100 years of inventiveness in the
mechanical weed control
100 years of
chipping technology
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In 1922, Dr. Hans Schmotzer, an agricultural machinery manufacturer from Bavaria, developed the world's first hoeing machine for mechanical weed control. While chemical weed control came to the fore with the invention of the field sprayer, the tide has turned again today in the wake of the strong growth in organic farming and has helped hoeing technology to enjoy a renaissance, accompanied by state-of-the-art equipment such as camera-guided control.
What has not changed in 100 years, however, is that every hoe is manufactured by hand and in proven German quality.
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Thought-provoking
It's a weed,
what grows again after weeding
Mark Twain
American writer (1835 - 1910)
KPP-M/L
The all-rounder and the best-selling hoe
The KPP is a hoe that can be used to easily cultivate different row widths. This makes the hoe suitable for soybeans as well as maize, cotton or vegetables. The overlapping knives ensure a gapless hoeing. The weeds are cut off over the entire area and deposited on the surface. With the KPP hoe, row widths of 30 to 200 cm can be achieved.
Unyielding with the weeds...
but very carefully with the crops. This is the secret of good hoeing technology. The KPP-L product range is ideally suited to removing weeds from fast and tall-growing crops up to a plant height of one meter thanks to its high frame clearance of 100 cm. The stable and very precise hoe is perfect for use in maize and millet.
Schmotzer and Claas - a perfect team
The low-drag hoes harmonize perfectly with the complete range of CLAAS tractors. For smaller working widths, a TALOS 240 is sufficient; for larger working widths, tractors from the ARION range are a good choice. Ideally, the hoes should be matched to the working width of the seed drills to ensure perfect row guidance.
The KPP during precision work
When using the hoe, precise row guidance is essential. This can be controlled by a camera, which always moves the parallelograms with the knives appropriately, or by an operator on a seat behind the hoe, who adjusts the control of the parallelograms using a steering wheel. This video shows very impressively with close-ups what hoeing technology can achieve.
Here you can download the product brochures in French, English and German.
EKP-M/S
When things get tight in the rows...
then the narrow parallelograms of the EKP series are exactly the right choice. With almost surgical precision, the tools of the EKP hoes tackle weeds in rows from 16 to 30 cm wide. This makes the EKP hoes predestined for use in cereal crops such as rice, sorghum or similar densely planted crops.
Flexibility as a core competence
The quick-change tools are spring-mounted and can be easily adjusted in working depth. This allows the hoe to be individually adapted to different working requirements resulting from the crops, weed types and soil conditions.
In combination with CLAAS tractors
The hoeing technology for narrow rows is also a perfect match for CLAAS tractors. The hoes can be mounted both at the front and rear and are ideal for tractors in the ARION 400 series and larger. The smaller hoes up to 4.50 working width can also be used with the slightly larger TALOS models such as the TALOS 240.
The picks in action
Schmotzer chipping technology is the premium product for organic farming in Germany. And since organic farmers also have to calculate carefully, cost-benefit aspects are also a priority here. With the high prices for plant protection and in view of the increasing legal restrictions, it is therefore no surprise that mechanical weed management is gaining ground in the truest sense of the word.
Here you can download the product brochures in French, English and German.