CONVIO FLEX/CONVIO

Draper cutterbars are used wherever low-growing and low-fruiting stalk crops or difficult conditions (laid crops, volunteers) necessitate very flat cutting.

CONVIO FLEX, with its flexible knife bar, has been developed for universal use in all threshing crops, such as grains, rapeseed, soybeans, peas, grass and many others. CONVIO (with a rigid knife bar) is particularly suited to grains and rapeseed.

The constant crop flow through the  cutterbar provides the combine harvester with an even, high-volume supply of crop material.

CONVIO cutterbars provide the operator with a variety of assistance systems which can be operated from inside the cab. These include automatic reel torque control, AUTOMATIC BELT SPEED and AUTO FLEX which ensure that the cutterbar is automatically adjusted to the optimal configuration.

The newly developed reel with its innovatively shaped, adjustable cam track allows the reel tines to pick up the crop before it is cut, thereby keeping front attachment losses to a minimum, especially in lodged grain. In short crops in particular, the tines optimise the feeding of the crop into the cutterbar. In addition, the unique flip-over concept prevents the crop from wrapping on the reel. In this way, the crop is fed efficiently, consistently and with minimal losses onto the belts of the CONVIO cutterbar, from where it is delivered evenly into the combine harvester.

Thanks to the hydraulic reel drive, the torque applied to the reel can be adjusted automatically to cope with difficult harvesting conditions, such as lodged crops. An automatic height control system, which operates on the basis of the programmed pressure and sensitivity levels, prevents the tines from digging into the ground.

The AUTOMATIC BELT SPEED operator assistance system adjusts the speed of the belts to the harvesting speed continuously and completely automatically – and accommodates all crop conditions. 

Advantages for the operator:

1. Constant, automatic adjustment of the belt speeds, especially in uneven crop stands
2. Speeds are always set correctly for an even crop flow

CONVIO FLEX is equipped as standard with the ACTIVE FLOAT hydropneumatic suspension. This suspension system allows the ground pressure of the knife bar to be adjusted to the field conditions from the cab while on the move.

1. Precise cutterbar guidance close to the ground through optimal ground pressure
2. Ideal when working in conditions where the moisture level - dew in the morning or evening, for example - is rising