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<blockquote data-quote="hobbsy" data-source="post: 3889654" data-attributes="member: 10898"><p>Probe moisture meters give a guide, they are cheap to buy but that cost must then be offset against your tractor and baler being stationary for around an hour per day whilst your probing bales, also probing a bale in multiple directions will give varying moisture reading as will bale density and battery charge.</p><p></p><p>Baler mounted</p><p></p><p>Option 1, Pad - reads the moisture if it touches the sensor, no good if the wet is inside the bale or stem, can be affected by weather, sun/overcast and humid. I have personally seen a system reading 10% out from a starwheel/microwave combination.</p><p></p><p>Option 2, Harvesttec Starwheel - uses electrical conductivity, sends a pulse 9 times per second through the profile of the bale reads stem moisture as well as surface moisture, range 7-70% accuracy +/- 1%</p><p>Can be used to operate integrated bale traceability and automatic application equipment.</p><p></p><p>Option 3, Microwave - as accurate as conductivity system, reads the profile of the bale, I believe working range is 6-36% accuracy +/- 1%, rear mounted as microwaves affected by baler frame.</p><p></p><p>Option 4, Harvesttec has now combined both starwheel mounted behind the balers knotters, and microwave mounted in the balers pre-compression chamber (CNH/AGCO only) </p><p>With modern high capacity balers the moisture inside the bale will cause heat and damage, but yes the outer few cm's will dry</p><p>Happy to answer questions</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hobbsy, post: 3889654, member: 10898"] Probe moisture meters give a guide, they are cheap to buy but that cost must then be offset against your tractor and baler being stationary for around an hour per day whilst your probing bales, also probing a bale in multiple directions will give varying moisture reading as will bale density and battery charge. Baler mounted Option 1, Pad - reads the moisture if it touches the sensor, no good if the wet is inside the bale or stem, can be affected by weather, sun/overcast and humid. I have personally seen a system reading 10% out from a starwheel/microwave combination. Option 2, Harvesttec Starwheel - uses electrical conductivity, sends a pulse 9 times per second through the profile of the bale reads stem moisture as well as surface moisture, range 7-70% accuracy +/- 1% Can be used to operate integrated bale traceability and automatic application equipment. Option 3, Microwave - as accurate as conductivity system, reads the profile of the bale, I believe working range is 6-36% accuracy +/- 1%, rear mounted as microwaves affected by baler frame. Option 4, Harvesttec has now combined both starwheel mounted behind the balers knotters, and microwave mounted in the balers pre-compression chamber (CNH/AGCO only) With modern high capacity balers the moisture inside the bale will cause heat and damage, but yes the outer few cm's will dry Happy to answer questions [/QUOTE]
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