The history of Case IH combine harvesters dates back to 1842, when Jerome Increase Case founded the Racine Threshing Machine Works in Racine, Wisconsin (USA). This marked the beginning of a legacy that would help shape the evolution of agricultural mechanization. That commitment to innovation reached a major milestone in 1977 with the launch of the revolutionary Case IH Axial-Flow range. These were the world’s first mass-produced single-rotor combine harvesters. Featuring a unique axial-flow design, the machines integrated threshing and grain separation into a single longitudinal rotor. This groundbreaking concept…
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Cvt transmission tractor: history, function, technology
Starting in 1995, when Fendt introduced its “Favorit 926 Vario” with 260 horsepower at the German Agritechnica trade fair, tractors with continuously variable transmission began to spread throughout the sector, eventually becoming a technological must-have. If the saying “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” holds true, it is equally true that in 1995, Fendt proved itself by responding to a difficult period for the entire German tractor industry. That year, the company launched the “Favorit 926 Vario,” the first high-power agricultural tractor (260 hp) equipped with a…
Read MoreFive-litre 4 cylinder engines at the service of agriculture
The four-cylinder, five-liter “Dx5” series units from Hyundai Infracore made their debut at Eima, and therefore in the agricultural mechanization segment. A new entry that reconfirms the growth trend in the power supplied by the 4-cylinder engines used in the tractor sector and which aligns the Korean company with the proposals already in place by Agco Power, Kubota and Volvo Penta One of the most intriguing developments in the engine sector at EIMA was the unveiling of Hyundai Infracore’s new four- and six-cylinder engines, covering a power range between 200…
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