New generation headers from Olimac

Already among the largest companies in the design and construction of headers for harvesting corn and sunflowers, Olimac from Margarita (Cuneo) has recently doubled its factory size. This expansion is the result of constant growth which, according to the company itself, has led the firm to export 98% of its production. The new facility has a production area of over 50,000 square meters, out of a total surface area of over 90,000 square meters, and employs 220 people. The Research and Design department is the heart of Olimac and is equipped with one of the most advanced CAD-CAM facilities. The technology designed by Olimac technicians, and all manufacturing processes, are transmitted via the computer network to the machine tools. This is where the Drago corn and sunflower header range came into being: DragoGT and Drago2, both equipped with shock-absorbing and automatically adjusting corn decks. This technology – explains Olimac in a technical note – allows corn and grain to be harvested at the greatest possible speed without losing cobs. The DragoGT is also equipped with a patented double scissor-effect stalk chopper for much finer shredding and faster decomposition of the product on the ground. In addition to the two headers in their classic configuration, at Agritechnica Olimac is presenting the DragoGT with rake, designed to harvest corn and rake the shredded material in a single pass. The material is easily collected and the biomass is transformed into energy. The work is cut in half, with a contribution to sustainable development. Finally, among the bestsellers present in Hannover, also of note is the Drago Gold sunflower header with hydraulic stalk chopper, designed to cut the stalks close to the ground and to collect only the sunflower head without the stem.