Case IH debuts robust 340hp Optum model, setting new standards with industry-leading features
1st June 2023
Case IH introduces the Optum 340 CVXDrive with AFS Connect™ offering up to 340hp / Enhanced CVXDrive transmission ensures better performance, durability, and reliability / 5-year AFS Connect Advanced telematics
Case IH introduces the Optum 340 CVXDrive with AFS Connect™ offering up to 340hp / Enhanced CVXDrive transmission ensures better performance, durability, and reliability / 5-year AFS Connect Advanced telematics package / 3-year Safeguard Connect package / Newly designed, spacious suspended cab ranks among the quietest on the market.
Addressing the rising demand for versatile, high horsepower tractors, Case IH presents a new 340hp top-of-the-line model in its Optum series, capitalising on the renowned Optum notion of high power, lightweight design that can be ballasted as needed. Despite numerous enhancements, the Optum 340 CVXDrive with AFS Connect™ weighs the same as the existing 300 and 270 models, yet offers more power, supreme productivity and versatile capabilities.
Built at the Case IH plant in St. Valentin, Austria, adhering to strict quality criteria, the Optum 340 CVXDrive is perfect for draft and PTO applications, ranging from tillage and seeding to mowing and transport. Offering supreme comfort and performance, it now boasts one of the quietest cabins in the market and a suite of innovative technologies exclusive to Case IH, including a 5-year AFS Connect advanced telematics. This includes additional advantages through the AFS Connect portal, offering extended access to connected services.
Unbeatable power to weight ratio
Dr. Solveiga Kalinauskaite, Product Marketing Manager, comments: “Our newest top model, the Optum 340 CVXDrive, impeccably satisfies the needs of extensive farming and agricultural contracting businesses seeking a tractor with a high power-to-weight ratio that offers the flexibility to handle a diverse array of tasks.”
The Optum 340 CVXDrive’s heart is its six-cylinder, 6.7-litre Stage V FPT engine, providing power and torque for rigorous field and transport applications. Alongside the highly efficient and well-established Hi-eSCR2 emissions reduction technology, it also features Automatic Productivity Management (APM) which optimises the CVXDrive ratio and engine speed to align with power output demands.
To achieve improved performance, productivity and efficiency while ensuring reliability and durability, Case IH has outfitted the Optum 340 CVXDrive with an enhanced CVXDrive transmission. This includes upgrades to the hydrostatic unit and control software, driveline components, rear differential, and rear PTO. Moreover, a new external engine blow-by filter has been added to decrease service time. For increased versatility and compatibility in everyday operations, the standard ISOBUS Class 3 can be upgraded to Tractor Implement Management (TIM), the newest tractor-implement communication protocol, allowing certified implements to autonomously control specific tractor functions.
The Optum 340 CVXDrive, like the existing 300 and 270 models, possesses a large 630-litre fuel tank that allows for extended independent hours in the field, complimented by the best-in-class 750-hour engine service schedule. The new model provides 27hp, or 9%, more power than the Optum 300 CVXDrive, with peak torque at 1,398Nm at 1,400rpm, compared with 1,282Nm at the same speed for its smaller counterpart.
The strong rear linkage which can lift 11,058kg, a front linkage with a maximum capacity of 6,016kg, and two-speed front and four-speed rear PTOs further boost the tractor’s versatility. Therefore, Optum 340 CVXDrive delivers superior performance while upholding reliability and durability.
Best cabin in its class
The new spacious cabin provides top-tier comfort and is exceptionally quiet at just 66dB(A). Operators will appreciate the excellent panoramic visibility, superior quality trim, automotive
