Disc and drum mowers and mower-conditioners – Direct-cut headers
The header folds completely for road transport without the operator having to leave the cab. Overall width limited to 3.2 meters.
The additional hydraulically driven side saws precisely separate the vegetation and promote clean harvesting even with lodged crops or dense biomass.
The powerful auger, with its 830 mm diameter, ensures high productivity. It is oscillating and reversible.
The transmission is articulated at the rear of the machine so as to avoid interference between the cut crop and the feed rollers.
The direct-cut unit is able to mow and chop whole-plant silage in a single pass.
On request, the cutting unit can be equipped with additional side knives. Thanks to their clean cut, even plants with tangled vegetation can be cut without losses.
Thanks to dedicated kits, the header can be perfectly adapted to every self-propelled forage harvester on the market.
| “FOLDBAR 6.16” DIRECT-CUT HEADER | FOLDBAR 6.16 |
|---|---|
| Cutting Width | 620 |
| Number of Knives | 32 |
| Number of Discs | 16 |
| Power Requirement (cv/kW) | 400/294 |
| Weight in kg | 4000 |
| Cutting Bar Model | ADVANCED INTEREST |
| Available for mulchers | NEW HOLLAND, CLAAS, JOHN DEERE 8000/9000, FENDT, KRONE |
| “FOLDBAR 6.16” DIRECT-CUT HEADER | FOLDBAR 6.16 |
|---|---|
| Cutting Width | 620 |
| Number of Knives | 32 |
| Number of Discs | 16 |
| Power Requirement (cv/kW) | 400/294 |
| Weight in kg | 4000 |
| Cutting Bar Model | ADVANCED INTEREST |
| Available for mulchers | NEW HOLLAND, CLAAS, JOHN DEERE 8000/9000, FENDT, KRONE |
The innovative FOLDBAR 6.16 direct-cut header offers a revolutionary user experience thanks to a unique system, invented and patented by Marangon. This exclusive technology allows the entire implement to be folded directly from the cab of the self-propelled forage harvester, eliminating downtime and reducing road width to just 3.2 meters in complete safety. The transition from working position to transport position, and vice versa, is fully automated and requires no manual mechanical operation or special attention from the user: thanks to carefully engineered folding kinematics, the header is geometrically designed never to collide with the cab of the self-propelled machine, regardless of the position of the chopping unit. The operator can therefore focus solely on driving, benefiting from unprecedented transport comfort and agile, worry-free road mobility.
On request, the header can be equipped with special additional side saws, specifically designed to optimize harvesting in the most demanding fields. Installed on the right and left sides of the machine, these devices are hydraulically driven to ensure constant, powerful, and independent cutting performance. Thanks to their clean and precise action on vertical vegetation, they allow flawless and completely loss-free separation and harvesting, even of lodged plants or dense and tangled biomass — such as rye and hairy vetch mixtures or whole-crop silage crops — ensuring a clear separation between the cutting pass and the crop still to be harvested.
The MDR 6014 header stands out for the exceptional precision of its cutter bar which, thanks to an advanced versatile design, guarantees a sharp, clean, and completely loss-free cut, ideal for harvesting whole-crop silage plants. The true driver of the workflow is the imposing large feed auger: with an impressive diameter of 830 mm, this component ensures high hourly productivity even in the most demanding conditions. Engineered with a simple and functional oscillating and reversible system, the auger dynamically adapts to the volume of forage, ensuring a consistently regular and continuous material flow with every type of crop. This technology allows even the densest, tallest, and most complex crops to be handled effortlessly and without any risk of clogging, optimizing profitability and the smoothness of every pass in the field.
The entire kinematics of the header are designed to ensure smooth, robust power transmission with no energy losses: the cutter bar is driven directly by a high-strength transmission gearbox, while auger movement is entrusted to a reinforced drive train. To protect the mechanics, the cutter bar is equipped as standard with a freewheel device, which allows the discs to stop gradually by inertia when the machine is switched off, preventing harmful kickbacks to the gears. The auger, on the other hand, is protected by a pawl torque limiter, which intervenes instantly in the event of overloads caused by abnormal crop build-up. In addition, the entire transmission architecture is articulated at the rear of the machine: this strategic positioning eliminates any interference at the source between the flow of freshly cut forage and the feed rollers of the self-propelled forage harvester, ensuring clean, continuous, and constant material passage.
