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Kees de Jongh about the Alumaster 2.0
"Modern Alumaster 2.0 runs over 50% for scattering biology"
- Madiba grower Kees de Jongh -
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“Our spraying robot needed replacing after 18 years. There were two words on our wish list for a new spraying robot: fully automatic and sustainable. In our crop, the spraying robot is used for braking, spraying and biology dispersal. The balance is increasingly going towards biological control of diseases and plagues. Royal Brinkman's Alumaster 2.0 is a fantastic machine that is already used for more than 50% of the biology dispersal in our nursery.”
Kees de Jongh, cut flower grower in Tuil, Netherlands. "We grow Madibas. These are small-flowered Santini Chrysanthemums which excel in colour, number of flowers and shelf-life. In this crop, crop protection technology is important in order to tackle diseases and pests as effectively as possible. In addition, the longitudinal growth of the crop is inhibited during cultivation, to ensure that each cut flower branch has perfect ornamental value. We use one machine for braking, spraying and biology spreading.”
"It is a sustainable investment for many years."
~ Kees de Jongh, madiba grower in Tuil
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Experiences Kees de Jongh
At Kees de Jongh flower nursery, the 'previous generation' Alumaster spraying robot was in need of replacement. It had been working at the nursery for no less than 18 years and was of the semi-automatic type. This means that after spraying a canopy, the spraying robot was moved manually to the next canopy via the mother trolley. Kees: "A fully automatic spraying robot was an important condition in the choice for a new spraying robot. For years we worked a lot of hours with a semi-automatic spraying robot. We now wanted to save as much labour as possible and were keen to make the step to a fully automatic machine. The new spraying robot also had to be durable. It had to distribute the pesticide and predatory mites in a uniform and perfect manner, without unnecessarily wasting material.”
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The cruise control function gives a perfect distribution over the crop during spraying, braking or for biological crop protection.
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Braking or spraying takes place evenly through the 18 nozzles on the 9.60 m boom.
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IPad control of the Alumaster 2.0, with programmes for spraying and biology spreading.