Biçerdöver üretiminde dünyanın bir numarası olan John Deere fabrikalarında sıfırdan, metal sac plakalardan bir biçerdöverin nasıl oluştuğunun hikayesi.

Covering more than 300,000 square metres, the John Deere factory houses more than 2000 employees, 49 robotic welders, eight laser cutters and 14 kilometres of overhead track, all of which help stamp, press, cut and weld 60,000 tons of steel into the John Deere STS Combine – a harvesting mega-machine. To begin the process, precision laser cutters are used to create a majority of this mini-factory on wheels’ 17,000 parts.

Assemblers then create the combine’s 450 kilogram cylinder and its massive grain tank. The factory uses nearly 400 tonnes of welding wire each year – enough wire to circle the globe. When the combine has been assembled and is ready for painting, it undergoes a seven-hour process to receive the trademark John Deere green colour.

When John Deere decides to update its tractor’s design, the modification is first tested in the factory’s state-of-the-art virtual reality lab to measure the potential impact to the assembly line process, saving both time and money. With its 21st century technology and human innovation, the John Deere mega factory shows the raw power behind one of agriculture’s most vital machines.