Section control on the Finnish-made tractors has previously been able to divide an ISObus-compatible machine, such as a sprayer, into 24 or 36 sections. The latest version increases this to as many as 96, while the Multiboom feature makes it possible to simultaneously control up to three different booms fully automatically.
Said to be ideal for controlling ISObus-compatible seed drills, sprayers, fertiliser spreaders and row crop cultivators, sections on the new version can be controlled by separate feeders in one, two or three consecutive rows. Alternatively, one implement can be in front of the tractor and the other at the rear.
On a seed drill, for example, fertiliser can be spread in the first feed system, seed in the next and starter fertiliser or small seed in the third. “Depending on the implement, the seed and fertiliser hoppers are often divided between two or more sections,” says product specialist Johan Grotell. “Section control 96 can control each of these sections and feeders with centimetre accuracy.”
Operated from the touchscreen on the SmartTouch armrest, the interface is similar to the existing one (the tractor must have auto guidance and ISObus implement control).
Users of fourth and fifth generation Valtra tractors with section control 36 will have free access to the new features once the tractor software is updated at the next scheduled maintenance.
Customers using section control 24 can purchase the upgrade to the new version, which is available now for fifth generation Valtra tractors (fourth generation tractors later this year).
