The QUADRANT has continued to evolve over the last 20 years. The latest model, the QUADRANT 5200 EVOLUTION, has a 12 ft 7.6 in (3.85 m) long bale chamber and a wider 7 ft 8.5 in (2.35 m) pick-up. The baler also has 51 knives and—depending on the model—runs at up to 56 piston strokes a minute.

"Like the XERION, the QUADRANT has again seen a significant increase in performance since the end of the nineties," says baler sales rep Hendrik Henselmeyer. "The baler throughput capacity has virtually doubled." The performance of standard tractors has also evolved in recent years, even beyond 400 hp; a QUADRANT and XERION combination is still a remarkable sight, though."

The QUADRANT can now be operated effortlessly via ISOBUS, but using the CEMIS 700 is also an option. In this case, up to two cameras can be connected to the CEMIS 700.

The TELEMATICS on IMPLEMENT (TONI) data transfer system enables baling operations to be tracked remotely. "So the farmer can pinpoint the exact location of the tractor-baler combination at any time and check the bale quality," Hendrik Henselmeyer explains. "At the end of the shift, the software shows which part of the field the baler has covered and how many tonnes of square bales of what quality were collected where. The basic requirement is that the XERION has TELEMATICS, but nowadays all machines in Germany do."

The power baler.