World premiere: GPS controls Kuhn press pick-up

Automating Baling with Kuhn VB 7100 Round Baler

Many tasks in agriculture are monotonous and repetitive. At the same time, high performance is required. This is also the case with baling: the crop should be baled at the optimal time before the next rain comes or the crop becomes too dry.

TIM Relieves the Driver

The Kuhn VB 7100 Round Baler is the world's first baler with GPS-controlled pick-up. Press operators know the routine: lower the pick-up and start baling at full speed, without moving the baler. When the bale chamber is full, stop, insert net or twine, tie, and eject the bale. And then repeat the process in minutes. Many operators are grateful when the tractor is equipped with TIM and the baler automates most tasks, stopping the tractor on its own and starting the binding process.

Automatic Pick-up with VB 7100

Kuhn takes it a step further with the VB 7100: the pick-up automatically lowers to feed the crop into the baling chamber and raises automatically at the end of the swath. This is made possible by a GPS-controlled pick-up. With Section-Control, the baler recognizes the already harvested area and the pick-up remains up. When the operator drives over a swath, the pick-up lowers and the baler can work. At the headland or end of the swath, Section-Control raises the pick-up. As long as the baler is over the headland or already harvested area, the pick-up remains up and lowers automatically when the new swath is in front of the baler.

Automatic Baling

The entire process with the VB 7100 is automated and includes functions such as automatic stopping of the tractor when the bale chamber is full and binding of the bale, automatic bale ejection, automatic stopping of the tractor in case of blockages in the intake with complete removal of the blockage, and automatic knife cleaning.

User-Friendly Interface

The baler is operated with an ISOBUS terminal that Kuhn has equipped with a new user-friendly interface. According to Kuhn, this simplifies operation and provides more overview. In addition to Section-Control, all other AEF-certified functions such as documentation of area, yield, bale count, weight, etc., are possible. An additional joystick for operating the baler can also be integrated into the task controller. Now the only thing left for the baler to do is to recognize the swath accurately so the tractor can steer autonomously and fill the baler evenly across the entire bale width. But the developers at Kuhn have probably already included this in the specifications.