The Super Vitesse, and its unique Continuous Flow System excels by its excellent cutting quality. The conveying assembly with the Exact-Cut cutting unit, equipped with 39 double-sided knives, offers the best prerequisite for optimum fodder quality. Due to its performance, the Super Vitesse represents a perfect solution for professional dairy farms, machinery cooperatives, and even some contractors.
Given high energy costs, this forage wagon is able to gain a significant advantage compared to other harvesting methods.
Strautmann forage wagons have a lower drag resistance than those of the competitors. The Continuous Flow System increases this advantage as our years of experience have shown. It is the continuous material flow, "Continuous Flow", which makes the difference.
- Loading capacity, medium compression 51 - 58m³ (29 - 33m³ DIN)
- Continuous Flow System accelerator drum
- Spiral rotor
- 1.8m camless pick-up
- Auto load
- 39 double-sided Exact-Cut knives
- Power required from 120p
FEATURES & BENIFITS
Chassis
- Tandem axle assembly
- Tandem steering where the rear axle freely follows the movement of the tractor and wagon.
Optional: Active steering axle that utilises a second ball-joint on the drawbar which activates the rear axle as the tractor and wagon turns, helping prevent excessive tyre wear.
Central lubrication system
Optional centralised grease lubrication system for most of the lubrication points on the machine.
39 knife cutting unit
- Easy cutting cut due to optimum geometry between the cutting knives and rotor
- Knife protection without use of tools
- Turn-able knives due to double-sided blade for longer sharpening intervals and better cutting quality
- Individual knife protection with knife quick-change system
- 39 knives, on one level for a theoretical cutting/chop length of 39 mm
- In case of shortened knives, readjustment of the entire knife bar via upper link
- Hydraulic extending and retracting of the entire knife bar.
Instead of the knife being pressured into the rotor, the knife is set up with a cam clutch tyre system. The spot-on triggering, without the spring counter tension, means a foreign object will trigger the knife to roll out of the work position, thus only blunting or damaging one point on the blade. A conventional knife protection will cause the foreign object to travel the entire length of the blade before releasing it, blunting or braking a large portion of the blade.
Exact-Cut system
A new cutting system with a cutting edge on both sides of the re-designed double-sided blade - a 39mm chop-length is reliably guaranteed. The knives have a rapid-trigger protection function, which automatically retracts them from the chop channel if a foreign object is detected.
They then return automatically to their working position, maximising work-rates while minimising damage to the knives. Exact-cut is now standard on all Strautmann forage wagons, from the smaller Zelon through to the Magnon 10.
- 39 knives ‘Exact-Cut’ unit
- 39mm theoretical cutting/chop length
- Tool-free knife change
Transport floor
- Divided transport floor with 4 transport floor chains
- Hydraulic transport floor drive with two 11 mm high-strength chains and handy U-shaped steel sections
- Breaking load of 15 t per chain
- Standard 2-stage feed motor
CONTINUOUS FLOW SYSTEM
Due to the interaction of the different components, the Continuous Flow System unit ensures excellent loading performance and a low power requirement.
The pick-up, Continuous Flow System roller, rotor and Exact-Cut cutting unit are optimally matched to each other. This results in an excellent cutting quality and power efficient drive, saving time and money.
- Low power requirement
- Full width filling
- High Performance
- Optimum adaptation to ground contours
- Protection of drives
- Longer service life of knives
Continuous Flow System spreading-out effect
Continuous Flow System conveying unit:
The picked-up green fodder is dispersed by the pick-up and the accelerator drum and fed to the rotor and cutting unit over the entire width.
The distributor drum between the pick-up and rotor delivers fodder from pick-up to the rotor ensuring a low hp requirement. Even, full-width spread of material is enabled due to the spiral band welded to the feeding drum which pulls the crop towards the outside, so the entire rotor width is utilised, keeping a minimal and constant load on the machine.
Conventional conveying unit:
The picked-up green fodder is delivered to the rotor without spreading-out effect. The rotor and the cutting unit are partially loaded.
Feed Rotor
- Robust conveyor drum with helically arranged conveyor fins with Hardox tine plates
- Smooth operation, with no peak loads due to the helical rotor design
- One-sided, torsion-free drive of loading rotor due to low-maintenance gearbox
- Wide Hardox tine plates push the crop over the knives cutting it precisely, there is only a small gap between the Hardox tine and the cutting knives ensuring great chop quality
Camless Pick-up
- Picking-up width of 1.80m
- 6 tine rows placed in a V-shape for smooth and even material flow
- Camless pick-up with very few wearing parts and low maintenance, compared to traditional Cam pick-up systems
- Plastic strippers for minimum tine wear.
Optional Flex Load Pick-up
The Super Vitesse forage wagon can be optioned with the new ‘Flex-Load’ pick-up which has six rows of plastic tines arranged in chevron formation. The pick-up is powered hydraulically for infinitely variable adjustment.
- Less breakage of tines
- Minimised tine wear
- Change of tines in under a minute
- Tines flex to adapt to ground contours
- Gentle pick up for ground protection
- Less contamination of fodder
ISOBUS CONTROL
The ISOBUS control offers the driver easy operation without having to familiarise themselves with a new control box. Of course, the ISO suitability also creates the option of operation via existing terminals on the premises or on the tractor.
Thus, interesting advantages of the valuable control terminals can be transferred to the machine use.
UNLOADING OPTIONS
PRE-SEASON CHECKS
Before the season starts, is the time to start making sure that your Strautmann Forage Wagon is serviced, checked over and ready to perform for the upcoming silage season.
Your local Strautmann dealer’s service engineer is trained to check over and calibrate your machine for the best performance. However, we’ve put together a list of some essential checks for your Strautmann forage wagon that you may like to run through.
- Check the PTO shaft for wear and that safety guards are in place
- Check the hitch point for wear
- Check all operations of the machine to make sure they all function correctly
- Check knives for wear and damage (sharpen or replace as required)
- Check the knife protection system for correct operation
- Check all oil levels (recommended to change annually)
- Check the transport floor chains for tension (adjust as required)
- Check tyres and braking system
- Check lights
- Check wheel nuts and axle bolts
- Clean the machine and grease
In addition to these checks, you may also like to watch some Strautmann service tutorials to help you to get the most out of your machine.
If you’re looking to replace your knives, the enclosed flyer shows why genuine Strautmann parts are the most cost effective and reliable option. There are some excellent deals on genuine Strautmann parts to be had through your local dealer. If not already in stock, your local Strautmann dealer will be able to order them in for you.
SUPER VITESSE MODELS