New Equipment From Sitevi Trade Show
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Antonio Carraro Mach 4
On display from Antonio Carraro was the Mach 4. An 87-horsepower, reversible articulated quad track machine, this tractor features four independent rubber tracks offering the advantages of a traditional tractor and a tracked vehicle rolled into one. Photo credit: Gerry Bogdon
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Antonio Carraro TRH
The TRH 9800 from Antonio Carraro is a multifunctional equal-wheel tractor with reversible driving position. The TRH 9800 is fitted with a computer system that controls ground speed, engine rpm, acceleration, and PTO revs.
The unit on display is fitted with EasyStar, a modular multifunctional frame designed to provide ergonomic comfort, ample and safe workspace, and optimum visibility over the implement, including in the reverse mode. The design offers a variety of combination possibilities, allowing customers to find the most convenient solution for their needs.
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ERO Grapeliner
ERO has developed a harvester with a transverse conveyor which can accommodate both a stalk separator and sorting table on board. This is the first harvester in the world combining three systems: transverse conveyance, stalk separating, and sorting. The machine has a 1,500-liter bucket and is well suited to large plots. While the machine is harvesting a row, a tractor pulling a trailer moves down the neighboring row at the same speed. The transverse conveyor continuously pours out grapes into the trailer. The driver merely has to press a button in the cabin to activate stalk separation and sorting, which improves the quality of the harvest. With this system, a driver can switch from transporting the grapes on the transverse conveyor to unloading them into the bucket and vice versa, simply by pressing a button. For more information, email [email protected].
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Lamborghini
The Lamborghini Nitro is now available in a VRT version. According to the company, Lamborghini Trattori, the unit is dependable and can handle a variety of tasks on the farm.
This tractor has received the 2014 “Golden Tractor for Design” award, which is determined by European journalists specializing in agricultural machinery. The Golden Tractor Award is said to acknowledge the best solutions from the agricultural world to improve style and ergonomics.
The Nitro line of mid-power tractors feature modern styling defined together with Giugiaro Design and built with attention to detail, according to the company. The Nitro VRTs are available from 90 Hp to 130 Hp for a medium power range.
The continuously variable transmission in the Nitro 130 VRT, in particular, contributes to driver comfort.
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New Holland Opti Grape
Winegrowers are always striving to improve harvest quality in their quest for the perfect harvest. The Opti-Grape, developed by New Holland, has five sub-assemblies working in conjunction to ensure the harvest runs smoothly. The two best known are the pre-sorter and the separator. The pre-sorter uses rollers to separate the harvest gently into two batches: whole bunches, which go to the de-stemmer, and individual berries, which go straight to the separator. The entire harvest eventually passes through the separator (berries, berries from the de-stemmer, waste, leafstalks, and pieces of leaves from the pre-sorting). The berries are separated from the waste by a forced-air cushion. Everything that is round (berries) rolls off the air cushion and falls into the trailer. Other waste (leafstalks, pieces of leaves, stems, withered, or botrytized berries) is lifted on the air cushion and removed from the harvest. The Opti-Grape innovation delivers harvests of excellent quality (less than 0.1% of waste in the harvest), and even removes waste that would not be picked up in a manual sort.
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T4E High Clearance Tractor
The T4E is an electric high-clearance tractor from Kremer Energy that offers the same functionality as a traditional high-clearance tractor, but with the added advantage of using an alternative to fossil fuel, which is beneficial not only from an environmental but also an economic and health point of view. Since its inception, Kremer Energy has been pursuing the use of electrical energy in winegrowing high-clearance tractors, delivering major advances for both winegrowers and their customers. In particular:
• Reducing energy and maintenance costs, sound pollution, and vibrations
• Improving driving safety
• Preventing pollution by hydrocarbons and exhaust gases
• Almost non-existent maintenance costs due to the absence of a heat engine and the low quantity of organic hydraulic oil carried.
With its two electrical power take-offs, the T4E is able to pull all types of classic tools used for mechanized work in narrow vineyards (milling, topping, treatment/processing, working the soil etc.). It automatically recognizes the electrical tools to which it is connected and adapts to the operating requirements provided by the tool manufacturers, which generates substantial savings in terms of energy autonomy and work efficiency.
Together with the tractor’s electronic management system, the easy-to-use joystick that controls its movement and manages the tools simplifies handling and day-to-day work, relying particularly on the robust BUS-CAN technology. Also, the integrated program managing the functionalities of the T4E can easily be updated using a USB key, delivering the latest technological developments with regard to performance and compatibility with tools or options.
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Voltis High Clearance Tractor
Tecnoma’s Voltis electric high-clearance tractor offers an alternative to using fossil fuel, for more sustainable winegrowing. The use of electrical energy presents a number of advantages for both winegrowers and consumers: economic (consumption, maintenance), comfort (reduced noise level), safety (braking, grip, stability), and health (lack of pollution of the environment and plants by hydrocarbons and exhaust gases).
The Voltis uses a lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack to store electrical energy. A full charge requires eight to nine hours on a standard electricity network, and the tractor then has a range of four to 12 hours depending on the nature of the work, the speed, and the relief.
Its small back-up generator set can be used to provide additional range or merely return the high-clearance vehicle to base if the batteries run down completely.
The tractor uses electrical energy for propulsion and to operate its tools via two power take-offs or current outputs. The tractor is steered by a joystick in the cabin, and an electronic system controls all the functions (speed, electricity consumption, acceleration, deceleration, torque, battery pack temperature, and gears).
For more information, email [email protected].
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Antonio Carraro Mach 4
Antonio Carraro TRH
ERO Grapeliner
Lamborghini
New Holland Opti Grape
T4E High Clearance Tractor
Voltis High Clearance Tractor
At the latest SITEVI international exposition, lots of equipment was on display that was of interest to fruit and vegetable growers, especially winegrape growers. The event was held in Montpellier, France Nov. 26-28.
About 1,000 companies from 22 different countries attended the expo, and 22% of visitors were international professionals. The international expo also was home to numerous technical seminars and practical workshops that dealt with topics related to education and jobs in agriculture.
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Brian Sparks is senior editor and senior online editor for Greenhouse Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.