Designed to eliminate the risks caused by accidental impacts in the field, the “Safe Cut” protection system, available on request, guarantees maximum operating safety and a drastic reduction in repair costs. In the event of a violent impact against foreign objects, the mechanism preserves the integrity of the bar by protecting the transmission components, which remain fully protected and free from wear. The system is reactivated simply and immediately through the quick replacement of the dedicated pins, an operation that requires minimal time and negligible costs. With “Safe Cut”, Marangon offers forage harvesting professionals a unique solution for comfort and reliability, turning potential structural damage into quick and economical routine maintenance.
With a significant effective width of 6.2 meters, the direct-cut unit fully exploits Marangon’s proven advanced-center-distance technology, an engineering architecture developed and optimized specifically for this type of heavy-duty application. This cutting-edge configuration allows the FOLDBAR 6.16 to mow and convey whole-plant silage in a single, smooth pass, drastically reducing mechanical effort and the stresses transmitted to the rotating components. The result is a significant optimization of the power required from the self-propelled forage harvester, resulting in lower fuel consumption, minimal component wear, and hourly productivity at the top of its category even in the most demanding harvesting operations.
Thanks to the development of specific, custom-engineered coupling kits, this header offers total and universal compatibility, adapting perfectly to any model of self-propelled forage harvester on the market. This extraordinary versatility allows harvesting professionals and contractors to integrate the equipment into their fleet quickly and without structural modifications, ensuring perfect mechanical and hydraulic communication with the chosen drive unit, regardless of the manufacturer’s brand.
The cutting unit is equipped as standard with a series of extremely high-strength wear-resistant boron steel skids, designed to provide the gear housing with total protection against impacts, abrasion, and any risk of damage on the ground. Special rounded reinforcements have been integrated between the various skids to shield the cutter bar at its most critical points. In addition, the exclusive stamped profiling on the underside of the structure effectively prevents the build-up of soil and crop residues: in this way, the mown crop flows smoothly and without interruption, reducing downtime and ensuring constant operating efficiency even on the most difficult or wet soils.
The innovative FOLDBAR 6.16 direct-cut header offers a revolutionary user experience thanks to a unique system, invented and patented by Marangon. This exclusive technology allows the entire implement to be folded directly from the cab of the self-propelled forage harvester, eliminating downtime and reducing road width to just 3.2 meters in complete safety. The transition from working position to transport position, and vice versa, is fully automated and requires no manual mechanical operation or special attention from the user: thanks to carefully engineered folding kinematics, the header is geometrically designed never to collide with the cab of the self-propelled machine, regardless of the position of the chopping unit. The operator can therefore focus solely on driving, benefiting from unprecedented transport comfort and agile, worry-free road mobility.
On request, the header can be equipped with special additional side saws, specifically designed to optimize harvesting in the most demanding fields. Installed on the right and left sides of the machine, these devices are hydraulically driven to ensure constant, powerful, and independent cutting performance. Thanks to their clean and precise action on vertical vegetation, they allow flawless and completely loss-free separation and harvesting, even of lodged plants or dense and tangled biomass — such as rye and hairy vetch mixtures or whole-crop silage crops — ensuring a clear separation between the cutting pass and the crop still to be harvested.
The MDR 6014 header stands out for the exceptional precision of its cutter bar which, thanks to an advanced versatile design, guarantees a sharp, clean, and completely loss-free cut, ideal for harvesting whole-crop silage plants. The true driver of the workflow is the imposing large feed auger: with an impressive diameter of 830 mm, this component ensures high hourly productivity even in the most demanding conditions. Engineered with a simple and functional oscillating and reversible system, the auger dynamically adapts to the volume of forage, ensuring a consistently regular and continuous material flow with every type of crop. This technology allows even the densest, tallest, and most complex crops to be handled effortlessly and without any risk of clogging, optimizing profitability and the smoothness of every pass in the field.
