HARDI Shines with New Self-propelled Sprayer

Repurposed from TradeFarm Machinery Article.

Sprayer manufacturer Hardi is about to deliver the first unit of its latest model – the self-propelled Saritor 7000 Mallee Edition

Hardi first launched the Saritor 7000 during a showcase at its Adelaide factory last year, with Australian farmers now set to benefit from the sprayer’s performance and cosmetic boosts.

The Saritor 7000’s infinitely variable four-wheel drive is controlled by efficient hydrostatic transmission, powered by a 300hp Cummins QSB 6.7 litre Tier III diesel engine.

It is a sprayer capable of handling the biggest jobs, further highlighted by the boom widths which range from 36m to 48.5m.

Comfort and style were also at the forefront of the new Saritor’s design, emphasised by the striking black design and integrated LED light bar.

The sleek, new bonnet lines lead back to a completely reimagined cabin, which features an intuitive new control console with a focus on reducing clutter.

Saritor’s cabin also includes high quality components and a clean, clear layout, while at the cabin’s heart is the new Hardi Integrated Vehicle Experience.

Shortened to ‘HIVE’, this advanced control system includes a completely remodelled armrest console with integrated dial and joystick interface to control the boom hydraulics, fluid functions, machine lights, climate control, machine diagnostics and machine cameras.

The cabin has been completely reimagined.

Hardi’s HIVE concept extends to the filling station, with its new system screen which displays clear filling information plus a set of visual guides and videos so operators can master filling the Saritor quickly and safely.

The fill station displays valve positions and pump speeds, allowing hopper functions to be done automatically.

At last year’s launch, Hardi described the Saritor 7000 as bringing “everything we’ve learned about spray technology together into one machine”.

With a claim like that, it is little surprise quite how many features have been packed into the unit.

The Saritor uses a wide Paralift boom centre with Hardi AutoTerrain boom height and stability control, coupled with patented yaw dampening.

This intelligent, integrated system proactively positions the boom to compensate for terrain changes.

The result is precise tip-to-tip height control for more accurate spraying and near-zero chance of ground strikes, even with high spraying speeds and our widest aluminium boom.

Another highly impressive feature is the ability to choose between four different nozzle technologies depending on individual requirements.

One of these technologies is Hardi’s exclusive H-Select, which is ideal for large-scale operators and coordinates up to four different nozzles at each nozzle body to continually maintain the required target rate across the whole boom over the entire speed range.

Another is GeoSelect, the manufacturer’s selective spraying technology which was first launched in 2021 and which uses drone mapping of weeds rather than on-machine cameras that add weight.

With minimal on-boom hardware, GeoSelect optimises boom ride, weed targeting, chemical preparation and sprayer speed.

Hardi customers can also run with ActivAir, which is a nozzle on/off system that uses the sprayer’s on- board air supply to instantly open and close nozzles on demand without dripping.

The final technology option is Triple Tier 12 – a rapid nozzle switching technology that adjusts the spray rate instantly and accurately without affecting the fluid velocity or droplet size, thanks to two parallel lines of nozzles.

Find the HARDI range available with CNE here.

Original article can be found here.