Vaderstad: from Paris with love!

Vaderstad has upgraded the Spirit 600S, 800S and 900S seed drill models. The modified equipment was first unveiled to the public at SIMA — 2017 Agribusiness Show in Paris.

To ensure a uniform seed placement depth in undulating ground and in various soil types, the Spirit seed drill has been equipped with an active coulter pressure system.

‘The special-purpose load-sensing hydraulic unit monitors constant pressure in the coulters’, explains Aleksey Kirsanov, Regional Representative of Vaderstad in the Central and the Volga regions. ‘Thus the coulter pressure is maintained at a preset level.’

The Vaderstad E-Control wireless monitoring system communicates signal to iPad or tractor display in real time. It enables the operator not only to adjust the working depth of the front cultivation tool, the seed coulters and the hydraulic harrow, but also change the seed and fertiliser application rates, all from the tractor cab.

The brand new development from Vaderstad is the SeedEye seed counter for the Rapid A 400S, 600S, 800S; Rapid A 600С and 800C seed drills. It enables farmers to easily set the seeding rate per 1 sq. m. without preliminary calibration.

The upgraded Tempo L precision planter was also demonstrated to the attendees of the trade show. This high-speed row-crop planter offers enormous capacity. It is available with 12, 16 or 18-row units. The row spacing of the 12 and 16-row machines ranges from 70 to 80 cm, while that of the 18-row model varies from 45 to 70 cm.

Eight independent sowing units with the Fenix III metering system feature individual row shut-off. The seed hopper capacity is 100 litres.

‘The Gilstring seed meter with the PowerShoot technology guarantees superior sowing precision of the Tempo L at high speeds’, says Aleksey Kirsanov. ‘And the E-control wireless system enables the operator to see the sowing quality and adjust the seed drill accordingly in real time. The coulter pressure now applied by hydraulics is regulated from the cab, which facilitates optimal ground contour following in uneven terrain.’

Another novelty from Vaderstad to be launched in 2017 is the FH 2200 front-mounted fertiliser hopper. It has been designed to apply fertiliser at the rate from 1 to 250 kg/ha at the speed of 15 km/h. It is equipped with two electric Fenix III metering systems.

‘The Fenix III metering system consists of a powerful fan and a sowing unit driven by an electric motor’, says Aleksey Kirsanov. ‘The introduction of this technology has made it possible to change the sowing rate without leaving the tractor cab.’

The highly effective hydraulic fan integrated into the FH 2200 hopper creates high air pressure which ensures uniform fertiliser distribution even at high speeds, thus taking full advantage of the capacity of the Tempo planter.

The FH 2200 hopper is mounted to the front linkage of the tractor. After the material passes through the two Fenix III metering systems, it is directed to the planter through the special fertiliser tubes. Next, the airflow sends the material to the distributor head, which uniformly distributes it among the fertiliser tubes leading to the coulters. A system for front weights mounting is available for the tractors of major brands. The equipment is compatible with various brands of machinery.