New ORBIS 12000: Powerful 16-row harvester for the JAGUAR 1000

CLAAS currently offers the ORBIS 9000 and ORBIS 10500 as 12- and 14-row models for the four models in the JAGUAR 1000 series – tailor-made for wide crop flows and engine outputs from 850 to 1,110 hp. To further improve the utilization of the machines' performance potential, CLAAS presents the ORBIS 12000 at Agritechnica. With a working width of 12 m, i.e. 16 maize rows with a row spacing of 75 cm, it enables even more optimal utilisation of the JAGUAR 1000 – the official holder of the Guinness World Record. This working width also achieves an optimum hp-per-row ratio in the top performance class. In addition, the increased working width reduces the distance travelled during harvest by 33 per cent compared to the usual 12-row model.

As with the ORBIS 9000 and ORBIS 10500, the knife and transport discs as well as the feed drums are driven independently of each other for optimum chopping quality in all harvesting conditions and lengths of cut. CEMOS AUTO HEADER automatically controls the speeds of the intake discs separately for the two vertical feed cones. Depending on the length of cut, throughput capacity and driving speed, the speed is adjusted fully automatically. The operator can also adjust the speed manually from the cab depending on the harvesting situation.

The renowned and proven AUTO CONTOUR system provides excellent ground tracking. Three sensors detect uneven ground and automatically adjust the ORBIS 12000 to the preselected working height. As with the ORBIS 10500, two actively controlled stabiliser wheels ensure even more precise ground tracking. In combination with the integrated tilting frame on the robust pre-compression unit of the JAGUAR 1000, this enables fast and smooth ground contour following, so that the working height is always maintained regardless of the topography and forward speed. Thanks to the symmetrical compact folding mechanism, the integrated automatic transport protection and the integrated transport chassis, safe road transport is guaranteed with an external width of less than 3.30 m without any set-up time and without having to leave the driver's seat.

After attaching the ORBIS 12000 to the pre-press unit, all that remains is to connect the electronic link and the multi-coupler for the second independently variable drive to the JAGUAR – a neat operation that can be completed in just a few simple steps.

Agritechnica innovations for the JAGUAR 1000 series: CLAAS presents the ORBIS 12000 with 16 rows and the new DIRECT DISC 8400