Spring Spraying

Customisable sprayer controller

The Apollo CM-40 sprayer implement controller provides auto-section and variable rate control for more than 100 sprayer sections and up to eight products and is compatible with almost all self-propelled, trailed, and mounted sprayers.

LH Agro says the Apollo CM-40 adds exibility to how a sprayer is used and operated. It is fully Isobus compatible via an ISO-UT (universal terminal) connection which enables it to be used with a wide array of third-party Isobus displays. It can also be operated via Topcon’s proprietary Horizon OS interface and the full range of Topcon X and XD-series of consoles.

Available as an aftermarket upgrade, the Apollo CM-40 provides a variety of futureproofed functions including headland-speci c nozzle control calculator. It is also compatible with Pentair’s Hypro ProStop-E valve system which enables sprayer operators to individually control more than 200 spray sections on a nozzle-by-nozzle basis. It o ers o ers autoswitching of up to four separate spray lines to give the operator even greater levels of control and spray pattern customisation, thus allowing for improved precision when applying liquid fertiliser or crop protection chemicals.

The Apollo CM-40 is fully compatible with the Topcon Agriculture Platform (TAP) through which operators can upload and share various data elds including soil, seed and yield information as well as ‘asapplied’ application data. TAP also allows users to create and share prescription application maps which can be sent wirelessly to the sprayer or tractor cab for easier control of all spraying, spreading and drilling operations. FG spreading operations.

“The future of application technologies”

With the ability to minimise environmental impacts by eliminating drift and preventing under and over-dosing, the Hardi PulseSystem is the future of application technologies, the company says; currently available on the conventional Delta Force boom on Aeon and Navigator, plus the Twin boom on Aeon.

Together with the Twin boom con guration on the Hardi Aeon, which already has superb drift reduction and penetration characteristics, the Danish in-house manufactured pulse-width modulation system, Hardi PulseSystem, is an essential additional step forward in controlling where pesticides are deposited directly from the driver’s seat.

Combining two innovative drift-reducing technologies, Hardi says it has developed an application solution with the potential to deliver spray directly into the crop where the plant needs it, with the least amount of drift, improving e ciency and reducing costs for the grower.

By opening and closing the nozzles, the Hardi PulseSystem can keep the nozzles open from 30–100% at the same pressure ow while ensuring the droplet size is una ected, regardless of working speeds. Drift is also minimised while the ow rate is optimised, as the desired droplet size can be maintained throughout spraying operations.

In addition, the PulseSystem works with a single nozzle on/o –at a width of 36m, control of all 72 nozzles at a single nozzle level. This can be done via a digital eld map –and savings of up to 90% are possible by treating only the desired areas within the eld. FG