Lemken merges hoeing and spraying into one operation

Though Lemken not makes standard crop sprayers, the corporate has not completely deserted the idea of spraying pesticides onto crops.

The spirit of pesticide utility lives on within the firm’s SprayHub entrance tank which can be utilized to feed applicators which can be mounted to implements moderately than as a reservoir for the standard increase sprayer.

Interrow cultivation

The newest mixture developed by Lemken could also be used to produce a SprayKit utility unit and a rear-mounted hoeing machine for band spraying throughout hoeing.

Lemken claims that the pairing of the implements can assist to cut back farmers’ workloads by as much as 60%.

For the upcoming season, the SprayHub and SprayKit have been outfitted with new features comparable to electrical single-row deactivation through ISOBUS, which permits row-by-row computerized part management by the use of GPS.

As well as, there’s additionally a model of the SprayKit for under-root fertilisation with the Azurit precision seed drill. Making use of liquid fertiliser with a duck-foot share performed within the quick neighborhood of the crops can be doable.

The inserting of fertiliser at a depth decrease than the seed just isn’t a brand new thought, however doing so through a liquid has not but entered the mainstream and Lemken is within the vanguard of this improvement.

Spraying with out the increase

The SprayHub entrance tank is supplied with its personal controls, agitator and cleansing system. It’s ISOBUS-controlled and could be operated through the corporate’s personal iQblue spray software program.

The SprayHub is available in both a 1,100L or 1,500L tank variants and is fitted with a clear water tank, a handwash tank and a filling filter.

There may be an extra induction nozzle to assist break up stable supplies. A connection for contactless induction can be accessible. 

Leaf saturation

Relying on the mannequin, the SprayHub can be utilized for band spraying on as much as 28 rows with EC-Weeder hoeing machines.

On this state of affairs it’s doable to have two nozzles per row in order that the herbicide could be sprayed each from the aspect and on the underside of the crop leaves concurrently.

The SprayKit for LEMKEN Azurit precision seed drills with as much as eight rows can be utilized for under-root fertilisation with a double disc coulter. 

The SprayHub entrance tank could be flexibly mixed with a variety of various machines whereas the SprayKit could be adjusted to any particular utility.