New Holland expands its CR Revelation combine harvester range

New Holland's new CR Revelation combine harvester range takes automation to unrivaled levels with the IntelliSense system, awarded a medal in 2017, and introduces numerous improvements that confirm the supremacy of the world's most powerful combine harvester.

The IntelliSense™ automation system maximizes yield while limiting losses and improving grain quality.
CR Revelation combine harvesters are optionally equipped with New Holland's new IntelliSense dynamic automatic adjustment system. This new feature addresses one of our customers' main challenges: achieving maximum yield while limiting losses and preserving grain quality.

This system, a pioneer in its segment and awarded the Silver Medal of the Agritechnica Innovation Award 2017, offers significant productivity benefits by optimizing daily output, reducing losses and improving grain quality.

It also offers important advantages for the operator, namely: fewer decisions to make, improved comfort, reduced fatigue and a simplified user interface.

With the IntelliSense system, the operator can choose between four strategies: Limited Losses, Grain Quality, Maximum Throughput or Fixed Yield. The patented cleaning shoe sensors measure the load with great precision, and based on this data.

the combine harvester dynamically adjusts the rotor speed, the rotor cover angle, the fan speed and the opening of the pre-sieve, upper sieve and lower sieve, in order to automatically achieve the desired result. The patented automatic rotor cover adjustment system improves the rotor's energy efficiency without affecting threshing and separation quality, resulting in fuel savings and improved performance.

Private demonstrations carried out in France and Germany in 2017 produced excellent results. The participating customers found the system intuitive and very easy to use. They also stated that the system is a valuable aid, even for the most experienced operators. Finally, they noted that the system clearly improved performance and grain quality.

The IntelliCruise™ II feed management system improves crop flow.
The CR Revelation's IntelliCruise™ feed management system, which automates the forward speed according to the load on the feeder, now comes with new functions and offers three selectable harvesting strategies that allow the operator to achieve the desired result. The new ?Maximum Yield? strategy increases the combine's speed in order to reach the maximum engine load or the maximum forward speed.

The ?Fixed Yield? strategy varies the forward speed in order to maintain a predefined yield, so that productivity remains constant in uneven harvesting conditions. Finally, the ?Limited Losses? strategy adjusts the forward speed in order to maintain a set yield. However, if losses exceed the set limit, the machine will regulate its forward speed. Three settings are available to adjust the IntelliCruise system limits: maximum engine load, maximum forward speed and feed flow, which lets the operator define the system's responsiveness.

The CR Revelation range introduces the first Stage V compliant models and expands with the new CR7.80
New Holland is expanding its CR Revelation series with a new entry-level model, the CR7.80, equipped with a Cursor 9 Common Rail engine with a rated power of 275 kW (374ch) and a maximum power of 305 kW (415ch). This new model features a single-return cleaning shoe.

With a fuel tank of 750 litres, a grain tank of 9 500 litres and an unloading rate of 126 litres/second, it stands out for its outstanding performance.

The new CR7.80 and the CR7.90 are the first to comply with Stage V emission standards, which require a further 40% reduction in particulate content compared with the previous Stage IV regulation. These machines meet the new emission limits thanks to Cursor 9 engines and the new Ecoblue technology developed by FPT Industrial.

This innovative, maintenance-free, patented after-treatment system results in lower operating costs.

The Cursor 9 features a simple layout and no EGR valve or active particulate filter, favoring productivity and reliability. This new Stage V engine gives the CR7.90 an increase of 11ch. Maximum power is now raised to 338 kW (460 ch).

The new two-range transmission improves the combine's traction and responsiveness.
The new CR Revelation is equipped with a new two-range transmission, submerged oil-bath brakes, a higher-capacity hydrostatic pump and an electro-hydraulic differential lock. The gearbox provides two ranges of gears: one for field work from 0 to 17 km/h, and one for road travel from zero to maximum speed. Maximum speed is reached at reduced engine speed, in order to reduce off-road diesel consumption when the machines are in transit.

The new two-speed transmission features greater tractive effort, improved smoothness and increased responsiveness thanks to the higher capacity of the hydrostatic motors. It is no longer necessary to stop the combine harvester to change gear, in the field or on the road. The oil-bath brakes and the power-assisted control, now joined by the double-acting parking brake, markedly improve braking control and machine safety.

Thanks to the oil-bath brakes, braking performance remains the same throughout the combine harvester's service life, with no brake pad replacement or caliper maintenance, which reduces operating costs. Fully integrated and sealed, the brakes are not at risk of contamination by dust or dirt.