The large contact area provided by the track roller units for CLAAS combine harvesters, forage harvesters and tractors ensures optimum soil protection.
The silage maize conditioning technology known by the SHREDLAGE® brand name processes the crop intensively and increases the surface area of the chopped material many times over.
More than 30,000 farmers, contractors, distributors, potential customers, farming journalists and business partners from more than 100 countries around the world visit the Technoparc each year.
Under the name “Gebrüder Claas” (Claas Brothers), the firm became well known all around the world. So who were the company’s founding fathers, August, Bernhard, Franz and Theo, and what were they like?
Join us on a journey through the past century – on the path leading from the knotter to today’s LEXION machines, the world’s most powerful combine harvester.
Experience the fascinating story of CLAAS at first hand. Join us on an exciting journey through the history of agricultural technology in the CLAAS company museum.
The German Agricultural Society (DLG) is presenting its Innovation Award at Agritechnica 2019. This prize is awarded for pioneering innovations in agricultural technology. CLAAS has won three silver medals this year.
The LEXION 6000 and 5000 set new standards in the threshing and separation performance of straw walker combine harvesters with the APS SYNFLOW WALKER.
Silver for the new threshing units in the LEXION model series
This completely new threshing mechanism features a 450-mm pre-accelerator drum, a 755-mm threshing drum with ten rasp bars and an additional separator drum with a diameter of 600 mm ahead of the impeller.
The unit width is 1,700 mm in 6000 models, and 1,420 mm in 5000 models.
These large drum diameters create low contact angles of 132° for the threshing drum, and 116° for the separator drum. In combination with synchronisation of the drum speeds, this results in a straight-line crop flow that is both gentle on the material and saves on fuel consumption. The active separation areas are 3.18 m2 and 2.66 m2, respectively.
For fast adaptation to all crop types and harvesting conditions, all the threshing concave segments are hydraulically adjusted in parallel in CEBIS. An overload protection system eliminates the risk of blockages. A concave bar can be pivoted into the crop flow ahead of the threshing drum. This allows extremely precise control of how aggressively the unit operates, for reliable disawning in barley crops, for example. Like all other threshing unit parameters, the bar control system is integrated in the CEMOS AUTOMATIC terminal. All the concave segments are accessible from the side, and are easily replaced. With drum speeds of between 160 and 920 rpm, the APS SYNFLOW WALKER is suitable for all threshing crops.
The new LEXION combine harvesters won another silver medal with the CEMOS AUTO CHOPPING system.
CEMOS AUTO CHOPPING saves fuel and optimises straw chopping results.
During the mowing and threshing process, the system continuously determines the straw moisture content and quantity, and automatically adjusts the stationary knife and friction concave plate positions in the straw chopper to the straw conditions at the time. This can save up to 10% on diesel use. All that the driver at the CEBIS terminal has to do is specify whether the priority is maximum chop quality or maximum operating efficiency.
Silver for the JAGUAR.
CEMOS AUTO PERFORMANCE controls engine power and ground speed.
With the CEMOS AUTO PERFORMANCE function, the JAGUAR maintains a constant engine speed and adjusts the engine power and ground speed according to the crop mass. If the crop mass increases, first the engine power is increased, and then the ground speed is reduced.
In a lower crop mass, the engine power is reduced automatically. This keeps the engine speed steady, and eliminates abrupt load alternation effects. This results in uniform crop flow with high operating reliability and reduced fuel consumption. It also means less stress on the driver, particularly in demanding harvesting conditions.
