CHOPPING

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  Dimensions that count when chopping

  To handle the increased crop volumes from wider pickups and maize attachments the New Holland chopper concept features a cutterhead up to 15% larger in diameter and up to 30% wider than the competition. It consists of two sections of 8, 12 or 16 knives which ensure the highest capacity and chop quality in the widest choice of chop lengths.

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  Chopping length “à la carte”: a wide choice of the number of knives

  Whatever the crop, the FR9000 can have the exact number of knives to provide, in combination with the HydroLoc™, the precise chopping length required.

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  Low power requirement for chopping: efficient chopping concept

  The largest cutterhead in the industry runs smoothly thanks to its wide cutting line. Spreading the crop over a wider intake reduces the layer thickness and the power requirement for the cutting action.

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  Optimising the cutting precision eliminates maize stalks and long leaves

  For high quality fodder, clean and precise cutting is essential. Knives are easily kept sharp with the standard knife sharpening device and the shearbar is correctly adjusted with proven Adjust-O-Matic™ system. Both operations are done from the cab, so that the knives are sharpened and the shearbar is adjusted more frequently. In dry maize, a clean chop between shearbar and knives is further improved by optimizing the knife profile. This is achieved by adding the facility for knife sharpening and shearbar adjustment with the cutterhead running in reverse.