Agricultural baler with flywheel brake control
An agricultural baler (70) comprises a shaft (3), a flywheel (2) connected to the shaft (3), a plunger (13) connected to the flywheel (2) via a crank (6), a brake system (40) adapted for providing a brake force (F2) for decelerating the flywheel (2), at least one sensor (43) for providing sensor data indicative for at least one moving part of the baler, and a brake control system (47) comprising a processing system, e.g. a processor provided with an algorithm for stopping the crank (6) in a predefined launch position range, based on a mathematical model of the baler.
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