METIS Vario hoeing machine

Key benefits at a glance
 Versatility, durability and productivity

Capable of hoeing in 18 and 12 rows (45 or 50 cm) or in 12 and 8 rows (75 cm) without taking up extra space at the sides.
Strength: special steel
Durability: low energy consumption, scalable, rapid return on investment and, above all, environmentally friendly.
Compact, bearing-free 500 mm side shift
No maintenance
ISOBUS control
      Number of rows worked (18/12 or 12/8)
      Basket lift
      Load transfer
      Working depth
      Easy adjustment to different row spacings

Key Features: 
- Compact side-shift                                      
         500 mm stroke via oversized, bearing-free and highly compact cylinders                                                         
         Maintenance-free
        Excellent visibility of the working tools   
 
- Stabiliser discs
        Adjustable to the tractor’s track width                                             
        The clamping mechanism maintains a straight course even on slopes  
 
- Sequential adaptation to different working widths             
        Automatic switching from 18 to 12 rows of beetroot or from 12 to 8 rows of maize    
 
- Load transfer
       The cylinders located in the parallelograms distribute the entire weight of the hoe evenly across the working components, regardless of their position. This principle ensures that the flat coulters penetrate all types of soil  
 
- Trailed guide wheels
      No effect on steering 
      Easier traction. 
      Simplified camera and RTK guidance

 - Guidance
         Manual via joystick                       
         Automatic  with a highly intuitive in-cab console                    
                Single or dual cameras                                                                            
                Autonomous RTK, optionally combined with cameras                             
               Sensors  
 
- ISOBUS network
          Option to use the tractor’s terminal
          Very user-friendly interface
          Simplified integration of new features
         Less cabling      
 
- Adjustable inter-row spacing 
         Easy adjustment of components on perfectly aligned beams  
 
- Implement positioning
         Implements (ploughshares, rotary tines, harrow or rotary rake, etc.)  are easily arranged to optimise work quality
 
- The implement springs are held in place by forks
        No risk of misalignment
 
- The forks are graduated and secured to the frames by interchangeable bolts and nuts
       Quick and easy adjustment
       Safety
- Working and road lighting  
- Compliant with road gauge requirements  
-  CE marking    

Available Options          
- Transporter adaptable to special tractor track widths
- Basket lifting
         Lifts to 45° whilst keeping the gauge wheels on the ground to ensure stability and maintain proper camera operation.
        Controlled via the ISOBUS console, either manually or automatically via RTK                                                                                                                                                                
- Stabiliser discs with automated depth control 
         Ideal for uneven ground.
 
- Automated depth control for working tools  
 
- Hydraulic pre-set:
         simplified adjustment of components to different row spacings.  
 
- ISOBUS CCI display
         for tractors not fitted with ISOBUS  
 
- Localised spraying
         Ultra-precise on or between rows.  
 
- Application of fertilisers
         liquid or solid  
 
- Intercropping sowing  
 
- coulter treatment  

- Rotating tines
       designed to destroy the white filaments of weeds without damaging the existing crop.  
 
- Inter-row harrows or rotary harrows on the row  
 
- Leaf-protecting discs
 
- Cutting discs to prevent young plants from being uprooted  
 
- Double depth control wheel for greater precision along the row
 
- Metal depth control wheels with rims
         to prevent blockages during the final pass    
 
Tractor equipment:     
- RTK preferred, but not essential  
- ISOBUS preferred, but not essential    
- 1 double-acting or load-sensing circuit 
- 1 circuit for load transfer and stabiliser discs