New Claas Avero combine harvester 240

The Claas Avero 240 is a compact combine harvester with 4 straw walkers, equipped with the APS pre-separator. It forms a category midway between the Claas Dominator 150 and the Tucano 320.
It is intended primarily for farms that rely on their own mechanization.

Four straw walkers and the APS system

The key element of the Claas Avero 240 is its all-new threshing and grain separation system, based on residual grain separation with 4 straw walkers linked to the APS threshing system.

According to Claas, the APS (Accelerated Pre-Separation) system, with a threshing drum 1060 mm wide and 450 mm in diameter, offers clear advantages: it greatly accelerates the crop flow, generates high centrifugal forces and separates up to 30% of the grain at the APS concave. This would correspond to a throughput increase of 20% for the same fuel consumption.

Residual grain separation is carried out by the four straw walkers, 3900 mm long, with four steps, which have been completely redesigned and adapted to the APS threshing system.

The straw walker with aerator can handle large volumes of straw thanks to its new teeth and allows maximum separation of residual grain.

A wide variety of front attachments

The front cutter bar for pick-up has also been standardized. The interface is now identical to that of the Claas Lexion, with a central multi-coupling, a very practical central locking system and suspension of the front attachments.

As a result, all standard Claas cutter bars can be attached to models C 660 to C 370, as well as the Vario cutter bar V 540 or V 600.

According to Claas, the Vario cutter bar is characterized by its flexibility, for example when switching from cereal harvesting to rapeseed harvesting. The cutting table can be shortened by up to 10 cm in cereals or extended by up to 20 cm. Its integrated rapeseed harvesting equipment includes a cutting table extension of 50 cm.

In addition to saving time, the even crop flow makes it possible to achieve a throughput improvement of 10%.

In addition, the folding cutter bar C 450, the soybean cutter bars S 600 and S 510 and a RAKE UP with a cutting width of 4,20 m are available.

The operator's station of the Claas Avero 240

According to Claas, the high-tech cab of the new Avero 240 offers unrivaled comfort in this category. The spacious Vista Cab is air-conditioned (automatic air conditioning).

The equipment includes an air-suspension driver's seat, a passenger seat and a steering column adjustable in three positions.

Also worth mentioning are the refrigerated compartment and the new radio with CD player, MP3 function, speakerphone function (Bluetooth), USB port and SD card reader. There are up to eight work lights.

Driving comfort means ease of use.

With the multifunction lever, the operator has everything in one hand: forward speed adjustment, driving direction, cutter bar and reel adjustment, grain tank unloading with the unloading tube swing-out, and cutting table adjustment on the Vario cutter bar.

The CIS (Claas Information System) on a large display provides an overview of all important machine information, for example fan or drum speed, front attachment information, loss indications and much more.

Other monitoring aids such as throughput control, tailings control and harvest control, all from the driver's seat, deliver maximum throughput and excellent harvest quality.

The grain tank and the engine

The grain tank volume is 5 600 liters. Unloading takes less than two minutes. The operator reportedly enjoys good visibility into the grain tank and can easily take a test grain sample. The tailings return can be easily checked through a window in the cab.

The Avero 240 is powered by a Caterpillar 198 ch turbo engine with common rail injection.

According to Claas, this engine is economical on fuel. The fuel tank has a capacity of 400 liters.

The smooth running of the engine and Common Rail technology make the compact combine harvester a very modern working machine.