Sowing unit for sowing of catch crops – Micro drill
Sowing unit for sowing of catch crops – Micro drill
30. 3. 2016
Micro drill is a sowing unit designed for sowing of catch crops or for direct sowing of grasses. The sowing unit can be mounted on different types of Farmet machines with the working span from 2.1 to 12 metres depending on the used type of fan. The fan type is always selected according to machine span in combination with the planned type of the seed that will be used predominantly. The hopper with volume of 200 litres easily accessible thanks to the smart design.
Micro drill is a sowing unit designed for sowing of catch crops or for direct sowing of grasses. The sowing unit can be mounted on different types of Farmet machines with the working span from 2.1 to 12 metres depending on the used type of fan. The fan type is always selected according to machine span in combination with the planned type of the seed that will be used predominantly. The hopper with volume of 200 litres easily accessible thanks to the smart design.
The sowing unit Micro drill can be used for Farmet machines
Disk plough-harrows Diskomat and Softer
Share cultivators Fantom (NS)
Chisel cultivators Triolent, Duolent
Greatest benefits of the sowing unit Micro drill:
Combination of working procedures
Sowing of catch crops and grasses
Limitation of soil erosion
Increase of nitrogen in soil
Limitation of weed growing
Precise cross distribution through the whole working width
Counter of hectars and automatic function of the calibration test
Dose of the seed can be changed while the vehicle is in motion
Determination of the fan type
Working width of the machine
Type of the sowing unit
2,1 - 6 metres
with double electric fan, 8 outputs
2,1 - 7 metres
with hydraulic fan, 8 outputs (optional)
7 - 12 metres
with hydraulic fan, 16 outputs (optional)
Dosage of seeds
The seed is dosed using the sowing shaft located directly under the hopper. Prior to filling the hopper with the seed, a proper sowing shaft must be selected (coarse, fine). The proper selection is performed according to the seed properties and according to the delivered amount. The standard equipment of the machine includes two types of rollers – for fine seed (mustard, buckwheat) and for coarse seed (cereals, grass).
Fine seedmustard, buckwheat
Coarse seedcereals, grass
Control unit
The sowing unit is controlled by the control unit 5.2 which is provided in the standard equipment. The control module is fully adapted to additional accessories of the machine – optional sensory equipment.
Functions of the control unit
Electronic volume control (possible even during operation)
Function of automatic calibration test
Counter of total treated hectares and counter of hectares a day
Optional language selection
Calibration test and display in kg/ha and cereals / m2
Speed regulation
Use with various speed sensors (optional)
Optional calibration with the button
Optional regulation of electric fan
Supply extent
Electronic control module 5.2
Sowing device with the hopper of the volume of 200 litres