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The DirectInject system allows the precise injection of specific products into the spray circuit, which can be stopped and started as required.
Users will have more control during spraying operations with Amazone’s new DirectInject system.
It allows for the inclusion of supplementary crop protection products on the move while spraying.
Claas Harvest Centre Amazone product manager Joshua Patrick says farmers and contractors are constantly faced with new demands during spraying operations. As new products emerge and new technologies develop, farmers and contractors are increasingly asked to apply specific additional products, often to address a particular problem in a localised area of a paddock, or to refrain from spraying a specific product in environmentally-sensitive fields or bodies of water.
The DirectInject system allows the precise injection of specific products into the spray circuit, which can be stopped and started as required.
This means operators can now treat specific portions of the paddock with different agents, in just one pass – saving time and money.
The system consists of an additional 50-litre tank built into the storage compartment located on the right-hand side of Amazone’s UX 01 Super trailed spray unit. Easily filled from ground level, the tank is fitted with its own metering system and incorporates a mechanical agitator to keep the blend homogenous.
The DirectInject feed system can be used with UX 01 single-axle crop protection sprayers fitted with the AmaSwitch or AmaSelect single nozzle control and DUS pro high-pressure recirculation system.
It is activated from the cabin at the touch of a button as operators detect specific weeds that need to be controlled using the supplementary product. The layout of the system keeps the pre-mixed spray agent from the main tank separate from the supplementary plant product by using a second spray line across the boom.
Circulation of the main line is stopped when the secondary direct feed is activated, so product from the main tank is not mixed with the product from the secondary tank.
DirectInject can work with undiluted plant protection agents, allowing unused quantities to be returned to the original container.
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With the biannual Italian EIMA machinery Expo less than a month away, Case IH has taken out a Technical Evolution award for the Advanced Vehicle Suspension system available on its Optum 360–440 series tractors.
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In operation, sensors monitor the vibrations transmitted from the tractor chassis to the operator cabin, allowing the system to adjust suspension damping in real time. The control system incorporates key priorities, such as comfort at lower speeds and stability as speed increases, while also reacting to factors such as lower tyre pressures, where the tyres absorb more of the initial shock.
Case IH said as suspension requirements change throughout the working day, as tractors move between the paddock and road transport, the system manages suspension response in the background as tasks, speeds and conditions change, leaving the operator without the need to make manual adjustments.
Richard Hollins, Optum series tractors global product manager, said: “Pioneering technology must earn its place in the working day. Farmers and contractors will judge an investment by what it delivers, including manageable ownership costs, dependable up-time and the versatility to tackle different jobs. With AVS, we are putting intelligent control to work for comfort and stability, without giving the operator another setting to manage.”
Organised by FederUnacoma, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, the contest has been part of EIMA since 1986, with the Technical Evolution distinction awarded to products that introduce original improvements to solutions already manufactured or patented.
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