Planting technology - Belt planter | GB 215

2-row, 1.5 t hopper, for varying seed

The belt planter is the right choice to plant non calibrated seed potatoes, various sizes or longish varieties. Higher drive speed is possible with appropriate sizes as with a cup planter. The GB 215 is designed both for conventional planting and for planting into beds. Hydraulic steering and planting element levelling enable an accurate planting also on slopes. The machine can be equipped with the GRIMME Flow-Board for bed planting. This ensures a constant covering and planting depth and even covering of the crop for perfect growing. The ISOBUS operator terminal CCI 800 or CCI 1200 with intuitive user interface GDI and various diagnostic options offers a high level of operating comfort and provides relief for the driver.

Benefits

Depth control

For conventional planting the depth guidance is controlled via twin feeler wheels which run between the tractor tracks. Furrow opener in a parallelogram ensure an even planting depth. The planting depth can be easily adjusted by repositioning a bolt in a perforated rail.

Perfect tuber placement

The extra narrow, easy-to-pull trailed furrow openers of the GB-series allow for exact tuber placement and a minimum of soil movements to ensure perfect ridging.

Tipping hopper with a capacity of 1.5 t

The compactly designed, mounted belt planters type GB 215 are fitted with a short hydraulic 1.5 t tipping hopper. The short length of the tipping hopper makes it possible to keep the centre of gravity close to the tractor in order to reduce the required lifting power.

More convenience

The automatic tipping hopper ensures a gentle, constant filling of the planting elements with tubers and avoids bridging.

The belt planting element

During planting, the potatoes are first transferred from the hydraulic tipping hopper (1) onto two individual, hydraulically driven feeder belts (3). The filling level in the planting element can be adjusted in an infinitely variable manner from the operator terminal. The finger feelers (4) control the constant feed. For planting, the potatoes are placed onto the round belts (10). The regularity of the tuber spacing depends on the evenness of the tubers and the corresponding machine settings. Excess tubers roll off the side and are conveyed back in the direction of the coil roll (5) by closed return belts (7). From here the potatoes are returned onto the round belts (10).

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Hydraulic drive

All planting elements are jointly operated by a single hydraulic motor. The hydraulic drive allows an easy, infinitely and comfortable adjustment of the planting distance directly from the cabin.

Precise output

For the precise application of granulates, the potato planter can be equipped with a speed controlled granulate castor. When the planter is lifted or switched off, the shaft of the granulate castor automatically turns in the opposite direction. The reverse function prevents from unintentional spreading of the agents.

Bed planting

For growing potatoes in beds, the GRIMME belt planters can be equipped with a Flow-Board and deflectors plates. At high working speeds, the Flow-Board and the deflectors plates guide the soil in a reliable way to provide stable ridges when planting in beds.

Axle steering

The hydraulic steering of the chassis keeps the machine accurately in track on a slope.

VC 50

The operator terminal type VC 50 (standard) enables simple touch operation. Individually programmable membrane keys, which are easily accessible by the thumb on both sides of the display, enable a reliable operation of the machine even on difficult terrain.

Simple setting

The tuber spacing and the number of tubers per hectare can be adjusted from the operator terminal.

High manoeuvrability on the headland.

The compact design of the carried machine provides a high manoeuvrability on the headland.

Covering discs

Two spring loaded covering discs are used for hilling. They ensure a quick fixation of the tubers in the furrow and minimize undesired rolling.

Improved ballasting

For an improved, balanced ballasting, the GRIMME tank system TS 410 with 400 l capacity or the TS 820 with 800 l capacity are also available in a version to be mounted in the tractor front. In order to be able to manoeuvre the tank system easily in the yard/in buildings, removable rollers are fitted as standard.

Excellent nutrient supply

For an optimal start into the vegetation, the tubers can be treated simultaneously with liquid chemicals for plant protection and with granulates. The special design of the furrow opener with separated chambers allows simultaneous application of liquid and granulated active ingredients without sticking, thus preventing uncontrolled spreading.

Flow-Board

The Flow-Board enables stable, bulbous ridges in separated beds - even at high working speeds. Stainless steel deflector plates keep the loose soil in the bed together, so that as much soil as possible can be used for ridge shaping. For "kit-kat"-shaped ridges the Flow-Board XL is optionally available.

CCI 100

The manufacturer independent ISOBUS operator terminal, type CCI 100, offers a large intuitive touch display with additional membrane keys. In combination with an appropriate software licence, the CCI 100 enables the feature of Section Control.

Manual switch-off

For creating spraying tracks, the belt planting elements can be closed via mechanically hinged retaining plates at the front-end of the set of planting belts. Thus all tubers, which remain on the set of planting belts, are directed to the return belts on both sides, to be guided back to the spiral roller on the rear side of the planting element.

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Feeder belts

The feeding belts evenly fill the planting elements. This leads to an ideal singulation of the tubers on the round belt, which ensures an even planting result.

Airy and loose

The cage roller creates an open-pored surface of the ridges for good water absorption, especially on light soils. The tines in front of the cage rollers are equipped with ridging bodies to make the ridge flanks firm and the rest of the ridges airy and loose.

Finger feeler

Finger feeler detect and regulate the filling level in the planting element. This ensures an even supply of seed potatoes even on slopes.

Versatile operation

Future-proof operation thanks to optional available ISOBUS technology. The ISOBUS connectivity enables an operation by means of appropriate tractor-terminals and compatible ISOBUS operator terminals of other manufacturers.

