Category: Technology

Among the innovations dedicated to the world of mobile hydraulics presented by the Gefran group in Parma during the automation fair, standout products included non-contact linear position transducers operating based on a patented technology called “Twiist.” These transducers measure various process variables, such as displacement speed, acceleration, vibration, and tilt angle, and from the combined analysis of these variables, they extract important information related to the monitored process. For example, a single sensor can calculate the position of a hydraulically controlled arm, identify which specific operation a machine is performing,…

Digitalization is rapidly spreading in the agricultural field, partly because all tractor and equipment manufacturers have long been working on this topic, offering the market more or less original and diversified solutions. However, these activities are giving rise to a proliferation of platforms that do not always communicate with each other or, if they do, not always optimally. If the network fails, the Connection fails All current solutions are also based on the presence of a network, so if for any reason it fails, the connections that allow company centers…

Among the most stringent limitations on agrochemicals are the so-called “buffer zones,” which are the minimum distances that must be respected during field application with regard to watercourses, roads, or nearby residences. This distance ranges from five to thirty meters depending on the product being distributed, thereby reducing important areas available for treatment, including herbicides. However, technology can intervene to make these limitations unnecessary by applying phytosanitary products only where needed and without generating drifts that could reach sensitive areas. Ecorobotix “Ara” Bar from the Swiss Company In this regard,…