MF 9280 DELTA Hybrid Combine Excels
The MF 9280 DELTA ‘hybrid’ harvester is making its working debut across Europe this summer. It is the world’s first combine to use Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and is packed with a range of innovative features to provide high capacity with exceptional economy.
The MF 9280 DELTA ‘hybrid’ harvester is making its working debut across Europe this summer. It is the world’s first combine to use Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and is packed with a range of innovative features to provide high capacity with exceptional economy.
“The combine won the Machine of the Year Award at the Agritechnica Show and has received a great response from dealers and customers. It is designed specifically to provide the output large-scale arable farmers need with the upmost economy of operation,” says Adam Sherriff – General Marketing Manager Harvesting.
“Tests have shown the combine not only provides the performance, but uses 10% less fuel for the same output in equivalent conditions. It takes the lead for us in terms of combine capacity, efficiency and economy,” he says.
The MF 9280 DELTA 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.
“Each of the key elements in the MF 9280 DELTA combine has been developed to not only offer leading technology to boost harvesting performance, but to also improve economy,” he adds. “To do this the combine employs leading technology in every area from the AGCO SISU POWER e³ engine, the new HyPerforma threshing system - Hi-Inertia cylinder and Hi-Separation rotors - and new Venturi Cleaning System through to the Min-Till chopper with the Maxi-Spread chopper hood option.”
With harvest fully underway across Europe there are now new DELTA combines working in United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany and Central Europe. Initial feedback has been very positive with customers commenting particularly on the quality of the sample and straw. The new DELTAS are performing well compared with other similar sized machines, and many customers who have not had a Massey Ferguson combine for some years are asking for demonstrations.
“We are really impressed with the performance. Massey Ferguson and our customers have waited for some time to have this new machine and now we can offer the technology and capacity large scale operators require,” adds Mr. Sherriff.
“Crops cut so far include oilseed rape, winter barley, winter wheat and grass seed and there is more to come, particularly when the maize harvest gets under way. We will be working hard to show as many customers as possible just how good this machine really is. The MF DELTA design, with its clever combination of conventional cylinder thresher and Rotary separation technology, really suits the heavy, long strawed crops and conditions in Western Europe and provides a really good solution for farmers who require high outputs with good economy.
Users are quick to praise the new engine’s excellent torque characteristics in these conditions and the fuel consumption also is proving to be a big hit with each tankful going a lot further. The 10% savings shown in the test work are now also being seen in the field.
Massey Ferguson MF 9280 DELTA features:
- Seven cylinder, 500 hp (with boost) AGCO SISU Power 9.8 litre engine with e³ technology – the world’s first combine to use Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
- 9m wide PowerFlow header – proven to offer a huge increase in output as well as reduce losses
- New industry-leading high capacity, HyPerforma threshing and separation system:
- Hi-Inertia threshing system – proven as the most versatile design for consistent and gentle threshing in a range of crops and conditions
- Constant flow provides consistent feed for optimum performance
- New, unique Rotor Feeder for even feed and crop presentation without any restrictions to boost performance
- Hi-Separation rotors – large, 475mm diameter, 4.2m long rotors
- New, innovative Venturi Cleaning System handles huge throughputs and produces exceptional sample with low power requirement
- High capacity, Min-till chopper producing leading straw chop quality from 108 knives in eight rows
- New, Maxi-Spread chopper hood option for even straw distribution across full header width in heavy crops
- Spacious, cool cab combines comfort with class-leading Datavision terminal, easy to use controls and AutoGuide self-steering option.
The world’s most advanced combine engine
The MF 9280 DELTA combine harvester is the world’s first to be equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology, which provides unrivalled power with class-leading economy.
Key to the efficiency of the SCR process is that it treats the exhaust gases coming out of the engine and does not add any complexity or additional cooling packages, required by mechanical systems. This allows engineers to set the engine, as normal, for optimum power and economy, which results in unrivalled low fuel consumption.
