Sprayer company Hardi Australia has unveiled wider and lighter boom options for its Saritor II and Commander II sprayers, which the business claims lets farmers do more in less time.
Hardi says the most effective way to reduce spraying costs per
hectare is to go wider and spray more in less time, but widening
conventional steel booms will mean heavier structures which will in
turn affect their performance.
The company says the new booms, the TR5 and B3 has addressed
this issue as the aluminium structures are half the weight of their
steel counterparts.
The TR5 and B3 booms are manufactured by French company Pommier
who has been making sprayer booms for over 20 years.
Hardi says Pommier exploits the benefits of aluminium by
engineering their own profiles, and by using material
cross-sections which are larger than what would be possible from
equivalent off-the-shelf materials.
The company adds that the aluminium booms will cause less
dramatic experiences with inertia forces created on headlands while
spraying compared to steel ones.
Trapeze boom centres are the standard for these booms and an
optional pendulum centre for AutoTerrain boom height and stability
control is available.
Hardi adds that the wing tilts on the booms are nitrogen
dampened to provide a smooth ride while the nozzles are centre
plumbed, spaced at 50cm and protected by the boom structure.
Steel is used on hinges, pins, locks where adjustment is
required and where the duty cycle is high.
Due to aluminium’s’ corrosive resistant nature, the booms do not
require any painting.
TR5 is a bi-fold boom with five parallel tube profiles,
separated by triangulated connecting elements to form the truss and
is used on the Hardi’s SARITOR II self-propelled sprayers.
B3 is a bi-fold boom and is much deeper through the truss. It
uses three parallel RHS profiles and is an option for Hardi’s
Commander II trailer range of sprayers.
Find out more about the new products on Hardi
Australia’s website.