In test-stand experiments on broad cylinders (diameter m = 700 mm) and using very high-speed sequence photographs, it was shown that:
1. With broad cylinders no uniform exact required cut length, especially in the case of half-dry material, can be obtained.
2. With such cutters it is difficult to obtain an even spread of the cushion of material in front of the drum, especially if they are driven by low-hp tractors.
3. With broad cylinders the slipping through of uncut stalks between the knives is unavoidable.
4. The high incidence of excessive lengths makes it more difficult to unload the forage wagons mechanically, to feed continuously into the storage rooms, to unload fodder mechanically and to distribute fodder mechanically or even makes connected mechanization impossible.
In test-stand and field experiments with narrow cylinders (diameter m = 400 mm) it was shown, on the other hand, that:
5. A narrow cylinder makes it possible to adhere to the required exact cut lengths. In view of this advantage, a closer examination was made.
6. This type of cylinder is an efficient component unit both for the construction of smaller choppers (breadth 400 mm, diameter 520 mm), and for the larger field-chopper (breadth ca. 600 mm, diameter 750 mm).
7. Such cutting cylinders require considerably less construction outlay, because of more favorable specifications yet do not turn out inferior cut material and their through put performance is not inferior to that of well-known fly-wheel-field-choppers. Further, they have the advantage that the knives can be easily sharpened from the outside.
8. The influence of knife-sharpness and gap between blade and shear-bar, of the ejector form, of whetting, and of the setting of the shear-bar, were established by experiment.
9. Comparisons of different knife forms, mounted on one and the same cylinder, proved of value.
10. Whereas the sharpness of the knives and the gap between knife and shear-bar are of significant influence (up to 300 %) it was not possible to determine disadvantageous effects in the case of knives sharpened from the outside as compared with inner-sharpened knives.
11. Two ejector knife shapes were accepted as practical and their characteristics specially tested.
12. The performance required of the machine can above all be lowered by using easily-sharpened knives and choosing material correspondingly.
13. By increasing the number of knives, e.g. from 6 to 8 or 10, the cutting number can be raised almost at will, if the revolutions are simultaneously increased, to meet maximum requirements in throughput performance and cutting precision. Especially in this point the cylinder construction is superior to the fly wheel.
14. The results of the experiments led to the construction of a reduced attachment-crossflow-cylinder-type-field-chopper, which showed that even with small machines the cylinder construction type enables weight savings of up to approximately 40 % to be made.
14. The results of the experiments led to the construction of a reduced attachment-crossflow-cylinder-type-field-chopper, which showed that even with small machines the cylinder construction type enables weight savings of up to approximately 40 % to be made.
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In test-stand experiments on broad cylinders (diameter m = 700 mm) and using very high-speed sequence photographs, it was shown that:
1. With broad cylinders no uniform exact required cut length, especially in the case of half-dry material, can be obtained.
2. With such cutters it is difficult to obtain an even spread of the cushion of material in front of the drum, especially if they are driven by low-hp tractors.
3. With broad cylinders the slipping through of uncut stalks between the...
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