April 06, 2009
NEW HOLLAND LAUNCHES ITS NEW BB9000 RANGE OF LARGE RECTANGULAR BALERS
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New Holland's current BB-A baler range is a major player in the large rectangular baler market and the product of choice for contractors and large-scale farmers. Improvements in the BB9000 range are a result of extensive worldwide research with farmers and contractors.
New Holland asked these operators what they wanted to see in their next baler from New Holland. The new BB9000 big baler range builds on that expertise, clothed beneath sweeping new lines that reflect New Holland's harvester styling, creating a strong family style across New Holland's baler, forage and combine ranges. Featuring a choice of knife configurations, a more manoeuvrable hitch design and an upgraded double knotter system, the BB9000 models provide perfectly-formed bales reliably and consistently.
The new models offer a choice of bale sizes - 80cm x 90cm or 120cm x 90cm and up to 260cm in length.
Baling excellence
The wide SuperSweepTM pick-up is able to operate at high speed, allowing the large windrows to be collected cleanly and easily. Closely spaced, curved tines ensure the crop is delivered efficiently and quickly to the stuffer forks for high workrates.
The BB9000 features an improved stuffer mechanism, which increases in speed as crop is moved from the pre-compression chamber to the bale chamber. This improves top and corner bale fill and biscuit density to produce well-shaped bales for transport and stacking, and dense bales for high quality forage.
Superior chopping
A wide choice of CropCutter options available on all models provide excellent chop quality for
nutritious silage bales, which are readily digested for faster weight gain on livestock. In addition to the traditional fine chop cutter with 23 knives on the BB9060 and 33 knives on the BB9080, for the first time a medium chop option with 11 or 17 knives respectively is available as a factory fit option. The slide out knife drawer is easily accessed to allow quick and convenient knife-sharpening that enables the BB9000 to stay at its most productive.
The BB9000 retains the proven W-pattern rotor, which spreads the cutting force and creates a smooth cutting action, reducing power requirement and fuel consumption. The design further promotes the equal distribution of the crop over the full width of the pre-compression chamber and the bale chamber.
Comfort and convenience
New Holland now offer the BB9000 operator the IntelliView III colour touch screen monitor as standard equipment. This monitor is the same as those in New Holland Tractors and combines. In addition, a no monitor option can be used with any ISOBUS compatible tractor so complete baler information and controls are possible using the tractor's built-in monitor. The IntelliView III monitor is also compatible with the dealer installed rear view camera. This camera gives the operator a clear view of what is happening at the rear of the baler and enhances its safe operation. Also available as a dealer installed option is a kit that offers electronic bale length trip and length settings and knotter trip, all from the tractor cab.
The optional moisture sensing system uses two star wheels to penetrate the bale for extremely accurate measurement and allows precise application of additives. This saves time and money when working with crops that may have a higher than expected moisture content.
Developed for the BB9000, New Holland's optional bale weighing system is an industry first. Part of the New Holland's yield monitoring system, the integrated bale weighing system can be installed by the dealer and offers full information on yields. Using an independent pivoting bale chute frame on the rearmost bale chute section , the unique ‘bale tilting' system allows the bale to be accurately weighed without slowing production rates. Extensive trials against stationary weighing machines have confirmed the system's accuracy and with individual and total bale weight able to be recorded, the many benefits ‘on-the-move' weighing are available to operators.
The standard Bale-EjectTM system clears the bale chamber of any remaining tied bales for complete bale chamber cleaning. The optional Partial Bale-EjectTM system ejects only the last completed bale that may be protruding from the rear of the bale chamber and not allowing the bale chute to be raised, leaving the start of the next bale in the chamber. A conveniently located hydraulic spool valve at the rear of the balers allows the operation of these two functions.
A new, slim hitch design allows tight headland turns. Coupled with this is the optional auto steer tandem axles that ensures that the BB9000 has great manoeuvrability. Standard on the BB9000 balers is a single axle with 710/40 x 22.5 high floatation tyres.
Quality and reliability
New Holland's rugged and reliable baler design has earned it an enviable reputation. The BB9000 continues this philosophy with a durable monocoque frame and heavy-duty, over-engineered gearboxes used for all main drivelines for smooth and efficient power transfer.The oil-immersed gearboxes and automatic greasing system reduce the daily service needs and further improve reliability.
The BB9000 baler benefits from an upgraded double knotter system, which features new shielding to keep the knotters clean, a larger diameter knotter brake disc, reduced twine tension and changes to the bill hook profile. The design allows higher bale density as there is virtually no strain on the twine and knotter components during bale formation. During testing one BB9000 produced more than 14,000 bales without a single missed tie, underlining the proven reliability of the system.
The BB9000 draws on New Holland's prodigious baling heritage to provide farmers and contractors with a professional baling solution.
