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The pulverizador dragged Sprinter, main novelty in SIMA 2013

Innovation, confort, profitability and precision mark the way of Berthoud

David Pozo08/03/2013

Playing home always has advantage. It is thus that Berthoud, specialist in pulverización from does more than a century, did not waste this edition of SIMA to expose the last that has incorporated in his complete range for big crops, vineyard and arboriculture. The big novelty was Sprinter, an example of the renewal of the family of tugs dragged Berthoud. The self-propelled Raptor FC, the system of direct injection Clean Sprayer —distinguished with a Quotation of the jury SIMA—, and the bank of proofs 'and-Pilot', went the others big leading.

The main pole of attention of the stand of Berthoud in SIMA 2013 was the presentation of the new pulverizador dragged Sprinter of 2.500 litres. Taking advantage of the foundations of Berthoud, the Sprinter follows writing the history of the range of the small dragged, replacing to his predecessors First, Racer EX/EXS and Major. The Sprinter has of all the advantages that have contributed to the success of his ranges: equipment tested 100% Berthoud, like the bomb Range, the regulation DP Tronic and a simplicity of set up thanks to the box Berlogic. The Sprinter also corresponds to the election of a modern technical solution: a compact device, light and polyvalent.

The Sprinter exposed in the stand of Berthoud in SIMA 2013.

Thanks to his 3,75 m of distance between axles, his centre of low gravity, the design of his tub, conserves compact proportions that suggest agility, manoeuvrability and stability so much in the road as in the field, limiting at the same time of course the residual volumes. His small dimensions, his low weight and his compacidad turn it into a machine that needs a low power of traction.

The Sprinter is associated to the new rampa of steel 'ALS'with folded lateral of 18 to 24 metres. This new rampa replaces the RLD, to offer a new generation of rampa with suspension by pivote central Axial that offers an excellent stability and a good behaviour in superelevations, tonings and in flat terrains; and a robustness and the compacidad of his structure in 'L', that respects the gálibo in road of 2,55 m. This pulverizador also can be associated to the rampa of folded vertical backside Multis of 15 and 18 m. Besides, instrumented with an axis of variable road mechanic, of 1,5 to 2 m, the Sprinter is a pulverizador polyvalent that adapts to all the types of crops.

Raptor FC, evolution to offer an elder confort and a greater productivity

The Parisian appointment also was the suitable place to present the self-propelled Raptor Frontcab, with a leading cabin totally renewed, that comes to complete the range Raptor and Raptor ACE, respectively with a rampa rear and a rampa leading, with 4 capacities of tubs –of 2.500 to 5.200 litres– and with rampas of 24 to 42 metres. This version FC has been realised according to the same fundamental bases of Berthoud that have done famous the others self-propelled: pneumatics suspension integral of the chassis; hydrostatic transmission with motorreductores Bosch Rexroth that provide pair and power and improve his confort thanks to his driving Automotive and to the regulator of speed Hydropilot of series; and the centrifuges bomb biturbina Omega, that instruments of series the self-propelled of the range Raptor, and offers the association of a big discharge with the high pressesure.

The self-propelled Raptor FC with a cabin totally rediseñada.

The Raptor FC is instrumented with a Big cabin Confort mounted in an elevador with suspension by balls of nitrogen, that limits of course the oscillatory movements in the vehicles automotorizados with leading cabin. The panoramic sight that offers him to the operator does the much more pleasant driving so much in the work as in the road.

Quotation SIMA to the system of direct injection 'Clean Sprayer'

The element that stands out in the 'Clean Sprayer is the mezclador cyclonic –patented by Berthoud– that allows to powder a mix homogénea during all the treatment preparing it at the same time. The 'Clean Sprayer' offer to the operator the possibility to use three products of simultaneous way or desfasada for amplitudes of dosificado important without going down of the place of pilotage. It allows to modulate the dose by hectare without changing the volume by hectare of mix powdered.

His circuit composes of short tubes and the total volume of product concentrated limited reduces of course the histéresis in comparison with the normal systems known. In consequence, offers a greater reactivity in reply to the variations of the dosage and of the speed. The placing and the recovery of the drums used effect without touching the active matter, what limits the risk of pollution of the operator. This system has been developed to be integrated cheese cheese in a pulverizador with regulation DPAE normal, that could be still working usually without the system of direct injection.