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Case IH 7140 rotary harvester with corn header with cutaway showing rotary threshing mechanism. Case IH axial-flow combines (also known as rotary harvesters) are a type of combine harvester that has been manufactured by International Harvester, and later Case International, Case Corporation, and CNH Global, used by farmers to harvest a wide range of grains around the world.
In 1869 Case expanded into the steam engine business and, by 1886, Case was the world's largest manufacturer of steam engines. [ citation needed ] The company's founder died in 1891 at the age of 72. In 1892, Case was the first company to build a diesel-powered tractor.
This machine, produced at East Moline, Illinois, was the first generation of over 30 years of Axial-Flow combines. In 1979 IH introduced two tractors, the 3388 and 3588, known as the 2+2 4WD line. These were built by taking two 1086 rear ends and hooking them together with a transfer case. A year later, the 3788 was introduced.
2005: Case made its 500,000th backhoe loader and in 2010 made its 250,000th skid steer loader. [8] [3] 2016: Case released the new G-Series wheel loader lineup consisting of seven new models from 521G thru 1121G. [9] 2017: In its 175th year in business, Case announced its facility in Wichita produced its 300,000th skid-steer loader. [10]
Early "Gleaner-Baldwin" combines used the Ford Model A engine. The Gleaner Baldwin Model A, built from 1930 to 1935, was so equipped, as were later Gleaner Models, the NA and NR, until 1938. The combine's Model A engine was mounted on a frame fitted for the radiator, and was coupled to a power take-off unit. [1] [2]
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The Case Corporation was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment. Founded, in 1842, by Jerome Increase Case as the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, it operated under that name for most of a century. For another 66 years it was the J. I. Case Company, and was often called simply Case.
In the 1920s, Case Corporation and John Deere made combines, introducing tractor-pulled harvesters with a second engine aboard the combine to power its workings. The world economic collapse in the 1930s stopped farm equipment purchases, and for this reason, people largely retained the older method of harvesting.