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Published on 26 October 2009 · 4 min read
Medals for New Holland's grape harvesting innovations at Sitevi 2009
InfoWeb Marketplace · Editorial teamPublished on 26 October 2009 · 4 min read
New Holland has received a Gold medal for the HQS (High Quality Selection) system, which makes selective harvesting a reality, and a Silver medal for its IMS (Intelligent Management System), which automatically and continuously adjusts the machine's engine speed according to the work the operator asks it to perform and ensures perfectly consistent machine settings.
Gold for the EnoControlTM and its HQS system
New Holland has therefore won a Gold medal for the HQS (High Quality Selection) system, which presented a new concept of self-propelled harvester in keeping with the principle of advanced vineyard management: AVM - Advanced Vineyard Management.
Precision agriculture also applies in the vineyard!
Combining GPS with on-board microcomputers allows growers and winemakers to gather more and more geo-referenced information, such as soil resistivity, the NDVI index, soil analyses, aerial photos... and to compile this data to manage their crop as effectively as possible throughout the year according to their objectives. In the long term, all operations could be modulated according to variability within the plot. The first known possible applications of this information bank are controlled management of inputs according to exact and variable conditions for optimal vine growth and ripening. In the medium term, it could also be possible to work the soil differently depending on the location, or to carry out trimming and leaf removal with different settings according to zones defined by the winemaker.
Selective harvesting becomes a reality with the HQS grape harvester.
Some viticulture experts acknowledge that 50% of the harvested areas in vineyards are not at optimal ripeness because of variability within plots. New Holland sees variability within the plot as an opportunity to harvest the plot in two lots of two different quality levels, with the position of the cursor left to the winemaker's discretion. The EnoControlTM HQS is the first harvesting machine that can react automatically by reading a harvest instruction map and sort the grapes into separate hoppers (left or right). This system thus makes it possible to obtain two grades of harvest from grapes of the same plot. Equipped with GPS technology, it controls, in real time and live, the routing of the harvest flow into the right hopper, based on the quality criteria defined by the winemaker and his team following the various surveys. The NDVI survey is particularly recommended.
The HQS machine will thus considerably increase the overall quality of the harvest. In a second stage, the harvest data will form the starting point of a new season, with yield mapping for example, enabling the optimization of future harvests by controlling inputs. These new technologies can also provide appropriate, localized answers for more environmentally friendly practices.
This new concept was developed in partnership with the world-renowned company Marchesi Antinori, which has produced acclaimed wines for more than six hundred years. Marchesi Antinori has already committed to using New Holland's HQS system in its vineyards. Since the quality of the grape harvest matters more than a high yield, the new New Holland system can only revolutionize vine growing and the quality of wines!
Silver medal for IMS
Taking advantage of new-generation engine technology to slave the entire machine to the power source. This is the latest advance in New Holland's grape harvesters.
The second award received by New Holland is a Silver medal for its IMS (Intelligent Management System). This device automatically regulates the engine speed according to the power required to run energy consumers such as the wheel motors, fans or conveyors.
For example: At work, it is very difficult to maintain a constant shaking frequency throughout the day. Other parameters, such as hydraulic oil that has not yet reached optimal temperature in the morning or less dense vegetation in places, will influence the operation of the picking head and disrupt the quality of work. In addition, a high engine speed generates high noise and fuel consumption. New Holland's IMS provides solutions to each of these problems with complete electronic regulation and a new interface. Each consumer (shaking, ventilation, travel, etc.) is integrated into a control loop. As a result, the setting made on the IntelliviewTM is followed as accurately as possible for consistent work quality.
When the IMS machine is in harvesting mode and the driver stops the shaking system and the suction devices at the end of a row to carry out a maneuver, the engine speed adjusts automatically by reducing the number of revolutions per minute.
In summary, the advantages of the IMS system:
- Maximum harvest quality,
- Simple, comfortable driving,
- Consistent performance and ergonomics,
- Fuel savings: from 33% on average to 50% in harvesting mode,
- Noise reduction,
- Reduced carbon emissions.
