ASA “Astra” expands its machinery range

Ahead of the spring field-work season, “Astra” will start supplying the well-known-in-Ukraine Wil Rich cultivators.

Striving to fully meet growing customer needs and offer them the most suitable equipment, “Astra” expands its range year after year. The 2012 spring season’s new addition is Wil Rich soil-cultivation equipment, manufactured by AGCO Amity.

The Wil Rich brand’s machinery range includes primary soil-cultivation machines: the 657 DCR disc chisel. This machine has a row of discs at the front, followed by cultivator shanks. The discs loosen the top soil layer, while the cultivator tines perform deep cultivation.

Heavy disc harrows with a working width of 4.5 to 11 m are used for primary soil cultivation. They have sufficient weight to create the pressure needed on the soil, helping to break it up and thoroughly mix it with plant residue. 

For secondary soil cultivation after ploughing, and for stubble cultivation, which is often carried out after the main harvest, the manufacturer offers the DC field cultivator. The disc bank breaks up the crust that forms on the soil surface, and the cultivator tines continue the process of breaking up and mixing the soil.

Models are manufactured with working widths from 5.6 m for use with 170 hp tractors up to 11 m for 400 hp tractors.

Many agricultural producers have already come to appreciate the Wil Rich XL field cultivators. These machines are indispensable during spring field work for secondary soil cultivation.

The range is quite wide and includes many models with working widths from 6.6 m for 155 hp tractors up to 18.3 m for 540 hp tractors respectively.

“Astra” is ready to offer its customers Wil Rich XL cultivators as early as March 2012.

On lighter, sandy soils, working elements with a single pressure spring are used.

On heavy soils, working elements with two pressure springs are used.

For final soil cultivation, a three-row spring harrow with a packer is used. This implement excellently levels the soil and breaks up clods.

These cultivators are well known in Ukraine – they’ve worked the fields of small farms for many years, as well as well-known enterprises such as “Myronivsky Khliboprodukt” and “Astarta Kyiv”.