Mentions 2022
Modular steering column
Modular steering column.
What is innovative: more compact dimensions compared to a previous similar solution, it is designed to feature at the same time high standardization and high customization possibilities. It features multiple regulations so to optimise the operator's position according to his need; it also allows to de-centrate the instrumentation to maximise visibility.
Foreseen advantages: increased flexibility for manufacturers, increased comfort for the operator.
K-KIT
Drone equipped with a device to distribute useful insects (beneficials) for Biological Control.
What is innovative: application to a rotor drone of a distributor of useful insects for biological control.
Foreseen advantages: reduction of the environmental impact.
PK22 VERTICAL
Electric seeder.
What is innovative: the choice of the electric power allowed a redesign of many elements of the machine, above all it has been possible to lower the sowing elements. In addition, they allow to sow both large seeds such as corn/soybean, and small vegetable seeds. The machine, equipped with an appropriate tool in front of the sowing element, can be used to sow on untilled ground.
Foreseen advantages: reduction in fuel consumption and environmental impact to the soil, improvements in operators' ergonomics.
Motorized braking valve
Motorized valve for a pneumatic braking system of an agricultural trailer.
What is innovative: instead of a traditional mechanical valve, this solution adopts two stepper motors. They are controlled by a micro-controller, which uses data collected by hydraulic and pneumatic pressure sensors. It may also use input from the CAN-bus onboard network.
Foreseen advantages: the braking action is performed without any delay compared to the action on the pedal. This improves the operator's safety and the driving feeling.
Rotomix electric self-propelled mixer wagon
Electric fodder loader-mixer-distributor for livestock farms.
What is innovative: the internal combustion engine and almost all the hydraulic circuit have been replaced by electric motors powered by two batteries.
Foreseen advantages: improved efficiency, reduced noise emissions.
e-TML
Electric compact forage baler.
What is innovative: instead of being activated by the cardan shaft or by an integrated combustion engine, the baler has an integrated electric motor.
Foreseen advantages: efficiency improvements up to 30% compared to the version actuated by the cardan shaft.
Energy saving E15X Electric Power micro-digger
Electric micro-excavator.
What is innovative: the power demand management, where a dedicated software regulates the exact oil flow needed in every moment, with the aim of minimizing dispersions of the hydraulic system, and therefore maximizing the duration of the battery. In addition, the batteries are cobalt-free and it uses bio hydraulic oil.
Foreseen advantages: improvements in productivity, due to the power management; reduction in the environmental impact.
COBO Keyless System
Electronic device for the recognition of a user of the machine.
What is innovative: the device allows the machine to detect the user when he approaches, to unlock and to adjust many settings such as seat position, switches and fingertips setup, HMI configuration.
Foreseen advantages: security against thefts, safety avoiding misuse, user comfort setup.
COBO Adaptive Comfort Seat
Operator's seat with active magnetorheological air suspension.
What is innovative: application of the magnetorheological air suspension to operator's seat.
Foreseen advantages: it reduces the vibrations of the vehicle in working conditions by up to 40% compared to a traditional air suspension.
Cross X-Pand
Agricultural mesh for baling.
What is innovative: the mesh is made by columns of chains, each comprising a plurality of meshes interconnected with each other.
Foreseen advantages: better resistance, preventing holes in the round bale in case of mesh tears.
S18 E with Adaptive Dosing Technology
Fertilizer spreader.
What is innovative: six different spreading curves are available, and can be chosen from a mobile app depending on the product to be distributed and other parameters. Chosing the correct curve means to automatically set the machine in the correct way, reaching a very precise dose management since the very beginning of the distribution.
Foreseen advantages: easiness of use, reduced environmental impact.
ERO VITIcontrol
Machine control system that can be adapted to many ERO machines.
What is innovative: the solution brings to orchards and vineyards many features which were available before for open-field operations, such as the headland management system which allows the machine to be fully automatically folded to the desired size just acting on a dedicated button, or the possibility to record and repeat the settings of the machine, or the monitoring of all the operating parameters.
Foreseen advantages: improved ergonomics and easiness of use.
LEADER PF 3.36 PLUS ECOTRONIC
Self-propelled mixing wagon for livestock feeding.
What is innovative: the machine automatically acts to ensure homogeneous and constant rations, and also features a system to do a chemical analysis in real-time. On a scale of 1 to 100, every 10 points of homogeneity index corresponds to an increase of 0.96 l/head/day at the same ration cost.
