They will give visitors am overview – unique in Europe – of the way in which various machines and systems work. This year the focus will be on planting machines, trailed and self-propelled harvesters, and loading stations. SAME DEUTZ-FAHR as machinery partner is making tractors with the required rating available to show the machinery and equipment in operation.
The planting machines as well as the lifters and loading lines will be demonstrated in practical use in the field in the mornings from 10:00 h to 12:00 h. Both the planting machines and the lifters will start in alphabetical order. At the demonstrations, transport combinations will bring the harvested potatoes to the edge of the field where they will be transferred to waiting trucks – directly or via loading stations positioned there. In addition, Dr. Rolf Peters from the Experimental Station Dethlingen in Munster will guide visitors through the demonstrations with a commentary from 10:00 h to approx. 11.30 h each day. The meeting point for these guided tours will be the DLG stand at the machinery demonstration site. In the afternoons between 14:00 h and 16:00 h, all exhibitors will be able to demonstrate their machinery and equipment individually. The manufacturers’ technology advisers will be available for intensive exchanges of opinion and experience and to provide product-specific information.
The following demonstrations are planned:
Planting
During planting, potatoes should be placed in the soil quickly and precisely. Larger working widths coupled with a wish for greater machine capacities call for increased attention to be paid to soil conservation. Here too, developments are focusing specifically on combining operations during planting. Electronic assistance systems are increasingly relieving the burden of routine work for the operator, enhancing precision and making it possible to concentrate on the actual work. Details of the new system solutions offered by manufacturers of planting machines will become directly visible during the demonstrations. The palette ranges from four-row machines to eight-row planters. Starting at 10:00 each day, the various planting machines will show how they master the challenges faced in practical operation. Altogether ten different planting machines will be demonstrated. In addition, the companies will be demonstrating their machines individually from 14:00 h to 16:00 h. The following exhibitors have registered for demonstrations:
ALL IN ONE, Pförring (Germany)
AVR, Roeselare (Belgium)
Geo-Konzept, Adelschlag (Germany)
GRIMME, Damme (Germany)
MIEDEMA, Winsum (Netherlands)
Lifting
Farmers want their harvesting machines to work not only quickly and cleanly, but also as gently as possible. That is why further developments revolve around individual components as well as – in the case of trailed lifters – the combination of implement and tractor. The 14 lifting machines registered for the demonstrations comprise two one-row lifters, seven two-row lifters and five four-row machines – nine trailed and five self-propelled. From 10:00 h to 12:00 h on the two days of the event, the one-row lifters will be shown first, then the two-row lifters and finally the four-row lifters, in each case in alphabetical order. The companies will also be demonstrating their machines individually in the afternoons from 14:00 h to 16:00 h. The following exhibitors have registered lifters for demonstrations:
AVR, Roeselare (Belgium)
DEWULF NV, Roeselare (Belgium)
GRIMME, Damme (Germany)
PLOEGER, Oud Gastel (Netherlands)
ROPA, Herrngiersdorf (Germany)
Loading
In many ways, just how cleanly, gently and quickly the potatoes can be conveyed, loaded up and stored depends strongly on the transport, loading and storage technology and systems used. Four different loading lines will be demonstrated at PotatoEurope 2014 – one mobile loading system and nine transport combinations. The way they work can be seen on both days of the event, parallel with the lifting demonstrations, starting at 10:00 h. In addition exhibitors will be showing their machines in action on both days between 14:00 and 16:00 h. The following firms have registered to show loading machinery at work:
AVR, Roeselare (Belgium)
BIJLSMA HERCULES, Franeker (Netherlands)
GRIMME, Damme (Germany)
Fliegl, Mühldorf (Germany)
Miedema, Winsum (Netherlands)
Transport combinations have been registered by:
BEKA, Halberstadt (Germany)
Brettmeister, Kühbach (Germany)
Fliegl, Mühldorf (Germany)
Fortuna, Ochtrup (Germany)
Krampe, Coesfeld (Germany)
Kröger, Visbek (Germany)
Miedema, Winsum (Netherlands)
The planned timetable – an overview:
Daily 10:00 h to 12:00 h:
Planting*, Lifting*, Loading and Transport
* Start in alphabetical order
Individual demonstrations by the manufacturers will be held daily from 14:00 h to 16:00 h.
