2023 CLAAS QUADRANT 5300 5300 Evolution FC Tandem

2023 CLAAS QUADRANT 5300 5300 Evolution FC Tandem

The CLAAS name stands for professional equipment and the QUADRANT is no exception. Square bales and throughput come naturally with all CLAAS square balers. Make quick work of hay, straw, or biomass.

It's very simple, the higher the throughput, the faster the field is cleared, and baling more pounds per cubic foot achieves higher tonnage per hour. In short, the productivity and cost-effectiveness of the QUADRANT is outstanding. The long bale chamber and plunger driven by the large main gearbox has the potential to produce dense dales at high throughput rates. This is a great advantage for straw or dry and wet hay harvesters alike.

The highlight of the QUADRANT EVOLUTION is the HD pick-up with two cam tracks for maximum torsional resistance and exceptional robustness. The pick-up runs particularly smoothly thanks to highly resilient components borrowed from the CLAAS JAGUAR pick-up. These also enable reduced noise levels and minimal wear costs. The pick-up has five rows of tines and 18 double tines per row which ensure high throughput and excellent raking quality. The separate protection of the pick-up and PFS additionally boosts performance. The pick-up, PFS and rotor speeds are matched to each other. Your advantage: evenly compacted, rock-hard bales with hard edges in any swathing conditions.

The main tube, the tine bar and the two cam tracks are designed for very long service life. The rotor and packer clutches communicate with each other so that the machine is always 100% synchronized. Additionally, the HD piston track rollers run on automatically lubricated ball bearings that last essentially longer and do not need to be replaced. And the HD baling pistons with high-quality S700 wear segments are particularly robust, too.

Depending on the consistency of the crop and windrow size, three pre-chamber modes can be selected via the ISOBUS control terminal to achieve maximum output at all times. Only the QUADRANT uses two paddle shafts and sensors to activate the stuffer cycle. The packer rakes crop into the pre-chamber until full, then pushes the flake in front of the plunger. The results are firm, well-shaped and conveniently stackable bales while maintaining maximum throughput.

The optimized top bale chamber plate ensures rock-hard bales right to the edges. Continuous straight bale chamber side plates compact the bales more evenly. Factory-fitted side knives and deflectors reduce material build-up in the ram guide area when baling straw, corn or sugarcane – further increasing operational safety and reducing the cleaning effort. The closed bale chamber design guarantees particularly square bales, right through to the edges.

Only CLAAS offers an automatic control system for baling pressure and resulting bale density. The variables for automatic baling pressure are the load on the baler frame and the twine tension. With this system, even an inexperienced baler driver has no problem operating the machine at maximum capacity, hour after hour. The first step is to enter the bale density in the menu, then the machine calculates the load limit based on the crop and twine quality.

The knife drawer for the ROTO CUT and FINE CUT simplify maintenance with automatic knife cleaning function, access from both sides of the baler, and automatic lowering in the event of a blockage. The automatically lowerable floor is a feature that is unique to CLAAS square balers. Lowering and raising of the rotor floor can be controlled from the operator terminal or the side of the baler.