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Published on 6 November 2007 · 3 min read
New Holland Precision Land Management GPS Guidance Systems for Lower Production Costs
InfoWeb Marketplace · Editorial teamPublished on 6 November 2007 · 3 min read
• Three GPS guidance systems offering scalable accuracy
• Automatic steering that increases productivity and reduces fatigue
• Highly accurate systems enabling precision farming
• Compatibility between machines reducing installation costs
New Holland's Precision Land Management (PLM) systems enable farmers to reduce production costs while improving productivity and the efficiency of field operations. The PLM system consists of two key elements: precision farming and GPS guidance.
New Holland now offers a complete range of manual, assisted and integrated guidance systems. The CR9000 and CX8000 combine harvesters and the T7000 and T8000 tractors are available with the optional factory pre-equipment for integrated guidance.
Farmers are seeing the cost-saving benefits of GPS guidance across a variety of farming practices. Growers of high-value and row crops quickly see the benefits generated by precise crop placement and optimized land use.
Farmers with large acreages see a rapid return on investment thanks to reduced gaps and overlaps during re-ploughing, sowing and harvesting. They also benefit when spreading and spraying on these areas without markers (tramlines). As the price of raw materials keeps rising, GPS guidance is becoming an even more attractive piece of equipment.
Farmers who already use GPS guidance see benefits in the form of reduced fatigue and improved concentration. It seems obvious that machine operators are more productive when they are not tired.
New Holland's new manual guidance system is the EZ-Guide™ 500. It features a bright, multifunctional colour LCD screen and indicates whether the machine is to the left or right of the desired path. The new model offers a larger, more legible screen and improved functionality compared with its predecessor. What's more, it takes just a few minutes to install. The EZ-Guide™ 500 system uses the free-to-use EGNOS DGPS correction signal to guarantee pass-to-pass accuracy of between 15 and 30 cm and allows the operator to follow a consistent line.
Assisted guidance allows hands-free driving, so that the operator can monitor the machine's operation without having to concentrate on steering. New Holland's EZ-Steer system combines a friction wheel with the GPS guidance of the EZ-Guide Plus or EZ-Guide 500 and turns the steering wheel for you, considerably reducing fatigue and ensuring more accurate tracking of the guidance line to follow.
New Holland's IntelliSteer™ system is the brand's integrated guidance solution, offering the highest level of accuracy and the widest range of applications. The system is built into the machine's design and is controlled via the new versatile displays, IntelliView II or IntelliView II Plus.
The Navigation Controller, which provides terrain compensation on three axes for pitch, roll and yaw, automatically controls the steering and ensures parallel passes when working in straight lines, curves, headland turns or on sloping terrain.
Pass-to-pass accuracy of 5 to 10 cm is achieved by adding a differential GPS (DGPS) signal, which uses fixed base stations to correct small errors in the GPS signal. The IntelliSteer system can also work with the most sophisticated DGPS configuration, Real Time Kinematic (RTK), which uses a local base station on the farm, or a locally provided RTK network, to achieve pass-to-pass accuracy of 1 to 2 cm. Economic improvements in precision planting, row crops and the harvesting of large areas are made possible by the high accuracy of this system.
New Holland's EZ-Guide Plus, EZ-Guide 500 and EZ-Steer systems are installed by the dealer. IntelliSteer systems can be factory-fitted or installed by the dealer. Customers who order machines ready for automatic guidance can also use the IntelliSteer components installed on other machines, thereby reducing installation costs.
• Automatic steering that increases productivity and reduces fatigue
• Highly accurate systems enabling precision farming
• Compatibility between machines reducing installation costs
New Holland's Precision Land Management (PLM) systems enable farmers to reduce production costs while improving productivity and the efficiency of field operations. The PLM system consists of two key elements: precision farming and GPS guidance.
New Holland now offers a complete range of manual, assisted and integrated guidance systems. The CR9000 and CX8000 combine harvesters and the T7000 and T8000 tractors are available with the optional factory pre-equipment for integrated guidance.
Farmers are seeing the cost-saving benefits of GPS guidance across a variety of farming practices. Growers of high-value and row crops quickly see the benefits generated by precise crop placement and optimized land use.
Farmers with large acreages see a rapid return on investment thanks to reduced gaps and overlaps during re-ploughing, sowing and harvesting. They also benefit when spreading and spraying on these areas without markers (tramlines). As the price of raw materials keeps rising, GPS guidance is becoming an even more attractive piece of equipment.
Farmers who already use GPS guidance see benefits in the form of reduced fatigue and improved concentration. It seems obvious that machine operators are more productive when they are not tired.
New Holland's new manual guidance system is the EZ-Guide™ 500. It features a bright, multifunctional colour LCD screen and indicates whether the machine is to the left or right of the desired path. The new model offers a larger, more legible screen and improved functionality compared with its predecessor. What's more, it takes just a few minutes to install. The EZ-Guide™ 500 system uses the free-to-use EGNOS DGPS correction signal to guarantee pass-to-pass accuracy of between 15 and 30 cm and allows the operator to follow a consistent line.
Assisted guidance allows hands-free driving, so that the operator can monitor the machine's operation without having to concentrate on steering. New Holland's EZ-Steer system combines a friction wheel with the GPS guidance of the EZ-Guide Plus or EZ-Guide 500 and turns the steering wheel for you, considerably reducing fatigue and ensuring more accurate tracking of the guidance line to follow.
New Holland's IntelliSteer™ system is the brand's integrated guidance solution, offering the highest level of accuracy and the widest range of applications. The system is built into the machine's design and is controlled via the new versatile displays, IntelliView II or IntelliView II Plus.
The Navigation Controller, which provides terrain compensation on three axes for pitch, roll and yaw, automatically controls the steering and ensures parallel passes when working in straight lines, curves, headland turns or on sloping terrain.
Pass-to-pass accuracy of 5 to 10 cm is achieved by adding a differential GPS (DGPS) signal, which uses fixed base stations to correct small errors in the GPS signal. The IntelliSteer system can also work with the most sophisticated DGPS configuration, Real Time Kinematic (RTK), which uses a local base station on the farm, or a locally provided RTK network, to achieve pass-to-pass accuracy of 1 to 2 cm. Economic improvements in precision planting, row crops and the harvesting of large areas are made possible by the high accuracy of this system.
New Holland's EZ-Guide Plus, EZ-Guide 500 and EZ-Steer systems are installed by the dealer. IntelliSteer systems can be factory-fitted or installed by the dealer. Customers who order machines ready for automatic guidance can also use the IntelliSteer components installed on other machines, thereby reducing installation costs.
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