High Performance Conditioner

The concept of rapid wilting using the Vicon HPC system is based on speeding this whole process up by removing a large amount of water from the crop in a matter of hours rather than days. This is achieved by intensive conditioning of the crop at very regular intervals all along the stem and leaf, dramatically increasing the potential for moisture to escape from within the cells of the plant. After intensive conditioning the crop is then carefully spread across the complete surface area of the field in a very even layer, maximizing the evaporation potential of the prevailing weather conditions.

How the HPC system works
The HPC conditioner can be fitted to Vicon front mounted and trailed disc mowers. It's main components are two rollers which directly take the cut forage off the mowing unit. One roller is fitted with nylon brushes whilst the other roller which rotates slightly faster, is a "cage" roller made up of hardened steel bars. As a result of the difference in speed, the forage is positively pressed by the fast rotating cage roller through the bristles of the brush roller. The result is an intensive conditioning effect evenly throughout the crop. Once conditioned by the rollers, the stream of forage is guided by a deflector plate towards a lateral distributor roller which is driven by the forage itself and spreads it in a zigzag pattern over the full cutting width. The grass is abraded uniformly along the crop stem without fragmenting the material. The thicker the crop material the deeper it is forced into the brushes. This means that the conditioning effect is independent of forward speed. Swath doors are available as an option.