Agco’s industry leading transverse rotary harvester, Gleaner has added two new models.
Available this year, the S9 Series includes two models, the S97 and S98 meet the needs of growers seeking Class 7 and 8 machines.
Agco says the new S9 Series builds on Gleaner’s reputation for delivering on harvesting needs - capacity, grain quality, low loss levels, reduced compaction and serviceability.
The range features an all-new Vision cab and operator convenience via a new Tyton terminal, plus modifications to the feeder house, drive electronics and drive mechanics.
“We’ve incorporated the latest technology, comfort features and even more engineering advancements to ensure our combines provide operators the ability to handle whatever harvest conditions they face during long days in the field,” Gleaner product manager, Shane Jardine said.
The Vision cab has many new features to enhance comfort, simplify control, reduce fatigue and increasing productivity and offers an exceptional view of the cutter bar, header ends and harvested areas behind each side of the harvester.
The cab is 15 per cent larger with a larger instructor seat with a fold-down back to double as a workspace, and 22 per cent larger, deep-curved front windshield and six square metres of total glass area.
A glass laminate minimizes sun exposure and sound-deadening material keeps the noise to as quiet as 75.5 decibels.
A redesigned control console reduces fatigue with ergonomic placement and intuitive color-coding of the buttons and switches.
A multi-function hydro handle controls travel direction and speed and also buttons to engage the processor, header and parking brake.
The throttle lever is located under the thumb for intuitive adjustment of engine RPM.
All adjustments and controls are consolidated on a panel outside of the monitor.
Buttons to adjust rotor speed, gear selection and bin extension operation are on the right edge of the console.
A slim-profile steering post, new cab post placement, 12 new cab lights with high-lumen projection and new dual remote mirrors are innovations on the Vision cab.
The Tyton terminal provides a full menu of products and services from Fuse, Agco’s precision farming technology.
The terminal has four quadrants, easier-to-read Gleaner-specific graphics and an easy-to-use color touch-screen interface, to monitor and control multiple functions.
Mounted on an accessory bar off the operator seat armrest, the Tyton terminal can be positioned by the operator for the best visibility of the monitor and header.
Gleaner S9 Series offers the choice of a factory-installed FieldStar Live mapping which integrates data from yield and moisture sensors and GPS through the Tyton terminal.
Automatic header width control is included for more accurate yield calculations.
Available TaskDoc task management and record keeping solutions provide complete field documentation systems and offers wireless data transfer.
In addition, the S9 Series offers the optional Auto-Guide guidance system with a NovAtel or Trimble satellite receiver that comes from the factory set up for WAAS to ensure maximum steering accuracy and efficiency.
Auto-Guide control also is integrated through the Tyton terminal, which eliminates a separate screen.
Two levels of AgCommand machine monitoring are available, and Fuse Connected Services that enable remote equipment and operational support from your local Gleaner dealer.
The S9 Series sees Gleaner’s hallmark “natural-flow feeding” refined to improve feeding capacity in difficult crop conditions such as heavy canola swaths.
The feeder house floor has been lowered and the feeder house runners and torque tube raised, creating clearance under the feed shaft.
These changes reduce stress on the shaft, yet maintain good control of the crop mat in difficult feeding conditions.
Also the feeder house has been lengthened for better visibility of the cutter bar from the cab.
Geometry on the header lift cylinders has been redesigned to maintain excellent lift and a proportional valve lets the operator adjust the header raise/ lower speed and sensitivity via the Tyton terminal.
A 13,743 litre grain bin is standard.
