HORSCH launches two new versatile rollers

HORSCH is launching SteelFlex and RingFlex, two new rollers designed for the Terrano GX and Cruiser XL disc-tine stubble cultivators. These versatile rollers complete both shallow stubble cultivation and deep soil work thanks to optimal reconsolidation, the creation of fine soil and ideal soil levelling.

Paris, 3 April 2018 – ?We are presenting the SteelFlex and the RingFlex, which expand our range of rollers. The aim is to offer solutions for working both shallowly and deeply, on wet or dry soil,? explains Matthieu Noroy, HORSCH tillage manager. He continues: ?Already proven on the German market, these new rollers offer alternatives to adapt to different soil and climate conditions.

The choice of roller is indeed strategic because it is linked to the local terroir.? From spring, these rollers can be fitted to HORSCH Terrano GX or Cruiser XL semi-mounted cultivators.

SteelFlex, a winning combination for working both shallowly and deeply
The SteelFlex is the result of a compromise between the SteelDisc and RingFlex rollers. It provides deep reconsolidation at 20 to 25 cm to retain moisture in the soil through the action of the SteelDisc.

Combined with the RingFlex roller, it finishes a surface seedbed with fine soil. The latter offers additional bearing capacity in light soils, widening its range of use.

This winning combination of SteelDisc and RingFlex ensures deep soil consolidation, the creation of fine soil and good levelling of the field. The SteelFlex offers additional versatility.

The front SteelDisc can indeed be removed and every other blade of the RingFlex can be taken off to create a winter roller.

RingFlex, versatility, precision and robustness
Available in single or double version, the RingFlex is an open roller. Its structure allows soil to circulate, create fine soil and ensure good soil levelling.

With a diameter of 600 mm and fitted with wide 70 mm blades, this roller greatly improves bearing capacity and ensures precise depth control, as well as strong reconsolidation.

The design with two bolted blades also provides great robustness. Versatile, the roller can be used with every other blade removed to work in wet conditions, in autumn or spring.

In this configuration, on a double RingFlex, the front roller must be removed. The roller thus leaves an aerated profile, an advantage when preparing land for winter before sowing spring crops. It can also be used for depth control without specific reconsolidation.