The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has awarded Pentair Hypro two AE50 awards for the ProStop-E Nozzle Control Valve and the Closed System Cleanload. They were both deemed one of the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or systems for the food and agriculture industries.
“Hypro strives to provide our growers solutions for increased precision applications. Innovating high quality products, such as these two, truly show who we are. We are thrilled and honored to receive these awards again this year,” stated Karl Stoltenberg, Product Manager for Hypro Products.
The Hypro ProStop-E™ is an intelligent, compact, quarter-turn ball valve that mounts directly onto the nozzle body to provide instantaneous, individual nozzle on/off control across the sprayer boom. Its high flow performance and low power requirement makes the ProStop-E an ideal precision control component for product application. The smart circuitry accepts either an analog signal or CAN bus message to individually switch product flow on or off within 180MS along a simplified, daisy-chain networking system.
The Hypro Closed System Cleanload provides safe and efficient measurement, mixing, and loading of dry or liquid formulations onto a sprayer with minimal exposure to pesticides. Within the sealed enclosure, are all the requirements for measuring the chemicals, triple rinsing the containers for disposal, and mixing the formulation into a saturated solution that is then educted onto the sprayer. This closed system separates the product handler from the chemical and allows them to work safely in the heat of the day without the need for heavy, full-body protective clothing.