With these two innovations, New Holland takes a further step towards modern viticulture that embraces the concepts of modulation. Winemakers thus have new equipment that allows them to improve the quality of their products, become more competitive and make progress in their environmental protection efforts.
Gold for the EnoControlTM and its HQS system
New Holland has therefore won a Gold medal for the HQS (High Quality Selection) system, which presented a new concept of self-propelled harvester in keeping with the principle of advanced vineyard management: AVM - Advanced Vineyard Management.
Precision agriculture also applies in the vineyard!
Combining GPS with on-board microcomputers allows growers and winemakers to gather more and more geo-referenced information, such as soil resistivity, the NDVI index, soil analyses, aerial photos... and to compile this data to manage their crop as effectively as possible throughout the year according to their objectives. In the long term, all operations could be modulated according to variability within the plot. The first known possible applications of this information bank are controlled management of inputs according to exact and variable conditions for optimal vine growth and ripening. In the medium term, it could also be possible to work the soil differently depending on the location, or to carry out trimming and leaf removal with different settings according to zones defined by the winemaker.
Selective harvesting becomes a reality with the HQS grape harvester.
Some viticulture experts acknowledge that 50% of the harvested areas in vineyards are not at optimal ripeness because of variability within plots. New Holland sees variability within the plot as an opportunity to harvest the plot in two lots of two different quality levels, with the position of the cursor left to the winemaker's discretion. The EnoControlTM HQS is the first harvesting machine that can react automatically by reading a harvest instruction map and sort the grapes into separate hoppers (left or right). This system thus makes it possible to obtain two grades of harvest from grapes of the same plot. Equipped with GPS technology, it controls, in real time and live, the routing of the harvest flow into the right hopper, based on the quality criteria defined by the winemaker and his team following the various surveys. The NDVI survey is particularly recommended.
The HQS machine will thus considerably increase the overall quality of the harvest. In a second stage, the harvest data will form the starting point of a new season, with yield mapping for example, enabling the optimization of future harvests by controlling inputs. These new technologies can also provide appropriate, localized answers for more environmentally friendly practices.
This new concept was developed in partnership with the world-renowned company Marchesi Antinori, which has produced acclaimed wines for more than six hundred years. Marchesi Antinori has already committed to using New Holland's HQS system in its vineyards. Since the quality of the grape harvest matters more than a high yield, the new New Holland system can only revolutionize vine growing and the quality of wines!
Silver medal for IMS
Taking advantage of new-generation engine technology to slave the entire machine to the power source. This is the latest advance in New Holland's grape harvesters.
The second award received by New Holland is a Silver medal for its IMS (Intelligent Management System). This device automatically regulates the engine speed according to the power required to run energy consumers such as the wheel motors, fans or conveyors.
For example: At work, it is very difficult to maintain a constant shaking frequency throughout the day. Other parameters, such as hydraulic oil that has not yet reached optimal temperature in the morning or less dense vegetation in places, will influence the operation of the picking head and disrupt the quality of work. In addition, a high engine speed generates high noise and fuel consumption. New Holland's IMS provides solutions to each of these problems with complete electronic regulation and a new interface. Each consumer (shaking, ventilation, travel, etc.) is integrated into a control loop. As a result, the setting made on the IntelliviewTM is followed as accurately as possible for consistent work quality.
When the IMS machine is in harvesting mode and the driver stops the shaking system and the suction devices at the end of a row to carry out a maneuver, the engine speed adjusts automatically by reducing the number of revolutions per minute.
In summary, the advantages of the IMS system:
- Maximum harvest quality,
- Simple, comfortable driving,
- Consistent performance and ergonomics,
- Fuel savings: from 33% on average to 50% in harvesting mode,
- Noise reduction,
- Reduced carbon emissions.
With these two innovations, New Holland takes a further step towards modern viticulture that embraces the concepts of modulation. Winemakers thus have new equipment that allows them to improve the quality of their products, become more competitive and make progress in their environmental protection efforts.
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