Mark Benishek (AEF Secretary), Norbert Schlingmann (AEF General Manager) and Peter van der Vlugt (AEF Chairman) accepted the AE50 Award for TIM in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Bernhard Schmitz, Director, EME Fuse & Commercial Services AGCO said:
“Congratulations to the AEF on winning this award for its TIM ISOBUS solution – an innovative interface that significantly enhances communication between the tractor and its attachment. In its capacity as a founding member of the AEF, AGCO was pivotal in developing the TIM standard on interface certification.”
Tractor Implement Management (TIM) is an ISOBUS solution that for the first time enables you to control the tractor from an attachment-based on a ubiquitous standard, making work more efficient and more precise.
Adrian Hackfort, Director Product Management Global Fuse Technologies said:
“Fendt already offers the TIM solution as an optional extra on ProfiPlus tractor models in the series Fendt 500 Vario to Fendt 1000 Vario. These Fendt tractors can be controlled through the Fendt Tigo XR loading wagon as well as the towed field sprayer, the Fendt Rogator 300,”
The loading wagon uses TIM functions to manage the tractor’s speed, for example. It determines the best working speed to pick up materials depending on various parameters such as swath volumes, while the Fendt Rogator 300 field sprayer can control the speed of the towed machine to minimize any drift of pesticides and still drive efficiently.
TIM is a new ISOBUS functionality currently undergoing AEF conformity testing. As soon as it passes this test, the Fendt machines will be able to communicate with any machine that is also AEF-certified.
Source: Fendt