Reinert flame technology
hopfenFLAMM 2450
THE SPECIAL DEVICE FOR HOP CULTIVATION
Set new, environmentally friendly and trend-setting standards for weed removal in hop cultivation too. Preserving nature is our job. You too can do your part. We all have to break new ground for environmentally friendly cooperation between people and nature. Since 2007, we have accompanied the first experiments in hop cultivation with our equipment technology, which has been tried and tested in organic farming for over 50 years. In collaboration with several hop farmers, we have developed a corresponding attached flamer for hop cultivation based on the experience we have gained and have continued to improve it.
The innovative result of our development is today our special device hopfenFLAMM 2450.
For several years now, the use of chemical pesticides has become increasingly complicated and is being increasingly restricted by law. Flame technology offers an interesting way of removing weeds, fungi and spores in an environmentally friendly and effective way.
With the special device hopfenFLAMM 2450 you can completely do without chemical pesticides in hop cultivation. Our equipment technology can be used here for easy maintenance and defoliation.
By using the environmentally friendly flame-cutting technology, you too can contribute to an intact ecosystem in a natural way.
DESCRIPTION
The hopfenFLAMM 2450 flame device is attached to the tractor's front hydraulics for optimal visibility. It can be extended and retracted hydraulically by approx. 40 cm on both sides. The total displacement range is therefore approx. 80 cm. This means that all common row widths can be covered and the device can be reduced to a minimum transport width. A double-acting control unit is required on the tractor for this purpose.
The gas tank is carried on the tractor in the three-point rear attachment. The flame device is supplied with a corresponding gas connection hose with all the necessary safety fittings.
All high-performance rod burners can be easily ignited from the driver's cab. All burners can be individually ignited electrically at the push of a button. Thanks to our quick burner shutdown, which has been tried and tested for years, all burners can be switched off and on again in a matter of seconds if there are obstacles or young plants.
The burner units on both sides are guided to the ground by large, spindle-adjustable steel support wheels (360/100 mm) that can be swiveled by 180°. The spindle adjustment allows the height of the burners to be adjusted quickly, conveniently and optimally.
To prevent damage to the device, the left and right burner units fold back automatically when they approach obstacles thanks to lying parallelograms. Appropriate gas pressure dampers ensure that the parallelograms are returned to their original position.
All of our flamers have been tested and approved. They comply with the current German technical regulations for liquid gas (DVFG-TRF).
hopfenFLAMM 2450
for double-sided maintenance and defoliation with 4 high-performance rod burners with 50 cm working width each.
- 1 high-performance rod burner on the left and right - arranged at the bottom (Bifang care)
1 high-performance rod burner on the left and right - arranged vertically (defoliation)
| Row width: | approx. 240 – 320 cm |
| Lateral shift: | hydraulically approx. 80 cm
(left and right evenly approx. 40 cm) |
| Transport width: | approx. 220 cm |
| Working speed: | approx. 2 – 4 km/h |
| Area performance | approx. 0,8 – 1,2 ha/hour.
(depending on working speed and row width) |
| Gas consumption: | Use of 2 high-performance rod burners:
23 kg/h (296 kW) (Bifang maintenance) |
| Use of 4 high-performance rod burners:
46 kg/h (592 kW) (Bifang maintenance + defoliation) |
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| Gas costs: | Use of 2 high-performance rod burners: approx. 30,– €/ha (Bifang maintenance) |
| Use of 4 high-performance rod burners: 60,– €/ha (Bifang maintenance + defoliation) |
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| Gas tank: | The mobile system gas tank is not included in the scope of delivery of the flaming device. You can rent the gas tank directly from the gas supplier. You are contractually bound to purchase the gas. Or you can also purchase the gas tank. You are free to choose the gas supplier. The gas tank only needs to be inspected every 10 years. |
EFFECT + SUCCESS
WITHOUT HERBICIDES
The use of chemical agents to remove weeds is becoming increasingly complicated and has been increasingly restricted in recent years. The legislature is planning to impose even stricter restrictions in all areas in the coming years, up to and including a complete ban.
The flaming technique offers an interesting and effective way of removing weeds, fungi and spores in an environmentally friendly way.
OUTSTANDING EFFECT
The flaming technique is a practical, economical and environmentally friendly alternative to weed removal. Chemical agents can be completely dispensed with.
The flaming technique does not involve burning parts of the plant, but rather heating them briefly to at least 70 °C. From this temperature range, the cell protein in the plant coagulates. The cell structure is permanently destroyed and a sufficiently large number of cells die.
The plant cells are abruptly heated and killed using heat that is applied to the plant surface by propane gas burners. The rapid increase in temperature that this creates leads to such a strong expansion of the cell fluid that the cell walls burst. Cell fluid leaks out and the plant dries out.
Propagated gas is used because it burns to carbon dioxide and water without leaving any residue and is environmentally neutral!
GREAT SUCCESS
Before a flame-killing measure is carried out, the soil and the surface of the leaf mass should ideally be dry. The following applies in principle: the younger the weeds, the more effective the measure. The success also depends on the time of application and the weather. This means that a kill success of up to 100% is possible.
Our unique high-performance rod burners reach the highest possible flame temperature that can be generated with propane gas of approx. 1,925 °C. This means that all parts of the plant that are directly reached by the operating flame die immediately and with great certainty. The operating flame is generated evenly across the entire width of the burner.
Subsequent rain has no negative effect on the success of a flame-killing measure. The effect is not impaired by it.
In order to heat all weeds to the required temperatures and achieve sufficient damage, the following rule applies: the higher the exposure temperature, the shorter the exposure time. Lower flame temperatures require a much slower working speed and result in a correspondingly lower effect.
PERFECT TIME TO USE
First use
The shoots that have grown back are burned off with a burner around 2-3 weeks after the first tilling. This also significantly reduces the infestation of all pests and all fungal spores, as these die at temperatures of around 60 °C and above.
Second use
Here, the Bifang is burnt off with a burner approximately 2-3 weeks after the second tilling.
The hop vines are also defoliated at the same time with a second, vertical burner.
