The aim of the RAFU (Recycling of Used, Agricultural Films) machine is to recover agricultural films that have been used outdoors for the purpose of recycling. To emphasize the important contribution RAFU has to make to the future of machines and automation, three areas of innovation have been highlighted:
- Innovations in cleaning: a combination of...
Up to 43% more crops for the same surface area! BARRE have improved their PACE greenhouse troughs, used for elevated, soil-less cultivation, introducing a system that allows for a greater number of rows within each greenhouse. Traditionally, an 8 m wide construction, can accommodate 7 or 8 rows of troughs. With the Fraisi-Bascule PACE trough system, this number...
PACE troughs are used for soil-less, elevated cultivation of strawberries. They are arranged in such a way that the spraying robot can move freely between them. Each gutter can be identified by a number. The targeting of sprays containing active ingredients is becoming very accurate and can treat the core, scapes or leaves of the strawberry plant, with no...
Kendras is the first commercial variety of processing tomato that offers guaranteed resistance to Phytophtora infestans (mildew). Phytophtora infestans is a devastating disease that can sometimes destroy a crop within 7 to 10 days, if the weather conditions are right (stormy, rain, cool nights). The leaves turn black which means the plant and its fruits are...
LB NATURAL® is a bio-preservation and bio-protection solution for grapes, applied by spray during mechanical harvesting. The aim is to reduce the amount of sulphites added to wine, and even eliminate them completely. The bio-protection spray treatment is carried out by a kit specially designed for the grape harvester and is applied throughout the harvesting...
The BEECAM concept relies on the implementation of new image processing techniques to create a biodiversity inventory for any given region. This major innovation is based around a smart camera and a variety of software that record and identify flying and crawling insects as well as their interactions with flora and fauna nearby. The scope of this device, which...
CHECKMATE® PUFFER® CM-O, which relies on the sexual confusion technique, represents a genuine technological breakthrough in the fight against coddling moths in apple, pear and walnut orchards. The PUFFER® technology consists of an aerosol containing the artificial sex pheromone of the female coddling moth, a protective cabinet, a timer and a hanger. The...
Following on from the Grenelle environment initiative, ministers asked manufacturers to improve key aspects of agricultural sprayers to help protect the environment.
We have been investigating this area more closely in an attempt to identify a focus for our research and begin work on developing a new range of CHABAS sprayers.
During 2013:...
EFFIBOT is a logistics assistant robot that can carry up to 200 kg; it is capable of automatic person tracking, on-land steering and conveying with easy-to-use remote spraying system etc.
EFFIBOT is designed for all types of farming, both indoors and outdoors.
Pellenc has launched a 6th generation of secateurs with a completely new design. We are proud to present Prunion, the new electronic secateurs, aimed at professionals for trimming and maintaining green spaces. Prunion and its 250 ulib battery are the subject of 7 different patents: half-aperture cutting head with optic sensor for easy adjustment; tool-free blade...
HELICOVEX is the first baculovirus micro-organism approved in France to specifically fight Helicoverpa Armigera. HELICOVEX is a biocontrol product (NODU - Number of Unit Doses - green list), used in organic farming for vegetable crops, sweetcorn, seed corn, scented aromatic and medicinal plants and ornamental plants. This product, which is unclassified and...
TOUTILO® is a versatile, accurate, freestanding piece of equipment that is comfortable and silent.
TOUTILO® seeks to improve comfort for farmers and increase the profitability of small holdings, synchronising a variety of different activities, for example, marking out lines, creating furrows, planting and closing furrows, working the rows in a single...
Simon has long been the leader in corn salad cutting and harvesting and for several years has been working on trying to eliminate foreign bodies, reduce sand and improve product care. The manufacturer approved a new sieving design for self-propelled machinery which was launched in 2014. In June 2015, responding to sector demand and new opportunities, Simon...
