New: Two-chamber system for polyester tankers

Eckart presents the new SLE system for maximum traction during slurry spreading

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The specialist in polyester tankers, Eckart Maschinenbau, Schaufling, is presenting the first vacuum-based 2-chamber system for polyester tankers at Agritechnica 2017. During spreading, the front chamber always remains full until the other chamber is emptied, which maximizes traction in the field and avoids damage to the ground.

To give the tractor tires the best traction in the field, it is essential to maintain the maximum possible tongue load. On slurry tankers, however, the tongue load decreases during the spreading process as the level in the tank falls. Especially on slurry tankers with application equipment, an insufficient tongue load results in slippage in the field. The consequence can be significant damage to the field.

The new SLE system from Eckart, a company of the Austrian Bauer Group, is based on a 2- chamber system in which the front chamber remains filled until the second chamber is empty; ensuring that the full tongue load is maintained. One unique feature is that the integrated partition wall is open at the bottom rather than the top, which creates a vacuumbased, highly reliable system. This design has been used successfully in the steel tankers of the Bauer Group for a number of years. It is now also available in the polyester tankers thanks to special processes that allow the polyester tanker to be manufactured to produce the necessary vacuum effect in the first chamber.

Because the tank partition wall is open at the bottom, this system does not block the serial mixing action in the container, and it has no mechanical components such as gate valves, pipes or complicated switches. 2 Visit us at AGRITECHNICA 2017, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural technology, from November 12th to 18th 2017 in Hanover!

• Main booth: hall 22, booth B15 (slurry and irrigation)

• Info booth: hall 21, booth K14 (irrigation)