CLAAS has a long tradition of Agritechnica Awards – thanks to innovative developers and practice-driven solutions designed to boost productivity and efficiency and enhance user-friendliness. This year's awards demonstrate the company’s ongoing commitment to this strategy.
CEMOS and 3A: highly automated and autonomous work become reality
The 3-point linkage has been around for almost 100 years – and in this time its basic operating principles have scarcely changed. Now CLAAS had developed the next generation of this key tractor-implement interface with the launch of the multi-dimensional linkage control system, which is a future expansion of CEMOS for Tractors that has earned a silver Agritechnica Innovation Award.
This is the third Innovation Award for CEMOS for Tractors technology. The system received its first silver award at Agritechnica 2017 as the first dialogue-based, self-learning operator assistance and process optimisation system for tractors. The second silver Innovation Award came at the end of 2021 for integrating the large Terranimo® database into CEMOS for Tractors. This made it possible for the first time to incorporate soil protection into CEMOS and use it with a CLAAS CTIC tyre pressure control system. Since 2022, automatic indication of the risk of soil compaction has been included as standard with CEMOS for Tractors.
Now for the first time, the award-winning multi-dimensional rear linkage integrates the hydraulic top link and implement into the linkage control system via a hydraulic spool valve. Together with implement-side sensors and ISOBUS, this allows implements from ploughs to fertiliser spreaders to be precision-guided. For example, the control system can transfer weight from a mounted cultivator to the tractor's rear axle or optimise the spread pattern of a fertiliser spreader by ensuring that it is always aligned horizontally with the ground. Quality of work improves in all application scenarios while at the same time fuel consumption is reduced by 5 to 14% during tillage work. The innovative linkage control system will extend the scope of CEMOS functions for CLAAS tractors in the medium term, supporting the resource-friendly control of tillage implements.