Bed divider

The bed divider ensures optimum soil flow when growing potatoes in separated beds. The centre ridging body divides the bed in the middle, which ensures an even filling of the Flow-Board with soil.

Electrical switch-off

For manual switching of single rows, when creating tramlines or when creating dividing rows between different varieties, individual belt planting elements can be conveniently equipped and controlled with electric servo motors via operating terminal.

Identify spare parts

Due to the specific spare parts book in myGRIMME, a quick identification of parts as well as checking the availability of parts is possible.

Simple changing

In order to make it easy to change between the application of liquid chemicals onto the seed potatoes and/or into the furrow the potato planter can be equipped with two couplable interfaces.

Even deep guidance

To ensure a uniform growing and emergence of the tubers the Flow-Board is mechanically linked to the furrow-openers, thus providing an even covering with soil.

Section Control

The optionally available Section Control enables a precise creation of field edges as well as a saving of production resources through an automatic synchronously switching of all belt planting elements.

Set of planting belts

Six round belts, which rotate at different speed, transport the seed tubers centrally and closely lined up on the set of planting belts from the backside of the machine towards the furrow opener in the front. The differential speed of the round belts in relation to the return belts supports a good alignment of long potatoes on the set of round belts.

Control box

The control box type GBX 860 is to complement the VC 50 or CCI 100 operator terminals of spring or harvest machines. The control box enables quick access to frequently used functions. Such as drawbar self-centering, axle steering, levelling axle and field start / field end.

myGRIMME Shop

Spare parts which have been identified and located can be ordered conveniently on-line at the myGRIMME webshop.

Perfectly moistened

For the application of liquid chemicals into the furrow or onto the seed tuber, the machine can be equipped with two separate nozzle systems, which are fitted in the furrow opener.

Infinitely adjustment

The hydraulically driven pump, which is independent of the tractors engine speed, can be conveniently adjusted via operator terminal. The hydraulic drive of the pump enables a constant application rate.

Reduced power requirements

The coating of the Flow-Board XL with polyethylene (PE) reduces the sticking of soil and provides a better soil flow characteristics with reduced power requirement.

Adaptation to the tuber size

The distance between the round belts can be adjusted to adapt to the tuber size. The adjustment can be done via an adjustment disc.

Round belt agitator

The round belt agitator supports the singling of the seed potatoes on the round belts. Due to the possibility of a fast and sensitive adjustment of the agitator to the tuber size, the device is perfectly suitable for frequent change of different tuber varieties.

Constant application rate

In order to ensure that the application rate is always exact, it is automatically adjusted to the respective working speed. The defined application rate [l/ha] can be set conveniently on the operator terminal.

Return conveyors

The return conveyors move the excess potatoes back towards the coil roll at the rear. Compared to similar systems, the closed surface of the return conveyors ensure a particularly gentle transport of chitted seed tubers. This design also reduces the cleaning effort of the planting element.

Coil roll and scraper

The spiral rollers are guiding the potatoes from the outer return conveyor towards the inner set of round belts.

GRIMME Video system

With up to 8 cameras, the GRIMME video system offers optimum monitoring of the entire machine. The camera image is changed automatically according to a user-defined interval.

Foam roller

At the front of the set of round belts there is a foam roller which slows down the tuber flow and releases the potatoes individually for planting. The decelerating effect of the foam roller compensates for small irregularities in the alignment of the tubers on the belts.

Visual Protect

To relieve and support the operator and to protect the machine, Visual Protect automatically detects error sources, such as an incorrect adjustment of the ridge shaping unit, and displays them on the monitor.

Monitoring

Tuber spacing is monitored by an ultrasonic sensor that counts the tubers as they fall into the furrow opener and thus checks for deviations. If there are deviations in the planting distance, the driver is informed acoustically and visually.

Control of tuber spacing

The adjustment aid automatically corrects the tuber spacing during planting to a pre-defined number of tubers per hectare.

Automatic levelling

For a perfect singularisation of the tubers, even on slopes (+/- 7°), the levelling of the planting elements is always kept horizontal in relation to working direction. The discharge point into the furrow opener as well as the drop height of the potatoes always remains constant due to the automatic levelling at slopes.

• The compact design of the carried machine provides a high manoeuvrability on the headland.
• Working speeds of up to 10 kmph means high outputs are achieved, depending on the tuber size and variety, planting distance and soil conditions.
• The tuber spacing or the number of tubers per hectare can be adjusted from the operator terminal.
• Less seed potatoes are required with the automatic row shut-off of all planting elements with Section Control.
• For a precise singling of seed potatoes on slopes, the planting element can be levelled +/- 7° in relation to driving direction.
• Uniform growing and emergence through constant soil covering of the tubers via coupling of the furrow opener with the Flow-Board for ridge shaping.
• The approved GRIMME tank system allows the application of liquid chemicals as well as of furrow treatments and supports the driver with several comfort functions.
• Simultaneous application of liquid chemicals and granulates for an optimal start of the vegetation.
• There are several versions for ridge shaping available for a perfect adaptation to different soil conditions.
• The GRIMME Flow-Board creates an accurately centered tuber placing in beds even at slopes.
• Steerable wheels on the potato planter minimise possible drifting on slopes so that the seed tubers are always placed in the centre of the row.
• The ISOBUS operator terminals CCI 800 and CCI 1200, with intuitive operating interface GDI and various diagnostic options, offer a high operator comfort.

Specifications

You'll find all the information about the standard features of the machine here.