Power requirements and bale characteristics for a fixed and a variable chamber baler

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-76

  Tremblay, D ^a   Savoie, P ^a   LePhat, Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chop length; Density; Forage; Mass; Power; Round bales

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE;

BALE MASS; CHOP LENGTH; FIELD CAPACITY; FIXED CHAMBER BALER; MATERIAL FLOW; POWER REQUIREMENTS; VARIABLE CHAMBER BALER;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 0030645891     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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