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SAM's e-Spreader technology uses computer-controlled rate management and integrated load cells to accurately manage application rates.
Hamilton-based manufacturer SAM Machinery and Hawke’s Bay’s Tabula have joined forces to offer customers more ways to connect its spreaders with the technology they already use in the cab.
SAM’s e-Spreader technology uses computer-controlled rate management and integrated load cells to accurately manage application rates. The operator can set and control spreading from within the tractor cab, with the system maintaining the required application rate as forward speed changes.
The integration will be available across SAM’s e-Spreader enabled tow-behind range, including its Orchard Spreader, extending the capability to horticultural applications as well as on-farm fertiliser spreading.
The new integration will create a direct, hard-wired CAN connection between Tabula and SAM’s e-Spreader technology, adding to SAM’s existing ISOBUS and Bluetooth connectivity options.
For customers using Tabula, the connection will allow information to move directly between the Tabula system and compatible SAM spreaders, bringing the machinery into the same connected workflow used to plan, complete and record work in the field.
One practical benefit will be variable rate spreading, utilising prescription maps in Tabula to define different application rates across a paddock or property, with the SAM e-Spreader automatically adjusting the application rate as the spreader moves across a pre-defined area.
The system removes the need for the operator having to manually change application rates throughout a job, while also maintaining an accurate digital record of the work completed through Tabula’s automatic proof of application capability.
Toby Stone of SAM Machinery says they wanted customers to be able to connect their spreader to the technology they use, whatever that may be.
“We have a gateway for ISOBUS tractor systems, a Bluetooth gateway, and now a direct, hard-wired CAN connection with Tabula. Variable rate spreading is one practical benefit. The aim is about keeping things straightforward. For us, that’s the ‘smart’ in strong, smart and simple.”
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