Automatically safer
CLAAS is launching an automatic stretch brake function for the ARION 500/600 with CMATIC transmission and air brakes to relieve the burden on the driver in difficult conditions such as driving heavy trailers downhill and working with square balers, round balers, baler-wrapper combinations and trailed crop sprayers on sloping sites. With four new functions to support the driver in many different situations, the system automatically activates the trailer’s air brakes as soon as critical thrust forces are exerted on the tractor that potentially could result in the trailer jack-knifing. The system operates using sensors in the transmission to record engine torque and transmission loads going through the drive train.