Independent tests prove the sprayer not only offers operators the cleanest cab air quality of any farm machine, but its design and features meet the highest European standards. The B Series RoGators also benefit from the latest engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology, as well as the option of the new C3000, advanced electronic control terminal.
The RoGator 600 is the first, and only, farm machine to ever achieve a Category 4 rating for its cab air quality. Passing this strict independent test puts the self-propelled sprayer in a class of its own, providing operators with the cleanest air quality on the market.
To achieve this unique clean air rating, the cab has to comply with the industry’s highest standards that ensure operators are protected from dust, aerosols and vapours. Challenger was able to attain this rating by starting with the advantage of using the top-specification pressurised cabin from the MT tractor range. The company then sealed the back window and added a specialnew filter that cleans the air to the Category 4 standard and has also increased the fan’s airflow.
The high quality and design of the Challenger RoGator 600B has also been confirmed by a recent Entam test, in which the machine scored top marks in many categories. Challenger is one of just a handful of European manufacturers to subject their machines to this rigorous, independent test. While not mandatory, it is based on the CEN standard and provides a comprehensive assessment of the machine’s quality, safety and accuracy of operation.
The RoGator 645B and RoGator 655B models now benefit from the very latest technology provided by Agco Sisu Power’s engines that have already been proved to significantly reduce fuel consumption in a range of agricultural applications.
The original RoGator 600 engines have been prepared from the start to be ready to be equipped with the SCR system. The SCR process uses AdBlue and now a new Diesel Oxidation Catalyser (DOC) to treat the exhaust gas after combustion. This after-treatment process enables engineers to set the engine characteristics for optimum power and economy, which results in unrivalled fuel economy, while also meeting the latest, stringent Stage IIIB emissions regulations.
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| Challenger’s RoGator 645B and RoGator 655B models now benefit from Agco Sisu Power engines with SCR technology to meet the Stage IIIB emissions standard. |
The engines remain in their original, side-mounted location in the centre of the machine, but a new addition is a 40-litre capacity AdBlue tank, which is neatly located with the fuel tank on the right-hand side. This also includes a heater coil to maintain the liquid at the optimum working temperature under cold weather conditions.
The new engines develop a maximum power at of 223hp on the RoGator 645B and 242hp RoGator 655B, both at an economical 1,950rpm. The smaller, 175hp, RoGator 635 model is powered by a standard engine.
The new option of the Isobus compliant C3000 terminal, developed with Agco’s strategic partner Topcon, merges high-accuracy positioning and guidance, auto-section control, variable rate applications, detailed mapping and logging with versatile information management, easy to use operation and a large, clear screen.
This total precision farming package simultaneously operates every conceivable spraying operation including: application rate control (maintaining dose rate in relation to forward speed); auto-section control; variable rate control; coverage logging and mapping (exportable as as-applied maps with flags); job reports (downloaded in pdf file format); ability to import prescription maps and jobs (in shape and ISO XML formats); auto field recognition (for quick and simple identification and loading jobs); calculates and displays covered and remaining areas.
All this information and control is accessed via the 30cm colour, touch-screen display, which uniquely shows up to three mini-view windows. This also has a user-defined dashboard view as well as an interactive keyboard and detailed information displays. It is easy to read, even in direct sunlight, and is back-lit by LED for night work.
A new antenna, the SGR-1, provides highly accurate and stable pass-to-pass precise positioning. The multi-constellation receiver is able to obtain signals from both GPS and Glonass satellites as well as with corrections from Egnos, Waas and Omnistar VBS.
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