2021 Grimme GB Series 230

2021 Grimme GB Series 230

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 230 is designed for both, conventional planting and for planting in beds. The machine can be further upgraded with equipment such as a spreader for granulates, a fertiliser box, devices for liquid chemical treatment of the tubers and the GRIMME Flow Board. All main settings are comfortable adaptable during operation via the operator terminal. A video system is available to control the machine functions.

Flow-Board for even covering of the planted tubers

For optimum adaptation to the tractor, the drawbar can be telescoped mechanically.

Driving speed of up to 10 kmph realize a high output, depending on the crop size and variety, planting distance, machine equipment and soil conditions

The spray track eradicators permit to create tramlines by flattening one ridge.

Steerable wheels offer advantages at the headlands and on slopes

Features may include:

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

• 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).

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.