Unbeatable feed from proven PowerFlow header
The MF 9280 DELTA combine is equipped with a 9m wide PowerFlow header, which provides a continuous belt feed to gather crops, reduce table losses significantly and presents an even ‘heads first’ crop flow. Crop feeding does not rely on the machine’s forward motion, the belts actually power it into the auger.
“The PowerFlow header, proven and improved over decades of use, remains the best on the market,” adds Mr. Sherriff. “There is simply no comparison – it can boost output by up to 73% in rape, 15% in wheat and 12% in barley. With PowerFlow you simply don’t need to use wider headers to achieve the output.”
New HyPerforma technology for leading threshing and separation
The MF 9280 DELTA harvesters feature the new HyPerforma threshing and separation system, which combines the new Hi-Separation twin rotor system with the well proven Hi-Inertia cylinder and concave.
“The new HyPerforma design begins with the exceptional Hi-Inertia drum and concave, which is well established as the most versatile and economical threshing system. It can handle high outputs in a range of crops and, importantly, can work in a huge variety of conditions. The versatile system offers aggressive threshing that provides the capacity, but with minimum damage to the grain and straw,” explains Mr. Sherriff.
Hi-Inertia – excellent threshing for minimum power
Crops are threshed by the 1,680mm wide, 600mm diameter Hi-Inertia threshing cylinder. This offers strength and rigidity to handle high volumes and its size and weight provide a true ‘flywheel effect’ to maintain momentum, which reduces power consumption.
Threshing starts immediately the crop enters as it passes over a prominent pre-threshing rub bar in front of the concave. The material then works against the ultra-strong 12-rub bar, electrically-adjustable concave which can now open to a massive 40mm.
As it comes out of the Hi-Inertia system the crop flow is split into two distinct channels by the new Rotor Feeder design. This key element ensures a smooth transition into the loading bay area ahead of the two new Hi-Separation rotors.
New Hi-Separation rotor design boosts performance
Separation on Massey Ferguson MF 9280 DELTA combines is carried out by the cutting edge Hi-Separation twin rotor system. AGCO engineers have employed their long-standing expertise in rotary combine design to develop the new twin 475mm diameter, 4.2m long 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.
Constant Flow ensures optimum output
Even feeding at all times is ensured by the Constant Flow system, which guarantees the machine works consistently at optimum performance. It is proven to provide a 15% increase in output by automatically matching the forward speed of the combine to the load on the threshing mechanism. A ‘set and forget’ control, it reacts much faster than is humanly possible and allows operators to concentrate on other aspects, safe in the knowledge the combine is operating at optimum capacity – all of the time.
Venturi Cleaning System boosts output
The new, unique Venturi Cleaning System is designed specifically to handle the high outputs from the HyPerforma system. It generates large volume of air, which is evenly distributed under the entire sieve area and does it this without consuming any extra power. This makes it possible to use wider sieve openings to boost throughput, but without compromising the sample quality.
Min-till chopper with superb spread
Massey Ferguson’s industry-leading Min-till chopper on the MF 9280 DELTA is equipped with a total of 108 knives in eight rows and is designed to provide the straw conditions required for min-till cultivations and direct drilling.
The new Maxi-Spread hood option is designed to handle very heavy straw volumes and ensure the material is distributed evenly across the full width of the PowerFlow header. It uses two high-speed rotating impellors to propel the straw to a central, oscillating discharge splitter. The individual impellers can be altered to suit conditions and their speed adjusted from the cab.
Top cab comfort and control
MF 9280 DELTA’s extremely quiet and spacious cab is equipped to the highest standard, which befits the combine’s leading position. The renowned Datavision II screen provides superb and easy to use setting, monitoring and control. This offers touch-screen operation of the entire machine as well as providing grain loss monitoring, yield and moisture sensing and, of course, yield mapping when linked to a GPS receiver. Many of the touch-screen navigation controls are replicated on the multi-function lever.
AutoGuide, automatic self-steering, is an output enhancing option that is proven to ease operation and boost capacity by eliminating overlaps in all conditions. This improved accuracy and output is not just restricted to the combine. Trials show that swathes left behind an AutoGuide steered combine are more consistent, resulting in improved baler workrates and denser bales.