Agricultural engineering

Tool life (r)evolution with consistently high quality

Boehlerit, Austrian carbide specialists with a long tradition, have invested a great deal of technical know-how in recent years into developing a customer-focussed and demand-orientated cultivator share that is suitable for Horsch and Bednar equipment.

The tried-and-tested Boehlerit quality of carbide inserts, combined with the long-standing experience of Hammerwerk Kapo who were responsible for the wear parts and forging technology, paved the way for completely new quality standards that ensure increased area output with improved soil cultivation with consistently high quality.

The new carbide cultivator shares achieve a significantly higher area output (> 5 times) than the standard steel solution. This product advantage is mostly due to the sophisticated arrangement of the carbide parts in the steel base body. The product relies on the perfect interplay of carbide and the base body that is made of steel, resulting in a consistent quality of soil cultivation throughout the lifespan of the share. Wear part planning may also be optimised, thanks to the visually recognisable wear amount, combined with reduced loss of width and the predictability of the tool lifespan. Loss or breakage of the share may thus be virtually ruled out. Currently, the cultivator share (width: 80mm) is only available for the Horsch and Bednar brands.

Cutting edge from the start

The long-established carbide company Boehlerit has, during the past few years, applied a great deal of technical know-how to the development of tools for the agricultural sector. The Kapfenbergers have now achieved a new innovation: cultivator sweeps equipped with carbide segments.

Back in 2017, the Austrian carbide and tool specialist Boehlerit established a new quality standard in the field of soil tillage with carbide cultivator shares (width 50 mm and 80 mm). Now, Boehlerit has developed a product for stubble working and weed control in the form of the cultivator sweep, available from spring 2019, which represents a novelty in the industry due to its unique design.

Designed for optimal work quality and high wear protection, the focus is on the uninterrupted cutting properties of the blades. The so-called beaver’s tooth effect is generated by the cutting area segmented with carbide, which projects beyond the base body. The softer steel wears more quickly than the projecting carbide causing the latter to sharpen itself during machining – an absolute product advantage. In addition, smaller individual segments on the blade offer further advantages – better braze ability of the components, lower tractive power requirement in use, lower tensions in the tool itself and the retention of the working width to the end of the service life. It is also worth mentioning that due to the narrow carbide segments no smear layer forms on the base, which means that not only water can penetrate, and instead earthworm channels also remain open. The unique design of the Boehlerit cultivator sweeper in the tip area also guarantees very good entry behaviour in dry soil.

Economic efficiency, the greatest productivity and an at least fivefold increase in service life – with Boehlerit you can break new ground in soil tillage.