Claas ICT electronic system for optimizing process and performance of tractor-implement combinations

The ICT (Implement Controls Tractor) software is an electronic system for optimizing process and performance of tractor-implement combinations.

The software uses the operating parameters of an attached agricultural machine to control the towing tractor. The system is being used for the first time in a combination of a large square baler and a tractor, where automatic adjustment of the forward speed keeps the baler permanently at its optimum performance.

The operator can then choose between two working modes: ?maximum performance? and ?maximum bale quality?. In the event of a breakdown or overload of a unit, the power take-off is automatically stopped. Monitoring of the working units at the pick-up, the knotter, the chopping drum and the feeder in the baler will be of great assistance to the driver.

Automatic adjustment of the forward speed to optimum performance results in better performance of the machine combination and therefore in savings.