New app for CLAAS harvester optimisation

CLAAS has released a new smartphone app to help grain growers using its LEXION combine harvesters optimise their harvesting operations from the palm of their hands.

The mobile app is a scaled down version of CLAAS' Electronic Machine Optimisation System (CEMOS), an on-board system installed on the LEXION range of combines that automatically adjusts key settings to maximise throughput, grain quality and fuel efficiency.

CLAAS claims the fully automated function can improve output by up to 20 per cent. It adds the app is ideal for use with late model LEXION combine harvesters.

According to CLAAS LEXION Product Manager, Jono Ham, the CEMOS Advisor app helps operators of all experience levels monitor and control harvesting operations with ease.

"Combine harvester operators usually have to rely on their experience or intuition to rectify grain losses or other problems by manually adjusting individual settings," he says.

"By comparison, CEMOS Advisor is an objective decision-making tool that guides the operator to the most appropriate settings, step-by-step.

"The operator enters their query into the app using their smart phone. It will then suggest the correct settings to improve efficiency or throughput based on the recommendations found in the operating manual.

"The operator can then adjust the settings and check to see if that recommendation has been effective.

"If not, the app will provide further recommendations until it finds the best settings for the prevailing conditions. These settings can be saved in the app for use at a later date."

Ham adds the CEMOS Advisor app can help improve operators' expertise, regardless of their level of experience.

"This app helps to improve their knowledge of the effect of various settings," he says.

"For example, the driver can make accurate predictions regarding grain losses by entering different values using the app and then learn how to minimise these.

"All in all, this is a really smart tool that is free and does not require a terminal."

The CEMOS Advisor app is available for both iOS and Android operating systems and can be downloaded from the respective app stores.