Agri-tech
Agricultural land managers are seeking spray systems with longer boom arms to support the maintenance of increasingly larger fields. Lighter pay load means more liquid capacity for longer runs between refills. Lighter booms allow greater working width, improve fuel efficiency and reduce operational costs.
Boom spray development
CompoTech has developed various types of spray boom. Using our in-house knowledge in advanced winding technology, and experience within the marine and machine tooling sectors, we help manufacturers convert from traditional metals to composite structures. This has enabled booms to extend beyond the standard 36m to an impressive 40m on the same platform.
Lighter pay load means more liquid capacity for longer runs between refill. Lighter booms allow greater working width, improved fuel economy, less maintenance and lower operational costs.
Using knowledge of our in house advanced winding technology and experience from different sectors such as marine and machine tool and the conversion from traditional metals to composite. This has enabled booms to extend beyond the standard 36m to an impressive 40m on the same platform.
Hardi International
CompoTech and crop protection experts, Hardi International, have developed a composite ‘breakaway’ tip section for a crop spray arm. The composite replacement is 4m in length, 1.5 m longer than the aluminium version, with the same total weight including spray equipment and fluid.
The deflection characteristics also compare with the aluminium design. The composite design consists of both high strength carbon and ultra-high modulus graphite fibres. This means the total boom length extends to 39m and can be fitted to the same propulsion unit and have the same load footprint.
The composite part has the added benefit of better corrosion and fatigue behaviour. It can also be repaired easily on site with a designated repair kit if the ground or object strikes the breakaway tip, causing a breakage.