Foreseen advantages: improved productivity.
Cleanload Nexus
Closed transfer system.
What is innovative: the device is the first of its kind to be used with a compatible easyconnect cap. These caps will be gradually introduced in the EU market in 2022, and will be pre-fitted onto containers of different sizes by all agrochemical companies who are members of CropLife Europe.
Foreseen advantages: easiness of use, reduction in the environmental impact.
V-DUAL
Bi-lateral mechanical pre-pruner for olives, citrus and other trees with sensorized control system.
What is innovative: both the possibility to work on two different rows in a single passage, and the features of the control system. The latter allow to monitor the status of many parameters on a display located on the joystick, so that the principles of digital agriculture can be deployed even in absence of a modern tractor.
Foreseen advantages: improved productivity.
Adjustable pitch bracket
Pitch bracket for tines of mechanical weeders.
What is innovative: the new device allows to set a determined angle for the working tool, in order to adapt its inclination to the ridge profile.
Foreseen advantages: it allows to do mechanical weeding also on the flanks of ridges.
Kramp App
App for mobile phone, designed to manage spare parts, both for in-field service personnel and for dealers.
What is innovative: in addition to the functionalities of bar code scanning, search engine, order status check and availability information, the app allows to take a picture of a product directly in the app or to upload an image, and to identify trhough it all the information about the needed spare part.
Foreseen advantages: decreased time in looking for spare parts. It also allows to decrease the time requested for ordering items to re-stock shelves and, when the good arrives, to check the content of a parcel.
Next Generation SCG
Solution for the digital agronomic management of the field tasks for specialised crops, made of a hardware device and a software platform. The hardware includes an electronic box featuring a tactile interface, a tachometer, a real-time connection via GPRS signal through an integrated SIM card, and a GPS. The device collects the data of the work being carried out with the tractor and the implement (phytosanitary treatments, fertilization, soil preparation, pruning and crushing, etc.) and sends the information to the software platform in real time. The software records and processes the data and offers indicators with which agricultural companies can carry out analysis and monitor their plantations.
What is innovative: this kind of solution was available for open-field cultivations, but not for specialized crops.
Foreseen advantages: improved productivity, optimization of resources, possibility to take decisions based on data: all this, for specialized crops.
VR variable rate nozzle
Variable flow rate nozzle covering up to five ISO nozzle sizes.
What is innovative: the specific design of the orifice and its closing system, made by a spring steel sheet.
Foreseen advantages: increased flow rate range, with improved accuracy and improved uniformity of drops dimensions across the pressure range.
XDT - Xtreme drift reduction twin nozzle
Low drift twin nozzle with symmetrical flat spray jet.
What is innovative: the solution of having a double flat fan of 130° with coarse to ultra-coarse droplet size was not available on the market before. It is also suitable for PWM (Pulse Width Modulation), since it's not based on Venturi effect.
Foreseen advantages: reduced environmental impact.
IC WEEDER AI
Mechanical weeder with computer vision elaborated by artificial intelligence.
What is innovative: the artificial intelligence improves the performances of the weeder, which is first trained to distinguish the crop from the weed infestation.
Foreseen advantages: improved performances, further reduction in environmental impact.
Monster 870 with integrated weighing system
Round baler with integrated automatic weighing system.
What is innovative: the machine features a real-time weighing system. In addition, it has a GPS and communication system to geo-referentiate the bale and its weight and to send those data to a cloud.
Foreseen advantages: the solution allows precise, immediate weighing of all the produced bales, as well as traceability.
AgriSIC
Primary HMI system between the operator and tractor electronics. It consists of a controlling electronic head unit and separate TFT Panels.
What is innovative: the system avoids the typical complex architectures currently on the market, which normally feature different terminals synchronized with multiple connections (data and video). This solution instead has a unique control unit, able to manage complex services and functions, simultaneously.
Foreseen advantages: improvements in user's experience, easiness to use.
PCJ PRO
Pressure compensating dripper.
What is innovative: the dripper has been redesigned, increasing the dimensions of the compensating chamber and of the filter area.
Foreseen advantages: improved resistance to clogging.
QR-Codes to provide direct access to instruction videos
QR codes integrated to specific pages in the monitor of a combine harvester, giving access to related instructional videos.
What is innovative: this is the first solution that integrates what is shown by a monitor with QR codes allowing the access to additional information.
