load, medium load & high load …… to gain a better performance ?
Thinking about this now, there must be some load sensing coming off the PTO drive that goes down & drives the feeder & the head you are pushing along …… that adds information to the FRC to also add information as to whether to speed up or slow down.
My reasoning for is, in rice last season, the machine would quickly slow down the moment it “felt” extra load - in the case of rice, lodged crop area is much harder to cut etc. etc. etc. ……. So it would slow the forward speed down & not let that massive increase in load arrive at the rotor ……. then try & slow down as well as deal with the lump of crap that trying to block the rotor!
So my thoughts & assumptions are, if we have tough cutting conditions in cereals & canola, that extra load on the drive system is holding back FRC & when you look at the crop & it looks like you could go much faster through it …….. the machine has actually reached its “set point” load limit & will not go faster.
Therefore if I increase the “set point” ……. I should be able to push it harder through these tough cutting areas.
Or should I do a calibration of FRC at low load, medium load & high load …… to gain a better performance ?