Cultivator and fertilizer applicator Kultis

Description of technology

Cultivator and fertilizer applicator Kultis is designed for cultivation and aeration of the spaces between the vegetation rows and simultaneously to application of liquid fertilizer into the plant root zone.

Cultivation of soil without damage of maize rows

The cultivator is structurally solved as half-carried with two operable support wheels. The working members are arrow shares attached to the shanks that are fixed to the frame through a parallel link hitch with a spring overload protection. Each ploughshare is guided by a support wheel and equipped with adjustable coulters on the sides for better soil separation and aeration. The cultivator is equipped with a central liquid fertilizer tank, pump, filtration, filling and distributions that deliver the fertilizer to the plant roots.

The weeding unit is sufficiently dimensioned even for heavy and rocky soils. The disk coulters on the sides of the ploughshare prevent plant damage and promote better soil separation and aeration in heavy soils without damaging the maize rows. The parallel link hitch with a support wheel and a protection spring allow tracing the surface of the land along the entire machine span.

The frame of the cultivator with additional fertilization is made from a robust section and fitted with hydraulically controlled elements for easy folding from the working to the transport position. The cultivator arms are fitted with support wheels. The working members are fixed to the frame using clamps that allow smooth transition from the inter-row distance of 70 cm to 75 cm.

High travelling speed

The structure of Kultis cultivator allows high travelling speeds within the range from 8 to 12 km an hour with emphasis on the proper functioning of the machine. A tractor with the capacity of 75 hp is sufficient as a towing vehicle.

Improvement of the soil water regime and soil aeration has a positive effect on the development of plants

Some types of soil are highly prone to the formation of soil crust in the area of maize and sunflower. The disruption of the impermeable soil layer substantially improves the water regime by the fact that such processed soil better absorbs moisture. Also, soil aeration has a positive effect on the development of plants. In addition, Kultis cultivator eliminates any potential occurrence of weeds between the rows.

Passability of plant residues from previous harvest is without limitation

Growing maize in the system of soil-protection technologies brings along a greater volume of plant residues that remain on the field surface. The working members and the overall passability of the cultivator with additional fertilization are designed so that the machine can work with the plant residues from the previous harvest without any limitation.

Economic reasons for zone application of fertilizers – fast return on investment

The utilization of applied nitrogen in standard technologies is from 50 to 60%. Normally applied nutrition of maize and sunflower plants increases costs and is not efficient.

Advantages of use of Kultis cultivator:

• Using the cultivator with additional fertilization with regard to the supply of soil nutrients allows decreasing the doses of phosphorus and nitrogen by 30 to 50%.
• Kultis cultivator eliminates grown weeds between the maize rows.
• Using the cultivator the soil is cultivated and aerated.
• The working members of the cultivator reliably destroy any potential soil crust that some soils are prone to.

Robust design

The robust frame guarantees a long service life of the cultivator even in the most difficult conditions.

• Machine spans of 6 and 8 rows.
• Two rotating support wheels.
• Easy handling.
• Robust frame.
• Sufficiently dimensioned even for heavy and rocky soils.

Robust frame profileThe frame of the cultivator with additional fertilization is made from a robust section and fitted with hydraulically controlled elements for easy folding from the working to the transport position.

Arrow sharesThe working members are arrow shares attached to shanks.

Support wheelsThe cultivator is structurally solved as half-carried with two operable support wheels.

Liquid fertilizer tankThe cultivator is equipped with a central liquid fertilizer tank, pump, filtration, filling and distributions that deliver the fertilizer to the plant roots.

Share support wheelEach ploughshare is guided by a support wheel.

Easy operation

Due to minimum of adjusting and lubricating points the operation and subsequent maintenance are very easy steps that anybody can perform.

• Easy adjustment.
• Minimum of adjustment points.
• Minimum of lubrication points.

Smartly designed machine

Disk coultersThe disk coulters on the sides of the ploughshare prevent plant damage and promote better soil separation and aeration in heavy soils without damaging the maize rows.

Smooth transition of inter-row distanceThe working members are fixed to the frame using clamps that allow smooth transition from the inter-row distance of 70 cm to 75 cm.

Land surface tracingThe parallel link hitch with a support wheel and a protection spring allow tracing the surface of the land along the entire machine span.

1. Disks for additional liquid fertilization and ploughshares for soil cultivation and stubble-breaking.

¹ Recommended towing vehicle, the actual pulling force may significantly change according to the processing depth, soil conditions, inclination of land, wear of working members and their adjustment.