New F5 balers from McHale

Irish grassland equipment producer McHale has unveiled the brand new four-model vary of F5 fastened chamber balers.

Superseding the present F5000 collection, the brand new vary contains the F5-540 customary machine, the F5-550 geared up with a 15-knife chopper and semi-automation, the F5-560 with a 25-knife chopper and full automation, and the F5-560 Plus that encompasses a 25-knife chopper, with computerized movie binding.

All 4 machines are fitted with the newly designed Profi-Flo pickup, designed to extend crop consumption by extra environment friendly crop movement, whereas patrons can select between a five-tine bar cam observe pick-up or the optionally available, wider six-tine bar cam-less model.

Up entrance, the brand new tapered feed channel helps the crop movement in direction of the rotor and into the bale chamber, with a number of adjustments behind the tines to enhance the movement of crop into the chamber.

A brand new Adaptive Consumption System permits the consumption space to robotically alter to adjustments in materials movement.

Whereas all F5s are fitted with a 540rpm gearbox as customary, a 1000rpm possibility helps cut back torque loadings all through the driveline, with revised clutch settings providing 10% extra capability to scale back the chance of blockages. The corporate says that the 1000rpm possibility additionally results in higher gas economic system, achieved by decrease tractor engine revs, delivered by operating the machine on the beneficial PTO pace of 890rpm.

Different new options embrace improved efficiency on each Web and NRF binding mechanisms, notably when working at excessive densities. Twin Feed Netting will increase internet pressure on all F5 machines, with internet utilized utilizing a rubber feed curler, whereas a metal curler maintains the web on the chosen pressure.

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As a part of the design temporary and subsequent improvement, ease of operation was a key consideration. Intelligent element sees quick-attach decide up help wheels that may be shortly and simply fitted to the pick-up or eliminated with out the necessity for any pins-by merely pulling a lever.

The F5-560 and F5-560 Plus machines are ISOBUS- appropriate as customary, with the choice on the F5-550, permitting operation through the tractor’s personal terminal. ISOBUS managed machines can be operated by non-ISOBUS geared up tractors utilizing the optionally available McHale ISO-Play 7 or ISO-Play 12 console and extra tractor wiring loom.

Relying on machine specification, a number of further options can be found for ISOBUS-equipped machines, together with auto unblock, computerized drop flooring reset, auto knife drop and knife cleansing cycle together with the optionally available inner panel lighting.