Development of Labor Saving Technique of Maize Harvesting and Ensiling (Part 2)

Development of the Bale Wrapper and Working Rate of Harvesting and Ensiling

Abstract

The bale wrapper, which was able to load and wrap a fragile roll bale that formed from chopped material, was developed, following from the development of the roll baler, which was able to form a 90cm diameter roll bale from chopped maize in approximately 1cm particles. The operation of the developed bale wrapper by 22kW tractor was available. The loss produced at loading and wrapping was 0.3% on average. The power requirement for loading was 1.6kW. Furthermore, in the maize harvest test, it was possible for the two operators to harvest and wrap the maize smoothly by means of the newly developed roll baler and bale wrapper. The rate of work was 9.3a/h, when 44kW tractor and single row forage harvester were used for developed roll baler and 22kW tractor was for bale wrapper.