Samson Agro has launched a new section control module controlled for slurry application implements including drip hose booms, incorporators and injectors. The company’s generic section control (GSC) is a universal system that works with both Samson and non-Samson implements provided they are mounted on a Samson PG II Genesis slurry tanker with the firm’s SlurryMaster 8000 terminal.
Samson GSC makes it possible to customise 12 sections on any implement. These sections can be controlled manually via the joystick on the SlurryMaster 8000 or automatically when combined with an ISObus compatible GPS system with Section Control (TC-SC), also offered by Samson Agro.
Samson GSC improves application accuracy, user comfort and crop yield potential, because working with multiple individual sections ensures that overlapping and overdosing of slurry is avoided in wedges or close to field boundaries. Plants thus benefit fully from the nutrients in the slurry via the precise application and leads to savings on the purchase of mineral fertiliser.
Samson GSC is easy to install with a one-plug connection to the Samson PG II Genesis slurry tanker and SlurryMaster 8000. The size of each individual section is customised, adjusted and set up in the SlurryMaster 8000 together with hardware installed on the specific implement.
“We’ve developed a system that heightens the efficiency of organic fertiliser application and reduce environmental impact,” Samson Agro’s Niels Hagemann Haubjerg said. “We wanted a system that allows users of our slurry tankers Samson PG II Genesis series to do precise application from the tractor seat via SlurryMaster 8000 no matter what implement they choose for the application.
“Samson GSC is very easy to install on both our own Samson implements as well as non-Samson implements.”
Specific features of Samson GSC include tramline shut off control, precise start/stop situations in the field and high-precision application in wedges as well as sloping headlands. Together with TC-SC, the section control can be carried out automatically based on GPS position.