Foreseen advantages: increase in productivity and easiness.
Flow-Indicating Basket Filter
Device for flow measurement, filtration, and pressure regulation in a domestic garden irrigation system.
What is innovative: the device is a low-cost alternative to electronic flow sensors; it measures and indicates the actual flow-rate, and also allows to set the indication of the ideal flow-rate with a dedicated bezel.
Foreseen advantages: improved controllability of the irrigation line, with reduction of costs and environmental impact. Improved faults and leakage detectability.
XFS-CV Dripline
In-line emitter tubing.
What is innovative: combination of a copper pressure-compensating chip and a miniature check valve in each emitter.
Foreseen advantages: avoidance of root intrusion and of water loss after the irrigation end.
FG100 Flow Sensor
Flow sensor for residential irrigation systems.
What is innovative: the flow sensor has been designed to facilitate its installation and its maintenance; it features a paddle wheel design which allows to keep the flow sensor in place during winter. In addition, to transmit signals it uses a standard cable, instead of a shielded one as common in similar applications.
Foreseen advantages: easiness to use and to maintain, water use optimization.
6th SERIES CONNECT'EEDY PLUS
Dual solenoid valve for irrigation.
What is innovative: the design itself of the valve, having two separately controlled lateral outlets and an in-line open outlet to be connected to other valves.
Foreseen advantages: it allows simpler installations, it reduces possible leaks and costs.
Agro 3
Control unit for boom and orchard sprayers.
What is innovative: it's designed to contain costs, be flexible for installation on different machines and allow the operator to easily check if the operating parameters are set in the optimal way. It features NFC and Bluetooth connection, which respectively allow it to be connected to other control units and sensors, and to a mobile phone. The latter acts as a modem, sending data to a Cloud through a dedicated app.
Foreseen advantages: extension to simpler machines of the principles of precise plant product application.
Ultrasonic Guidance (US Guidance)
Tractor for orchard and vineyard with ultrasonic-based self-guidance system.
What is innovative: the ultrasonic system, which allows to have redundant and robust information used by the navigation algorithm to define machine position and orientation in respect to the surrounding environment with centimetrical precision, also in case of sensor obstructed by implements or pipes. An additional function is to recognize and manage properly areas with missing or rich vegetation.
Foreseen advantages: improved ergonomics and easiness of use, also as retrofittable kit.
EasyBUS
Universal and open mobile application (Android and iOS) for prescription map files usage in field regardless ISOBUS capabilities of the tractor or the implements.
What is innovative: it represents an entry-level solution for those situations where it's not practicable to have ISOBUS tractor and implement. For SDF tractors, it's fully integrated into tractor's controls so it varies automatically the necessary parameters.
Foreseen advantages: it enables small agriculture companies with a machine fleet with low technology content to get access to precision farming solutions.
Vignamatic
Cultivator for the simultaneous soil cultivation of the interrow and under vine areas.
What is innovative: the possibility to lift only the plowshares, excluding them from soil cultivation and not the entire frame, when the inter-row area must not be cultivated. This is achieved by a specific hydraulic system which raises the plowshares only in respect of the frame of the machine.
Foreseen advantages: increased flexibility.
BLOCKCHAIN su MYRRIGATION
App for real-time remote control of irrigation machines, either individually or in fleets, by one or more logged-in users at the same time.
What is innovative: the use of blockchain technology allows to certify that irrigations carried out at a given time, place and routine become undeletable regardless of the existence of the service provider or of the machine/person who produced such data.
Foreseen advantages: certified traceability in the use of water resources.
Helios Vigne 2022
Machine to stimulate vine's natural defenses through UV-C rays.
What is innovative: many parts of the machine have been redesigned, in particular the efficiency of the emitting panels has been increased.
Foreseen advantages: improvements in the machine's efficiency.
VIBO LIFT MODENA
Self-propelled and self-levelling arm-type work platform for orchard operations.
What is innovative: the self-levelling system, which is an innovative feature for a three-wheels arm-type work platform for orchards.
Foreseen advantages: improved productivity and safety.
EPX
Flow sharing directional control valve with downstream compensation.
What is innovative: it recovers energy both in combined movements and with gravitational loads. This means that the energy waste is minimized, giving advantages in particular for electric and hybrid systems in terms of reduction of the external energy needed to recharge the battery.
Foreseen advantages: reduced environmental impact.