Technology derived from aeronautics for the Diamant header

The Diamant corn header is one of the flagship products of Capello, a company from Cuneo specialising in the design and development of grain harvesting technology. The Diamant model is an efficient, reliable and safe working tool, built with high-strength polymer bodies, and with a sinuous design that accompanies the flow of material in all working conditions, making field work easy and fast. The frame, which has no exposed hydraulic cylinders (this facilitates header cleaning and improves the view of the work area), also features a horseshoe shape that minimises the oil requirement for tipping the header regardless of the number of rows. What's more, the header bonnets and tips can be dismantled easily without keys or tools, since - as the manufacturer claims in a technical note - such operations are carried out by hand directly by the operator. The operational heart of the header is, of course, the harvester unit, equipped with cob plates that move in a synchronised and simultaneous manner, eliminating product loss and improving crop cleanliness. The platters are adjustable directly from the driver's cab; therefore," reads the manufacturer's note, "it is the driver himself who manages the harvesting process by determining the correct opening of the plates". One of the header's constructional pluses is the advanced horizontal stalk chopper, which is popular for its cutting along the ground and for the high quality of the chopped material (the rotor breaks up the plant residue, facilitating the decomposition process), but also for its low power absorption. The stalk chopper is positioned to the left of the combine's advancement, thus eliminating the problems of ventilation and clogging of the radiator caused by the vortex of dust generated by the rotors themselves. The gear drive line (for 10- and 12-row Diamant headers) has been developed from materials derived from aeronautics, and is therefore able to withstand very demanding stresses and thus offer high mechanical performance and durability. Like Capello's other headers, Diamant is compatible with all combine harvesters and self-propelled forage harvesters on the market and is available with different row spacers according to the different operating requirements of users.