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XtraBlatt issue 02-2016

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MENSCHEN TITLE RUBRIK THEME Straw pellets as fuel for energy production tend to be an exception nowadays. This situation should change with the help of the Premos 5000, planned to be on the market from 2018 onwards. MULTIPLE MARKETS Globally viewed, the EU along with the Balkans and Ukraine produce 215 million tonnes harvestable straw annually and form one of the main harvesting regions. France alone produces around 40 m t in this respect and is therefore leading producer by a long way. Positions two to four in this league are filled by Germany (approximately 27 m t), Ukraine (approx. 26 m t) and Great Britain (15 m t). Among the countries with real import requirement for straw is the Netherlands. Significant amounts of straw are transported here from Germany and partly also even from Poland. Austria is also a straw importer, preferring Germany and the Czech Republic as suppliers. And Switzerland also receives straw from its northern neighbour. However, within the “great” straw countries there are big production differences depending on the distribution of cropping and pasture regions, or respective livestock densities. Thus, for instance, livestock production is very important in northwest France and this region ships in straw from the Paris Basin and even from Spain. To a great extent, this straw is used as livestock bedding, but also as feed component. But straw has also established a strong position in the production of specialty crops, be it as substrate for mushroom growing or as soil cover in strawberry production. A further use of straw is as fuel in energy production. In countries such as Denmark this market has been politically encouraged and systematically expanded over many years. In Germany, there are also some large heat production plants, e.g. in Emsland or in the state Thüringen, where straw in big rectangular bales is utilised for this purpose. So far tending to be the exception is heating fuel in the form of pelleted straw. Just now, this is applied in smaller heating systems, for instance in houses. This, however, could well change with series manufacture of the Promos 5000 from Krone, a machine planned to be available from 2018. Field-harvestable straw is also produced by pulse crops, fibre and oil plants. And – from a global point of view – dried stalks can be harvested, too, from maize, rice, sugar cane and tomatoes. Throughout Europe, substantial tonnages of straw are transported from arable areas to livestock farming regions. This multiplicity of straw sorts sometimes demands very different requirements in baling technology to meet density needs or handle more easily damaged straws, varying throughput speeds or different elastic recovery capacities. A real challenge is represented by sand, soil and other unwanted dirt that can have a very adverse effect on machinery. One of the ways used by Krone to deal with the diverse challenges is through production of different baler models. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of different models has increased from 25 to 46. Keyword worldwide: Can you imagine just how many new balers are sold per year around the globe? In the case of rectangular balers, according to estimates by Krone sales experts, the figure is around 4000, whereby western Europe provides the most customers with just under half the total, closely followed by North America. The worldwide figure for round baler sales is some 29,000 machines per year. Here, amazingly, North America occupies first place by a long way with a good half of all sales, whilst western Europe buys around one-third. And the worldwide tendency in these sales will probably increase because straw is a raw material for which demand increasingly rises. 12

RX Dual purpose forage wagons NEW TRIO The RX dual purpose forage wagons with capacities of 36 m 3 to 43 m 3 replace the ZX models 400 GL/GD and 450 GL. The new line comprises models RX 360 GL/ GD (vertical headboard, short tailgate), RX 400 GL/GD (pivoting headboard, long tailgate for more crop capacity). Characteristic for the new series is the common frame upon which all the models are built. The models also share the same 2015 mm wide EasyFlow pick-up that enables clean and smooth lifting of the crop, even at high driving speeds. The 8-row rotary cutter, diameter 880 mm, is powered via side-positioned oil bath transmission. Rotor feed width is 1,760 mm with a practically-oriented 46 knife chopping system enabling a theoretical chop length of 37 mm. Adjustment for achieving the desired chop length takes place rapidly and easily via the central knife adjustment point (23 or 46 knives). A selling point shared by the models RX 400 GL/GD and RX 430 GL is the pivoting headboard that offers approx. 4 m3 more loading capacity and also serves as unloading aid. The RX wagons are available with either caster or forced steering axles. Optional features include PowerLoad automatic loading system, an automatic high-speed unloading system driving the chain and slat flooring, LED work spotlights, automatic articulated drawbar, load cover and onboard weighing system. Swadro centre delivery rake MODEL RANGE EXTENDED Presented together by Krone at the ZLF higher work rates are the Swadro TC 930 Bavarian farm show in Munich were (working widths from 8.1 m to 9.3 m) and three new rotor rakes, thus extending the Swadro TC 1000 (working widths from company’s range of centre delivery rakes. 8.9 m to 10.0 m). With the Swadro TC 640, Krone offers an Also applied by Krone in the company’s interesting entry-level model with working widths from 5.7 m to 6.4 m, raking that has proved itself thousands of times new centre delivery rakes is technology into 1.0 m to 1.7 m swaths. Suitable for including, as in all Krone rakes, permanently-lubricated rotor transmissions with maintenance-free Duramax cam track coming with a three-year guarantee. Tine arms are ball bearing mounted and maintenance-free. Krone also offers with its new rakes the so-called “Jet Effect”. This enables, through the arrangement of the rotor centres of gravity behind the cardanic rotor suspension system, the tines to be lifted and lowered in such a way that they cannot scratch the field surface. A further plus point is running gear with artic-steer (optional with the Swadro TC 640). The transport frame of the new centre delivery rakes is designed for maximum strength and minimum maintenance. A speciality with the Swadro TC 930 and Swadro TC 1000 is the forward sloping main frame with Y-gearbox. With the TC 640 and TC 930, a transport height of under 4 m has been achieved without the tine arms having to be folded. 13