Direct Swather Goes Wide

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With the new Disco 1100 Direct Swather, Claas is adding another model with variable swathing to its range of large-scale mowers. The mower combination has a working width of 10.70 m and works without a conditioner, with conical swathing augers for four placement strategies and is currently the largest mounted mower with swath merging available on the market.

Following the introduction of the first large-scale Claas mower with swath augers, the Disco 9300 Direct Swather, in 2024, Claashas now added the larger Disco 1100 Direct Swather, which has a working width of up to 10.70 m, which can be used in conjunction with the four-rotor swather to create a swath with a working width of up to 21 m and thus optimally utilise even the most powerful forage harvesters.

Maximum flexibility with four placement strategies and low drive requirements.

Like the Disco 9300 Direct Swather, the new Disco 1100 Direct Swather also allows four mowing and placement options:

Complete wide spreading for effective, fast wilting with large quantities of forage.

Mowing with integrated centre swath placement for fast and effective field clearance without tedders and swathers and / or for GPS harvesting or autumn residual area harvesting in a single pass.

21 m mowing on 13 m bed placement (combined swath/wide spreading) for active control of the wilting process and / or optimum utilisation of the forage harvester.

Mowing with one-sided swathing for field edge clearing.

Without conditioners, the Disco 1100 Direct Swather can be operated with tractors from 220 hp and frugal with fuel. The range of applications extends from high-yielding green rye for biogas and forage production to the gentle mowing of lucerne and low growth rates in grassland cuts. With low growth rates, especially in regions with low rainfall and a high number of hours of sunshine, the absence of the conditioner prevents the crop from wilting too quickly to actively control the dry matter content. This advantage also comes into play in lucerne mowing, where the crop should be prevented from bleaching for quality reasons. Thanks to the swivelling augers, the drying process can be controlled independently of the crop and the placement can be optimally adapted to the growth quantity and the subsequent harvest chain.

At a glance:

Powerful and efficient large-scale mower without conditioner.

10.70 m maximum working width with low drive requirement (from 220 hp).

Four mowing strategies thanks to conveyor augers that can be swivelled in and out individually.

“21 on 13” mowing strategy saves 32 km distance per 100 ha of operational area for the rake combination and forage harvester (under practical conditions, this corresponds to around 3 hours of time optimisation; figures compared to complete wide spreading), improves chop quality and reduces fuel consumption.

Maximum conveying volume thanks to conical conveyor augers, conical auger box (conveyor housing) and additionalconveyor pockets.

Durable, efficient Max Cut mower bar with low speed (850 rpm PTO shaft speed) and Active Float relief.

New telescopic boom with spring-loaded sliding elements to minimise wear.

Almost 11 m working width with less than 4 m transport height for safe and legal road transport.

Smart, ISOBUS-compatible controls with numerous automatic functions.