Tecnovict » Weed-killing machines https://en.tecnovict.com Design and manufacturing of vine-growing machines and implements Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 InNoVaR https://en.tecnovict.com/innovar/ https://en.tecnovict.com/innovar/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:54:26 +0000 http://en.tecnovict.com/?p=486 Retrofitting a sprayer from fixed to variable dosage is the most effective way to ensure real savings on pesticides, while also ensuring that the treatment is proportionate to the canopy volume. Click here to download the brochure This kit, developed in collaboration with the Agricultural Engineering research group of the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and ...read more

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Click here to download the brochure


This kit, developed in collaboration with the Agricultural Engineering research group of the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences (DiSAFA) at the University of Turin, is intended for use with existing vineyard and orchard sprayers.

The kit consists of a dual-technology sensor to be installed at the front of the tractor, a control unit and a series of solenoid valves activating the individual nozzles.

The amount of spray output is regulated by electronically varying the opening and closing times, which alternate every tenth of a second, thanks to the PWM system..

The PWM system operates at a fixed pressure, which can be adjusted to obtain the desired droplet size from the nozzles, ensuring the best possible effectiveness of the dispensed product.
The system is fully automatic and its key parameters can be programmed via a convenient console.

These components ensure that each nozzle is automatically turned off in the absence of vegetation and automatically dispenses a quantity of spray proportional to the volume of canopy detected by the front vegetation sensor in its presence.

This kit can be applied to most existing sprayers by simply modifying the nozzle dispensing system. Nozzles have also been successfully applied to pneumatic machines at the air diffusers.

The retrofit can also include, upon request:
– a set of flanges with different internal diameters to limit air suction,
– two electric actuators to move the fins that automatically direct the spray flow onto the apex of the canopy, limiting off-target dispersion.
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This retrofit solution can give new life to sprayers that are still efficient without having to replace them with new machines.

According to measurements taken by the University of Turin, efficiency in terms of product dispensed on the foliage is increased by 100%. With an expected average saving of 50% on pesticides, the investment is expected to pay for itself in three to four years for a 10 hectare area.

The improved dispensing, the reduction of the environmental impact and the consequent protection of the ecosystem and human health would naturally be enormously beneficial from a technical, social and environmental standpoint..

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Our kit aligns with the direction indicated by the EU for the 2030 Agenda on the sustainability of food production.

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The “SCHIUMONE” (Big Foam) is a new and promising project for a more environmentally respectful agriculture. The hot foam, which is generated by our machine, during its deposition on the ground above 70°C causes the denaturation of the proteins in the blades of grass, with subsequent drying within a few days. The benefits lie in the respect for the environment, in the working speed and in the cost-effectiveness compared to the known alternative ecological systems.

coccarde_2016Awarded at the International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition in Bologna in 2016 with the double recognition of technical innovation and the Blue award for being environmentally friendly, the machine is still in a phase of engineering and improvement.

The development of this completely original and patented new technology has indeed placed many unexpected obstacles on our path which have slowed down the progress, obstacles that we are overcoming one at a time.

In the recent tests ran in April 2018 our latest vineyard prototype gave excellent and very promising results on the suckers.

You can see in the photos the distribution methods and the results obtained. The development must however be complete before being able to proceed in public demonstrations, which we hope to be able to run this vegetative season.

“SCHIUMONE” points of strength are:

– Speed of advancement, current goal is 4 km/h for full row of vineyard, but it’s not excluded to raise these limits in the future. This feature makes the biggest economic difference with all the alternative systems, very limited in the speed of advancement and consequently more expensive due the greater use of more man-tractor hours and even more disadvantaged in the timing of the intervention.

– Reduced quantity of water required, equal to about 0,30 liters per square meter treated. This also reduce costs for the water heating.

– Possibility of using both 100% biodegradable foam and also bio-based foaming agents without added chemical compounds. This will allow to face the weed control process in an environmentally responsible way for companies in an organic farming regime.

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