The new VARIANT 400 series will replace the existing VARIANT 300 range from the 2017 harvesting season. As before, the new range will be available in two different bale sizes (0.90–1.55 x 1.20m and 0.90–1.80 x 1.20 m) as well as with (ROTO CUT) or without the cutterbar (ROTO FEED). There is also the option for the PRO cutting floor with hydropneumatic suspension as well as the XXL pick-up with a width of 2.35 m.
Optional dual roller crop press
A dual roller crop press, the same as that fitted to the QUADRANT square baler and the JAGUAR forage harvester, is now also available for the pick-up. The dual roller crop press is suspended and can be mechanically switched between four different settings without the use of tools. It allows the intake to be quickly adjusted to suit different operating conditions and ensures a more uniform and faster crop flow, meaning that the new VARIANT models can be driven at higher operating speeds. In the case of the PRO version, the cutting floor automatically drops when there is a risk of blockage, meaning that the baler can always be driven at its optimal level of performance.
In addition, the two oscillating castor guide wheels that steer the pick-up along the ground have been reinforced and can now be folded when using the XXL pick-up to reduce the transport width.
360-degree rotor star structure
Improvements have been made to the new models' star rotor structure. The star rotor now turns through 360 degrees instead of the current 180 degrees. The new star rotor structure uses 14 knives, reaching a rate of 6,000 cuts per minute, thereby ensuring that the flow of material is widely distributed when it is fed into the bale chamber, which results in uniformly shaped bales. This is an advantage particularly in the case of narrow swaths.
