mod. ATX 1600

Technical details
The model ATX 1600 thresher has been designed to contribute to the mechanisation of cereal and other seed plant harvesting in areas where the introduction of the combine harvester has been slowed down or stopped by economical environmental, agricultural factors, reasons, and needs. The technology of the ATX 1600 (highly appropriate for the economic functional, and sirnplicity requirements of those areas) is the result of 70 years' specialist experience, and is characterised by:

• parts which perform all the functions of a modern threshing machine
• production levels and running costs which keep harvesting costs at about one third of manual, and no more than 10% of product costs
• 30/40-fold increase in manpower value
• possibilty of manufacture in developing countries using conventional "labour-intensive" technology
• possibility of working on uneven land without the need for levelling
• operating versatility obtained via simple methods
• absence of alternating moving parts
• reduced number of parts; maintenance using normal tools
• weight and size less than half of conventional machines with the same characteristics

The basic ATX 1600 model comprises 5 units:

1. load-bearing carriage, single axle, two tyres, draw bar
2. power bench and barred conveyor belt duct
3. "axial flow" drum, with settable bar concave
4. rotary sieve-caisson-aspirator
5. discharge bagging unit

Threshing capacity: 0,6-0,8 hectares/hour harvested cereal.