A SHEARING STALK ROLL SET AND METHOD OF HARVESTING CORN

摘要

A stalk roll set for a corn-harvesting combine includes first and second rolls adjacent one another, each having an axis of rotation and defining a shear zone therebetween. At least one pair of flutes projecting radially from each roll. The pair of flutes being bilaterally symmetrical and each including a knife edge with a leading surface and a trailing surface forming an acute angle therebetween, whereby the flutes of the adjoining stalk rolls are offset to and overlapping one another.