The entire kinematics of the header are designed to ensure smooth, robust power transmission with no energy losses: the cutter bar is driven directly by a high-strength transmission gearbox, while auger movement is entrusted to a reinforced drive train. To protect the mechanics, the cutter bar is equipped as standard with a freewheel device, which allows the discs to stop gradually by inertia when the machine is switched off, preventing harmful kickbacks to the gears. The auger, on the other hand, is protected by a pawl torque limiter, which intervenes instantly in the event of overloads caused by abnormal crop build-up. In addition, the entire transmission architecture is articulated at the rear of the machine: this strategic positioning eliminates any interference at the source between the flow of freshly cut forage and the feed rollers of the self-propelled forage harvester, ensuring clean, continuous, and constant material passage.
Designed to eliminate the risks caused by accidental impacts in the field, the “Safe Cut” protection system, available on request, guarantees maximum operating safety and a drastic reduction in repair costs. In the event of a violent impact against foreign objects, the mechanism preserves the integrity of the bar by protecting the transmission components, which remain fully protected and free from wear. The system is reactivated simply and immediately through the quick replacement of the dedicated pins, an operation that requires minimal time and negligible costs. With “Safe Cut”, Marangon offers forage harvesting professionals a unique solution for comfort and reliability, turning potential structural damage into quick and economical routine maintenance.
With a significant effective width of 6.2 meters, the direct-cut unit fully exploits Marangon’s proven advanced-center-distance technology, an engineering architecture developed and optimized specifically for this type of heavy-duty application. This cutting-edge configuration allows the FOLDBAR 6.16 to mow and convey whole-plant silage in a single, smooth pass, drastically reducing mechanical effort and the stresses transmitted to the rotating components. The result is a significant optimization of the power required from the self-propelled forage harvester, resulting in lower fuel consumption, minimal component wear, and hourly productivity at the top of its category even in the most demanding harvesting operations.
Thanks to the development of specific, custom-engineered coupling kits, this header offers total and universal compatibility, adapting perfectly to any model of self-propelled forage harvester on the market. This extraordinary versatility allows harvesting professionals and contractors to integrate the equipment into their fleet quickly and without structural modifications, ensuring perfect mechanical and hydraulic communication with the chosen drive unit, regardless of the manufacturer’s brand.
The cutting unit is equipped as standard with a series of extremely high-strength wear-resistant boron steel skids, designed to provide the gear housing with total protection against impacts, abrasion, and any risk of damage on the ground. Special rounded reinforcements have been integrated between the various skids to shield the cutter bar at its most critical points. In addition, the exclusive stamped profiling on the underside of the structure effectively prevents the build-up of soil and crop residues: in this way, the mown crop flows smoothly and without interruption, reducing downtime and ensuring constant operating efficiency even on the most difficult or wet soils.
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The operating efficiency of the FOLDBAR header is enhanced by cutting-edge engineering solutions dedicated to mechanical protection and the optimization of working times. At the heart of this evolution is the proven Marangon cutting unit with advanced center distance which, by drastically reducing the required drive power and relieving the stresses transmitted to the rotating components, ensures maximum operating smoothness even in the most demanding conditions. To protect this investment against the risks caused by impact with foreign objects, the optional “SAFE CUT” safety system offers total protection of the transmission components: in the event of a violent impact, system activation eliminates internal wear and allows the safety pins to be replaced very quickly in the field with minimal costs, eliminating costly machine downtime.
Harvest quality is further guaranteed by Clean Cut Technology, an exclusive geometric configuration that provides optimal overlap of the blade trajectories, ensuring a sharp, uniform cut with absolutely no residual strips left on the ground. Finally, extraordinary maintenance and service are simplified by the “First Aid Kit” main support: this component, consisting of a single monolithic block firmly fixed with six screws, allows individual, quick, and intuitive inspection of the gearbox, minimizing the complexity of technical interventions.
