BASILDON, United Kingdom,
Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A
wheat field in Lincolnshire, United
Kingdom set the scene for New Holland Agriculture, a brand
of CNH Industrial, to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. This
latest record was achieved using a CR10.90 combine harvester, a
machine used for harvesting crops, which is built to literally
'combine' the reaping and threshing processes.
In the span of eight hours, the CR10.90 harvested 797.656 tonnes
of wheat: the equivalent of some 28 articulated truck trailer
loads.
Launched in July 2014, the world's
most powerful combine (with maximum power of 653 horsepower) is
built at the New Holland Agriculture Centre of Harvesting
Excellence in Zedelgem, Belgium.
It is the world's first Class 10 rotary combine and is equipped
with Twin Rotor® technology, which was developed by New Holland 40
years ago.
On the day the record was set, the CR10.90's average output was
99.7 tonnes per hour and peaked at 135 tonnes per hour in a crop
yielding an average of 9.95 tonnes per hectare. The record was
achieved using only 1.12 litres of fuel per tonne of grain
harvested. The extra-long 10 metre unloading auger (used for
transferring grain from the combine into a trailer) and super-fast
unloading speed of 142 litres per minute made grain handling even
easier. The model used to set the record was also equipped with
IntelliSteer™ fully integrated auto guidance which ensures an
accuracy of 1-2 centimetres. This optimises the effectiveness of
the 13.7 metre 840CD draper-header, the essential part which cuts
the grain and transports it into the combine for threshing.
"The Guinness World Records title has further reinforced the
CR10.90 combine as New Holland's flagship harvesting product, and
cemented its position as the leading combine harvester," said
Carlo Lambro, Brand President of New Holland Agriculture, upon
hearing the news.
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