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Fifty years of Twin Rotor™ innovation marked with advanced capacity, cleaning and harvesting technology New Holland Agriculture officially launched their newCR10 combine harvester in South Africa in Riversdale in August this year at the SSKWinter Grain Day , attended by over 350 customers. The event also celebrated 50 years of Twin Rotor™ innovation , first pioneered by New Holland in 1975, now taken to the next level with the Next Generation combine range , comprising the flagship CR11 and its companion, the CR10. Both are produced at New Holland’s Combine Centre of Excellence in Zedelgem, Belgium. The CR10 combines more power, increased grain capacity, and new cleaning and separation systems to set fresh benchmarks in throughput, grain quality, loss reduction, and operator comfort. Power, capacity, and feeding system At its heart, the CR10 is powered by a 12,9 litre FPT Cursor 13 engine delivering 635 hp , coupled with a 16 000 litre grain tank and a rapid 210 L/ sec unloading rate . Cutterbar header widths from 10,6m to 15m (35–50 ft) are available in fixed, flexible knife, movable knife, and draper versions. For maize, heads from 12–16 rows can be specified, while auger lengths are matched to header size. The driveline features a variable heavy-duty configuration , with a CVT drive unit enabling precise header and feeder speed control according to crop and field conditions. Feeder/ header reversing is handled hydraulically via the CVT on the variable-speed setup. The Dynamic Feed Roll™ (DFR) system, now fully reversible together with elevator and rotors, accelerates and divides crop flow evenly into the threshing system. A hydraulically-activated stone trap ensures protection and can be emptied directly from the cab. Extended Twin Rotor™ system New Holland’s hallmark Twin Rotor™ technology , introduced in 1975, has been refined with two 610mm (24 in) rotors of increased diameter and length. The redesign allows more crop circulation, improved threshing, and higher separation capacity. Each rotor integrates 40 standard rasp bars, 8 HX rasp bars , and 12 spiked rasp bars for versatile crop handling. The s tepped rotor cage design , broader in the separation area with higher vanes, optimises crop movement and improves power efficiency. Rotor vane angle is remotely adjustable, and the system aids crop ejection in reverse mode. Lightweight concaves and grates (arranged in two sets of three threshing concaves and two sets of six separation grates) contribute to improved performance and ease of maintenance. All-new TwinClean™ cleaning shoe The TwinClean™ system introduces a two- stage sieve configuration, each stage with NewHolland introduces Next Generation CR10 combine in South Africa www.agribonus.co.za 56 Spring/Summer 2025 BONUS