15 November 2017, 15:44
Advances in Soil Management
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World premiere for the Imants Cultermatic: efficiently resolve harmful compaction
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Innovative eccentric tappet technology makes it possible to efficiently rehabilitate low-lying soil compactions.
“Roll out” of the new 58 series – the innovative all-around tiller for agriculture
Premiere in Hanover: modular tiller, which can be individually customised and now used for the first time with new technologies.
As part of Agritechnica 2017, the Dutch manufacturer Imants will present a range of innovations for low-lying soil tillage for the first time at a specialist trade fair.
For the first time and as a world premiere, the company is presenting the new Imants Cultermatic in Halle 11– Stand C64. Imants Cultermatic is a completely new process for the remediation of soil with damaging compaction that lies deeper than 50 centimetres.
Imants BV are launching the new Cultermatic at the industry leading Agritechnica show, Hanover Fairgrounds, in November.
The agricultural show is held across seven days from 12-18 November and features 2,900 exhibitors across 23 halls, with the latest innovations on display, making it the perfect setting to launch the machine.
The Cultermatic is used for renovating soil where the compaction goes deeper than 50cm. Worldwide, the main problems with compaction can be easily summarised by the land used in different climatic regions. In the temperate regions, acidification and low-level soil compaction are the main problems, and in the semi-arid and arid zones the salinisation of soils is the main problem.
With the exception of the Cultermatic there is no other large scale mechanical soil treatment to remedy harmful compaction and with up to 3,000 ha of valuable land being lost every day, particularly in poor countries situated in humid areas like South America and Central Africa.
Using the PTO shaft-driven machine loosens the soil and relieves compaction using the principle of hammerhead lifting. This revitalises areas that could not previously be operated on by increasing the water and fertiliser efficiency.
This also helps to absorb erosions, preventing floods/flooding and landslides. It also reduces the production of emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the soil and promotes the large-scale binding of CO2 in soil in the form of root mass.
This means that the development of the Imants Cultermatic has not only a direct impact on food production, but also on regional weather events and global climate change.
The development of efficient technology to improve the soils, which are degraded or even endangered by high soil compaction, is currently of great international importance and the Cultermatic is a highly successful way on combating it.
The new all-rounder for agriculture – trade fair premiere for the 58 series
Moreover, Imants is presenting the new 58 series as a top model for implementation in agriculture. The 58 series is the most modern spading machine made by Imants and was specially developed for light and middle clay soils. It has a high area output and can be customised to operational conditions. A variety of technologies are brought into use for the first time with the new 58 series, which makes the spader even more efficient. This includes a bilateral single chain drive and dynamic control of the operational speed. The machine will be presented as a world premiere in Hanover. Furthermore, an attached Imants tool carrier device will be available for the 58 series for the first time.
A design gains ground
Spading machines are increasingly gaining ground throughout Europe in the agricultural industry. Spaders follows the principle of digging over where the soil is mixed, aerated and loosened. As a result, soil is intensively tilled without its structure being compromised. For example, no consolidated ploughing occurs.
Information about the innovations at Agritechnica is available in Halle 11 – Stand C64.
Source: Imants BV