Valtra Unlimited Smart Top Link
Smart Top Link is a new accessory available from the Unlimited Studio that improves the accuracy of applying fertiliser. A fertiliser spreader must be exactly horizontal to ensure that the spreading pattern is even. Typically, a full tank will push the spreader down, causing the spread pattern to be too narrow, and as the tank empties, the spread pattern will become too wide.
Using the data from the sensors, the top link length keeps the centrifugal spreader precisely horizontal.
Smart Top Link uses two radar sensors that are fitted to the front and rear of the fertiliser spreader to measure the height and position of the spreader. This data is used to control the top link length, which in turn keeps the centrifugal spreader precisely horizontal and the amount of fertiliser optimal throughout the field.
Two radar sensors are fitted to the front and rear of the fertiliser spreader to measure the height and position of the spreader.
An angle change of as little as 1.5 degrees changes the spreading pattern considerably and causes crop losses. Extensive field trials have shown that Smart Top Link improves the yield so that each hectare of a grain field produces around 15 euros more during the harvest season, depending on the yield per hectare and the prices of grain and fertilisers. Typically, on a grain farm of 100–1000 hectares, Smart Top Link will pay for itself in 1–3 years.
