A modular element for the manufacturing of an arm or of an arm segment of a spray bar provided with spray nozzles, including a first profile determining a longitudinal housing open downwards and at each of its longitudinal ends. A reinforcement is disposed above the first profile in such a way that the respective longitudinal axes of the reinforcement and of the first profile belong to the vertical plane P of longitudinal symmetry of said modular element. A plurality of stiffeners longitudinally connect at least the first profile and the reinforcement to each other, and two plates are disposed at one of the longitudinal ends of said first profile and laterally connect at least the longitudinal ends of the first profile and of the reinforcement to each other.

The present invention relates to the application of a concentrate in diluted form. Subject matters of the present invention are a device and a method for application of a concentrate in diluted form. A further subject matter of the present invention is use of the device according to the invention in the area of agriculture, in particular for treating cultivated plants with plant protection agents and/or nutrients.

A chassis frame includes a side rails and cross-members that intersect at a number of intersection points, which collectively define a chassis frame with front and rear portions that define a main support section and an integral engine support section. Each side rail includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and first and second side plates extending between the top and bottom plates. The first and second side plates each have a first end coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and a second end coupled to the top surface of the bottom plate. Each cross-member includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and first and second side plates extending between the top plate and bottom plates. The first and second side plates each have a first end coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and a second end coupled to the top surface of the bottom plate. A plurality of gusset portions is formed between the top plates of the side rails and cross-members at each intersection point.

An agricultural toolbar has a center section and opposite wings which are horizontally foldable between transport and field positions. The toolbar has a hydraulic system which is very adaptable to many different hydraulically controlled features and options, without sacrificing the primary purpose of the system, which is accurately controlling the operating height of the toolbar, to achieve optimal planting depth of modern precision seed and fertilizer application systems.

A mounting arrangement and method are provided for securing a T-joint in a control cable connectable in electrical communication with an electrical device, such as an electrically controlled nozzle, attached to a mounting surface such as the boom of an agricultural product sprayer. The mounting arrangement includes a base block adapted for fixed attachment to the mounting surface, and a pair of first and second clamping shells adapted and cooperatively configured for attachment to the base block and one another to define an internal cavity of the mounting arrangement between the clamping shells and the base block for receiving and retaining the T-joint within the mounting arrangement. The mounting arrangement is attached to the boom with a single threaded fastener. The clamping shells are identical and lock to one another and the base block without additional fasteners.

A system and method for dispersing fluids from an agricultural vehicle includes a sprayer that dispenses the fluids and a controller cooperative with a plurality of sensors to sense vehicle travel speed, vehicle travel direction, wind speed, wind direction, and the heights of first and second nozzles from the ground surface. The controller includes a memory storing a look-up table having fan angles of the first and second nozzles, and a processor that computes first and second spray pattern on the ground surface based on the fluid dispensed through the respective first and second nozzles. The processor determines an overlap region between the first and second spray patterns, compares the determined overlap region with a pre-determined overlap, and takes corrective action automatically by changing travel speed of the vehicle or changing a duration of time the fluids are dispensed from the first and second nozzles.

A chassis frame including a first section and a second section. The first section includes a top plate having a first thickness, a bottom plate, and a plurality of side plates extending from the top plate to the bottom plate. The second section includes a top plate having a second thickness, a bottom plate, and a plurality of side plates extending from the top plate to the bottom plate. The first section and the second section are joined at least one transition joint. Each transition joint includes a protrusion configured to engage a pocket. Each pocket is defined by angular edges of the top and bottom plates of the first section. Each protrusion defined by angular edges of the top and bottom plates of the second section.

A spray boom assembly includes a first boom frame and a second boom frame pivotally coupled via a hinge assembly to the first boom frame about a pivot axis. The spray boom also includes an actuator assembly for pivoting the second boom frame relative to the first boom frame. The hinge assembly includes a first joint location, a second joint location, a third joint location, a fourth joint location, and a fifth joint location. A first end of the actuator assembly is coupled to the hinge assembly at the fourth joint location and a second end thereof is coupled to the first boom frame at a sixth joint location. A spherical joint is located at at least three of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth joint locations.

A spray boom includes a body having a length defined a first end and a second end thereof. The body is formed by a plurality of layers of composite material adapted to be molded together to form an inner surface and an outer surface. A hollow cavity is defined in the body internally of the inner surface, and a channel is formed in the body between the inner surface and the outer surface. The channel extends along the length and is defined between the first end and the second end.

The present invention is directed to apparatuses, methods, and systems that provide a tracking assembly adapted to be used with a vegetation control system, the assembly comprising: an articulating frame; a pivoting frame coupled to the articulating frame along a pivot axis; a vegetation control application system coupled to the pivoting frame; a first ground tracking device coupled to the articulating frame configured to contact a surface underneath the articulating frame and position the articulating frame relative to the surface underneath the articulating frame; and a second ground tracking device coupled to the pivoting frame configured to contact a surface underneath the pivoting frame and position the pivoting frame and vegetation control application system relative to the surface underneath the pivoting frame, wherein the second ground tracking device pivots the pivoting frame about the pivot axis when an elevation of the surface underneath the second tracking device is different to an elevation of the surface underneath the first tracking device.