The Farmers Mart Oct-Nov 2017 - Issue 53 | Page 66

Machinery CLAAS wins one gold & four silver at Agritechnica » » CLAAS HAS WON A GOLD MEDAL FOR its Cemos auto threshing control for Claas straw-walker and hybrid combine harvesters. The system provides fully automatic adjustment of the threshing concave clearance and the threshing drum speed in tangential threshing units, adapting dynamically to the prevailing threshing conditions. In this way, the threshing process in the threshing unit is continuously and automatically optimised to its technical performance limits. There is no need for lengthy set-up adjustments. The Cemos auto threshing is networked with all the other assistance systems of the combine harvester, especially with cruise pilot, the automatic ground-speed control system. Claas was also awarded silver medals for the Axion 900 Terra Trac, Cemos for tractors and its Culti Cam stereoscopic row camera for mechanical hoeing. The Axion 900 Terra Trac is the first half-track tractor with full suspension. Its key innovation is the inclusion of the suspended Terra Trac crawler track system. The track system is based on technology currently in use in combine harvesters but has been specially adapted to meet the requirements of tractors. Cemos for tractors is a new, dialogue- based driver assistance system for optimum adjustment of tractors and implements. It comprises a database containing vast Philip Ltd amounts of expertise and guides the driver to the optimum settings via the user interface of a touchscreen CEBIS terminal, taking account of the current task and the ambient conditions. Claas’s other silver winner is the new, high-resolution 3D row guidance camera for steering row crop hoes is a joint development with Einböck, Hatzenbichler, Carre SAS and Bednar FMT. This camera analyses the leaf structure of the row crop on the basis of colour information and 3D surface models. Thanks to more detailed analysis, the image processing software is able to identify the rows and calculate precise control signals even in windy conditions, crops with severe weed infestation or plants which are not green. Another winner was the Large Vehicle Alert System – an innovation that creates more safety in road traffic. Hall Farm, Stainton, Nr. Rotherham, S. Yorkshire S66 7QY Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.philipwatkins.co.uk 2.4m Mounted TRI-TILL Also available 3m and 3.6m 5m QUAD-TILL Available 3m to 6m 3m Heavy Duty Stubble Cultivator Available mounted 3m, 3.5m and 4m Also available Trailed 4m to 12m 4.8m Incorporator 66 Oct/Nov 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk