New Products & Services imminently-available new precision farming technology being revealed by Case IH at SIMA, including AccuTurn, a new tractor option which automates the process of turning on the headland and entering the next chosen swath. Also on show will be the bene ts of the Case IH RTK + network, designed to provide seamless correction signal coverage with RTK accuracy and maximum uptime.
A number of new tractor models and updates also make their debut at the show, alongside the 2017 Tractor of the
Year, the 270 / 300hp Optum CVX. New are revised 65-105hp Quantum V( vineyard) and F( fruit) tractors. �ey gain new styling, a revised cab interior and controls, and options including a new mid-mount hydraulic coupler, a high- ow hydraulic pump, switchable cab ltration for use when spraying, and an integral front linkage / PTO.
Meanwhile, SIMA will also see Case IH marking the rst celebrations of its 175th anniversary year. Jerome Increase Case founded the JI Case �reshing Machine Company in 1842
in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. In 1984 the business was merged with the agricultural equipment division of International Harvester to form Case IH, before JI Case became a publiclyowned entity, Case Corporation, in 1994. Fiat acquired Case Corporation and the Case IH brand in 1999 and formed CNH, which later became today ' s CNH Industrial. �e coming year also marks the thirtieth anniversary of the introduction of the rst Magnum tractors, the latest generation of which are still built in Racine today.
Rolls Royce to supply engines for Claas agricultural vehicles
Rolls-Royce and Claas have signed a project agreement to supply MTU engines to be used in its agricultural vehicles from 2019. Luxury car and aviation engine manufacturers Rolls-Royce have signed a project agreement with agricultural vehicle experts Claas to supply MTU series 1000 to 1500 engines for use in its combine harvesters, forage harvesters and 4x4, high horsepower tractors from 2019. �ese engines will comply with the European Union ' s Stage V emissions standards which will come into force in 2019. �e new engines to be tted into the new Claas agricultural vehicles are the improved versions of the MTU Series 1000 to 1500, which will be tted into its Lexion and Tucano combineharvesters, its Jaguar forage harvester and its 4x4 high-horsepower tractor Xerion. MTU ' s Series 1000 to 1500 are based on Daimler OM 93x and OM 47x commercial vehicle engines and cover a broad power range from 100 to 480 kW. From 2019, 4,000 to 5,000 engines are to be supplied per year across all series and emissions levels. �e MTU brand is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. Bernd Kleffmann, Head of Systems Engineering Development at Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, said,
“ With an eye, among other things, to the EU Stage V Emissions Directive, we have decided in favour of these tried-and-trusted engines from MTU to power a large proportion of our vehicles. We already have over 10 eld-trial vehicles tted with EU Stage V MTU engines and are very satis ed with them.” Bernd Krüper, Vice President Industrial Business including Construction and Agriculture at MTU, said,“ We are delighted at winning one of the most renowned agricultural machinery manufacturers for the EU Stage V engines we ' ve introduced. �is is a continuation of our long-standing success story with Claas.”
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