Case IH axial-flow combines

Introduced in 1977, these harvesters marked a departure from traditional combine harvester design, in that threshing and separation was performed mainly by a rotor, as opposed to the drum and straw walker type models used previously.

This is shown in the image at right, where the bulk of the processing area is devoted to a cylinder, that spins and threshes grain from the grain heads and allows for far greater capacity than the previous drum and walker design of harvester.

The following is a summary of the model development of the Case IH harvester to the present day.

In 1977, after extensive engineering efforts and a bottom up design, IH released the 1440 and 1460 models of rotary harvester.

The older combines are easy to tell apart from the newer machines due to the model number decal being around 2 feet by 1 foot in size and being placed directly below the top of the grain bin on each side.

The most notable improvement was moving the rotary fan screen from the rear of the machine to the right side like the original 14 series combines.

In 1999, Case IH and New Holland AG merged to form CNH Global.

As part of the post merger product simplification process, both harvester lines of Case IH and New Holland were based on a common basic platform, with each model then customized to the features usually found on each harvester (e.g. cabin, external paneling, coloring, decals etc.).

These early AFX combines stand apart from the later 80/9010 due to their black cabs and unloading auger.

For the 2019 model year, Case IH offered retro looking paint jobs and decals for the 150 series.

Coming with a FPT engine, optional front crawler tracks, pipe lengths (20-50 feet), grain hopper size (14000-24100 litres), rear axle lengths (30-44 inches), multiple rotor options for specific grain types, and a trailer hitch for a header trailer.