Agricast extends range of tough tungsten carbide points
Agricast points with tungsten carbide applied for great wear resistance © Agricast Wearing parts specialist Agricast has extended its range of cultivator-specific tungsten carbide points to another four implements, and also expanded the choice of universal soil-engaging parts available.
Like the company’s tungsten carbide-tipped plough points and weld-on components, the new cultivator points are of similar shape to the originals, but with the strategic addition of tungsten carbide material to increase wear resistance beyond traditional steel parts.
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The company says the longer-lasting points should ultimately cost less per hectare, especially in a very dry summer with baked, abrasive soils causing higher-than-usual rates of wear.
Agricast’s latest points are designed for Kockerling Allrounder and Kongskilde Vibroflex spring-tine cultivators, the Lemken Karat rigid tine (with coil spring protection) stubble cultivator, and the Vaderstad Topdown.
The Topdown combination implement has hydraulically protected rigid tines positioned behind a row of notched discs and ahead of a row of finger-tine levelling discs and a choice of packers.
In addition to the new chisel points, the company’s extended range of universal fitment parts with anti-wear tungsten carbide now covers other cultivators from Horsch, Kockerling, Simba/Great Plains and Vaderstad, and ploughs from Gregoire Besson, Dowdeswell, Kuhn, Kverneland, Lemken, Ransomes and Rabe.
Agricast also supplies weld-on tungsten carbide tiles and edge strips for added wear resistance.