The MF 9280 Delta combine merges Massey Ferguson’s unrivalled experience in conventional drum and concave threshing with its rotary separation expertise.

Together this technology offers high capacity, an exceptional grain sample and low power requirements.

The new combine, which is being previewed at Cereals, will go on sale for the 2011 season. “We are confident this combine will put us in the capacity stakes where it matters for large scale producers,” says Adam Sherriff, manager powered harvesting, for Massey Ferguson.

“Tests show the combine not only provides the performance, but uses 10% less fuel for the same output in equivalent conditions.”

The MF 9280 Delta is powered by the AGCO SISU Power, seven cylinder, 9.8 litre engine with e³ technology – the world’s first combine to use Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) to provide class leading economy. This generates 496hp, with power boost.

Available in standard and auto-level versions, the MF 9290 Delta combine is equipped with a 9m wide Powerflow header, which is proven to provide a huge increase in output and cut losses.

From here the crop enters the HyPerforma threshing and separation system. This threshes the crop with the Hy-Inertia 1,680mm wide x 600mm diameter cylinder and concave, which is proven to be the most versatile and economical threshing system. The crop flow is then split into two distinct channels by a specially designed Rotor Feeder, which plays a key part in ensuring smooth transition into a loading bay ahead of the two new Hi-Separation rotors.

AGCO engineers have employed their long-standing expertise in rotary combine design to develop the new twin 475mm diameter, 4.2m long Hi-Separation rotors, which provide superb separation with minimum power requirement.

Deep auger flights on the rotors pick up the crop in the feeding zone and move it along the length of the rotors by fingers mounted in a spiral pattern.

This “propeller-like” design moves the crop and means the fingers work in turn, not all together, which saves power and employs both rotors’ entire area and volume. Two specially-designed paddles at the ends of each rotor efficiently clear the straw and provide even presentation to the Min-Till Chopper or out into a swath.

The new Venturi Cleaning System is designed specifically to handle the high outputs from the HyPerforma system. It generates a large volume of air, which is evenly distributed under the entire sieve area, without consuming any extra power. This makes it possible to use wider sieve openings to boost throughput, but without compromising the sample quality.

* Cereals 2010 exhibitor information as supplied by Massey Ferguson.