Lemken has completed the trial phase with the world’s largest compact disc harrow on large farms in Eastern Germany and North America and is now ready to launch it on the market. With a working width of 16m and a workrate of up to 25ha/hr, the Heliodor 9 combined with the Gigant 12 S system carrier provides enormous efficacy on large-scale farms.
The implement’s disc diameter has been enlarged from 465mm to 510mm to ensure a long disc service life commensurate with the high acreage performance. The larger discs also allow the working depth to be increased by 2cm to up to 14cm.
The new Heliodor Gigant is attached to the tractor’s double-clip drawbar via a drawbar eye. The two 4m sections of the Heliodor 9, that combine to form 8m units, are attached to the two three-point linkages of the Gigant system carrier. The self-levelling lower links ensure that the two 8m sections independently adjust to surface contours.
The self-levelling suspension provided for all of the four 4m sections achieves an optimum adjustment over the implement’s full working width and results in consistently precise depth control, including in uneven terrain.
The three-point linkages are connected to double-acting control units to ensure that weight can be transferred from the system carrier to the Heliodor sections, especially in hard soils. As a result, the Heliodor consistently delivers optimum quality of work, despite its large working width.
Large-volume, 800mm wide tyres reduce soil compaction to a minimum and, together with compact transport dimensions (3.5m width, 4m height) provide for good road handling of the Gigant Heliodor.
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