Method and device for conditioning agricultural cuttings, in particular mown grass, for feed purposes

摘要

The invention relates to a method for conditioning (stalk) cuttings for feed purposes, in which the stalks are picked up after being cut and are then conditioned by tearing and/or beating in such a way that they are (only) partially opened, so that although the outer wax layer is broken open, the basic geometric stalk construction is essentially retained, while the cells providing for the strength of the stalks are essentially destroyed; and to a device suitable for this purpose, with a pick-up rotor for picking up the cuttings and a downstream conditioning rotor with profiled strike edges for conditioning the cuttings, and with a stationary strike rail profiled corresponding to the strike edges of the conditioning rotor, the strike edges of the conditioning rotor having essentially triangular projections arranged alongside one another and meshing with the correspondingly formed projections, whose radial spacing from the conditioning rotor is adjustable, and the points of the projections of the strike edges (plates) of the conditioning rotor and those of the strike rail are broken; and the stationary strike rail is held immovably on the support construction of the device (Fig. 1). IMAGE