The Dutch nursery , Bredefleur Moerkapelle , lately start using a second lily planter at one of its locations . This automobile , build up by Hans van der Poel , automatically plants lily . It is clearly well - liked - the lily cultivator has two running at its other site , bring these planters total to four .
The LilyMatic is a semi - automatic lily planting political machine . It has a chase after human body , a memory bin with a whang , a revolve medulla holder system , bulb grippers , and a eagre system . Also included is a so - called lift bang which quick append the store bin with electric-light bulb . The planter uses a optical maser system to move along an notional line .
As previouslyreported , the auto has been in development for some time . Great efficiency and workability strides have been made in particularly the last few years . The ( semi)-automatic sowing estimation is nothing new in Agriculture Department , but bulb , especially lily electric light , have special requirements . That is also why full mechanisation is out of the question , but for now , planting speed can be , at least , doubled .
How it worksThe elevator belt bring bulbs to the container , and the optical maser is fructify . The plantation owner is then ram to the end of the bed to be planted . It move on caterpillar tracks but is designed so the bulbs can be planted close to the uprights . The car is put into planting mode - the bore lowers until it touches the priming coat and then drills to a set deepness .
LilyMatic ’s being constructed at Hans van der Poel .
As soon as the bore is lifted , the machine takes an ( adjustable ) step . When it block , the bulb gripper organisation is get down into the freshly - bored holes . Once rustle , the drill system start boring the next dustup of cakehole , filling the previous hole with the soil it removes .
The plantation owner has a V - form slider that level off the territory again . During these trading operations , the operator ensures that the lily bulb are commit upright in the electric-light bulb holders . The boring / planting cycle per second repeats until the political machine arrives back at the main track .
Thomas , Levi , Peter , and Ruben Evers .
Bredefleur has two nurseries where it grows about 16 million lilies each year . Brothers Peter , Thomas , and Levi Evers do the company . It has been using two LilyMatics at one of its sites for some time ; the new machine will be put to use at its other location .
For more selective information : Hans van der Poel B.V.51 Veenderveld2371 TT , Roelofarendsveen , NLTel . : +31 ( 0 ) 713 315 278Email:[email protected]Website : www.hansvanderpoel.com
Bredefleur Moerkapelle40 Bredeweg2752AA , Moerkapelle , NLEmail:[email protected]Website : www.bredefleur.nl
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