The large contact area provided by the track roller units for CLAAS combine harvesters, forage harvesters and tractors ensures optimum soil protection.
The silage maize conditioning technology known by the SHREDLAGE® brand name processes the crop intensively and increases the surface area of the chopped material many times over.
More than 30,000 farmers, contractors, distributors, potential customers, farming journalists and business partners from more than 100 countries around the world visit the Technoparc each year.
Under the name “Gebrüder Claas” (Claas Brothers), the firm became well known all around the world. So who were the company’s founding fathers, August, Bernhard, Franz and Theo, and what were they like?
Join us on a journey through the past century – on the path leading from the knotter to today’s LEXION machines, the world’s most powerful combine harvester.
Experience the fascinating story of CLAAS at first hand. Join us on an exciting journey through the history of agricultural technology in the CLAAS company museum.
A CLAAS machine is much more than the sum of its individual parts. Top performance is only possible when all the parts are ideally matched and work together optimally.
Every revolution needs power.
CLAAS POWER SYSTEMS.
A CLAAS machine is much more than the sum of its individual parts. Top performance is only possible when all the parts are ideally matched and work together optimally.
DYNAMIC POWER - the intelligent way to put power down.
DYNAMIC POWER automatically adjusts the engine output of your LEXION to the operating conditions. This means that you are always running with the most efficient power curve when operating under partial load and can save – during swathing, for example – up to 10% of fuel. At full load when the grain tank is being unloaded and the straw chopper is engaged, for example, maximum engine output is automatically maintained.
DYNAMIC POWER adjusts the engine output to the current power requirement
Fuel savings of up to 10% are possible
The engine speed is reduced to 1,600 rpm during road travel
This significantly reduces the noise level and diesel consumption
MAN D 26 with 373 kW / 507 hp.
Six-cylinder in-line layout with 12.4 l displacement
Reduced rated engine speed of 1,800 rpm
Emission standard Stage V with EGR, DOC / DPF, SCR technology
Mercedes-Benz OM 470 with 300 kW / 408 hp.
Six-cylinder in-line layout with 10.7 l displacement
Reduced rated engine speed of 1,800 rpm
Emission standard Stage V with SCR and EGR technology
A technology which was until now exclusive to the largest machines is now standard in every LEXION:
DYNAMIC COOLING.
the variable fan drive which adjusts its speed automatically and, above all, as required. Whatever the outside temperature, DYNAMIC COOLING is able to cope easily. The system not only delivers reliable cooling, but also uses a curtain-effect air flow to reduce the extent to which dust is able to rise. DYNAMIC COOLING requires 20 kW less engine output, thereby helping you to save fuel.
Reduces soiling of the radiator and engine compartment
With grain tank unloading tube extended, automatically increases speed to actively blow dust away from engine compartment
Extends the air filter maintenance intervals
Cooling and cleaning in one.
Drawn in vertically at the top, the fresh air passes through a rotating sieve with a diameter of 1.60 m. It is then vented through the engine compartment and over side cooling fins. This ideal air flow prevents almost all dust from rising and so effectively functions as a permanent cleaning system.
All LEXION models are equipped with a 2-speed hydrostatic ground drive with convenient gear selection via the buttons on the armrest. The high efficiency of the hydrostatic motor saves power which is available to the rest of the machine. Both the wheeled machines and the TERRA TRAC models can travel at up to 40 km/h.
If you run for more than one second at less than 1 km/h, change gear, switch the engine off or get out of the seat, the LEXION automatically activates the parking brake. This increases both driving comfort when making frequent stops and your safety when you leave the cab. The brake is released again as soon as you operate the ground speed control lever.
Tyres for high level of soil protection.
Tyres with a diameter of up to 2.15 m on the front axle and 1.65 m on the rear are gentle on the soil. Developed in an intensive joint effort with renowned manufacturers, the tyres are designed for the increased loads associated with the greater grain tank volumes and wider front attachments of the new LEXION. Featuring a significantly increased contact area, they are able to provide more traction, less slippage and reduced fuel consumption.
The electrohydraulically operated differential lock, which is activated simply by means of a pushbutton in the centre console, ensures that you can continue to operate safely and reliably in extreme conditions. The high traction and pulling power of the LEXION are maintained on slopes and in the wet. You can also engage the differential lock under load.
Automatic function for more comfort.
The differential lock automatic engagement and disengagement function makes working with the LEXION particularly comfortable and safe.
Automatic engagement when ground speed is less than 10 km/h, steering angle less than 15° or slippage occurs
Automatic disengagement when ground speed is over 10 km/h, steering angle over 15° or braking occurs
The soil is your greatest asset.
TERRA TRAC.
The soil is the most important basis for production available to you. As it is impossible to create more of it, you need to be able to obtain ever greater yields from the existing land. The key to this is more productive machines which, thanks to TERRA TRAC, are extremely gentle on the soil.
The third generation of TERRA TRAC crawler tracks impresses with the large diameter of the land wheels, hydropneumatic suspension, improved track tensioning and automatic level compensation from 2 km/h. The TERRA TRAC system increases traction drastically and leaves hardly any trail behind it when operating in the wet, on soft ground or on side slopes. This makes the work of the transport vehicles considerably easier.
TERRA TRAC 635 mm
TERRA TRAC 735 mm
TERRA TRAC 890 mm
TERRA TRAC 890 mm spoke design
TERRA TRAC 890 mm Rice
TERRA TRAC on the road.
40 km/h top speed possible
Fully suited to road travel at 20, 25, 30 and 40 km/h
High driving safety and directional stability
More driving comfort compared with a wheeled machine
TERRA TRAC in the field.
Up to 66% less ground pressure than wheeled machines
Better traction in maize, in the wet and on slopes
Less slip and greater stability on side slopes
Lower drive resistance and fuel consumption
TERRA TRAC in rice.
Special rice track, 890 mm wide
Greater spacing of tread lugs for self-cleaning
High traction and load-bearing capacity
Will not sink in when operating in wet field conditions
