Massey Ferguson’s five- and six-straw walker Beta combines for the 2013 season will be fitted with the completely new Skyline cab and a range of other new features to boost operator comfort and overall productivity.
The new cab brings the highest levels of vision, comfort and control to Massey Ferguson’s best-selling combine range, providing a working environment and specifications normally only found on premium machines. The Skyline interior provides an excellent workspace, superb visibility through noise-reducing glass, along with a totally new control-arm console equipped with the new Powergrip controller. It’s also fitted with a new Techtouch terminal that provides full monitoring and control along with automatic setting for multiple crops.
Equipped with state-of-the-art features and control systems, the cab is manufactured using the highest-quality materials. It not only looks good, but operators will also appreciate the quality feel, luxury features and unsurpassed levels of specification.
The cab will be standard on all 2013 models in the Beta Series including the five-walker MF 7360 at 276hp and the six-walker MF 7370 with 360hp. Both machines are available with Massey Ferguson’s ParaLevel system that provides levelling on slopes up to 20 per cent.
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The Beta combine’s Skyline is brand new and has been designed from the bottom up. |
The Skyline cab is a completely new structure from Massey Ferguson; from its safe-and-secure steps through to everything inside from the roof-lining to the floor mat. Constructed from the latest, highest-quality and novel materials, operators benefit from advanced technology that increases control and comfort. Fully automatic air-conditioning/heating is standard.
A large, curved front windscreen offers superb a view of the key areas and out to the edge of the widest headers. The tinted screen is made from laminated safety glass that incorporates a Trosifol Sound Control layer. Along with other excellent insulation throughout the cab, this allows operators to work in quiet comfort.
An air-suspended operator seat is standard, complemented by a comfortable instructor seat, fitted above a cooler and storage box. The fully adjustable steering column suits all operator shapes and sizes, and its narrow dimensions provide a clear view on to the header.
Externally the cab’s clean, sleek lines match the bold new bodywork. New H9 lighting clusters – four at each side of the roof, and three worklights on the platform – flood the work area with light. New, heated and electrically adjusted two-part mirrors provide a completely clear view behind and to the sides of the machine.
The new control arm console is mounted on the operator’s seat and is fully-adjustable both vertically and horizontally. Covered in a high-quality soft material, the armrest offers top comfort. Falling immediately to hand is the new Powergrip controller that continues the quality feel. The ergonomically sculpted handgrip fits comfortably into the palm of the hand with buttons providing finger and thumb control of the most frequently used functions.
Pulsing the lever forwards or back speeds up or slows the combine, while reverse is selected with a press of a button. Four switches just below the lever control operate important but less used functions such as thresher and header engage, four-wheel-drive and a new electric parking brake.
Flexible membrane buttons on the front right hand side of the control arm console operate less-used auxiliary functions such as the rape knife and electric sieves. The soft touch buttons have a raised profile, are easy to use by feel and are directly linked to the Techtouch terminal for setting display.
In clear view at the front of the armrest is the new Techtouch terminal, which is the central combine manager that monitors all the operations as well as providing multiple automatic crop settings. Operators can choose to make changes on the Techtouch terminal touch screen or via the unique, safety navigator pad that has keys and a rotary input control. These are all clustered around a strong hand grip on the side of the display.
The screen is divided into four parts and operators can choose the elements to be displayed or flick through various screens. The General Information screen is always on display and shows engine speed, ground speed and other machine and engine operating information.
The combine main menus show all the settings for each of the main components, such as header height, cylinder speed, concave front and rear opening, fan speed and sieves. It also shows the grain loss monitors.
Operators can also choose to view a range of Information screens that provide detailed information on the combine functions, such as shaft speeds. Images from the standard rear-mounted camera can also be displayed on the whole screen or reduced to appear in one of the four sections.
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| The latest Massey Ferguson Beta combines retain the manufacturer’s MCS rotary separator. |
New for the Massey Ferguson MF Beta series is the ability to electrically set and adjust the sieves from the cab, with the clearances shown on the Techtouch terminal, and the ability to store the information along with other settings to be repeated for the same crops. This, coupled with the facility to monitor the returns volume, allows operators maintain peak combine performance.
Along with the new Skyline cab, Massey Ferguson is also introducing new sleek and stylish bodywork for the MF Beta 7360 and MF Beta 7370, which combines good looks with practical features.
The new models retain all the top features from the previous range, such as the unique MCS rotary separator, low maintenance and low fuel consumption from SCR-equipped engines. The unique ParaLevel system offers high efficiency when working on slopes up to 20 per cent, while also confining the overall width to within 3.5m for transport (depending on tyre size).
For more information visit: www.masseyferguson.co.uk.
