Fully automatic spreading pattern control and optimisation

After receiving the gold medal for the AXMAT fully automatic spreading pattern control and optimisation system for the AXIS H twin-disc fertiliser spreader at AGRITECHNICA 2013, RAUCH and their development partner MSA have continuously tested and improved the system. At the same time, the trade press convinced themselves in independent AXMAT tests of its quality and function.

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For the upcoming fertilisation technology season, RAUCH presents a significantly enhanced and optimised system. The new AXMAT plus is equipped with 27 radar sensors which are positioned stationary in a circle underneath the spreading discs of the fertiliser spreader.

Using the innovative radar technology, AXMAT plus scans the spreading pattern position in no more than 4 seconds. The previous model needed 27 seconds. After scanning, the intelligent software immediately recognises the position, the character and the expansion of the spreading pattern. If a deviation from the spreading pattern is detected, a new setting for the AXIS 50.2 H EMC spreading technology is calculated within split seconds and activated via remote control. The spreading pattern is optimised fully automatically by an adjustment of the fertiliser drop point on the spreading disc every 4 seconds.

This opens up new performance dimensions in professional fertiliser technology. Influences of fertiliser properties or environmental conditions are detected and compensated fully automatically during spreading. AXMAT reliably convinces with a large application window for granulated fertilisers and snail granules. The system only reaches its limits if precise spreading is no longer technically possible due to fertiliser quality, the selected working width or spreader discs.

In combination with the separate EMC automatic metering system for the left and right metering slide, the dream of a self-adjusting fertiliser spreader has become reality with the Axis-H 50.2 EMC+W and AXMAT plus.