DragoGT by Olimac, high performance in the corn field

Olimac is located in Cumiana in the province of Turin, specializing in the design and manufacture of corn heads, recently unveiled the new DragoGT corn head at Agritechnica in Hanover. Introduced with the new head were automatic self-adjusting deck plates and another industry first innovation named QuadSuspension™. The suspension of the deck plates absorbs the shock of ears of corn striking the plates during the harvest when pulled down by knife rollers, impacts which lead to shelling of the corn off the cob resulting in smaller yields. The automation works independently on each row for each size of ear with no need for the operator to intervene to ensure harvesting for no loss due to shelling or failure to capture ears. Harvesting with the DragoGT head also features the largest auger in the industry designed to move more material faster allowing greater speed through the rows. The angle between the row group and the ground is only 18% to help bringing in the ears drawn in to avoid dispersion of the product. Yet another  advantage introduced by the Italian manufacturer for the DragoGT is a gearbox featuring the industry’s first spiral-cut gears based on automotive configurations to deliver power more efficiently, reduce gear maintenance, significantly increase gear life and reduce noise. Unique throughout the world, the DragoGT head can also equipped with the Twin Chop option of two counter-cutting chopping knives for chopping and pulverizing the corn stalks to ready the field for plowing.