Agria remote-controlled mower now includes telemetry and EFI

Farm machinery dealership, Inlon, has been offering a range of remote-controlled mowers as part of its Civiline commercial mower range, and has recently announced the addition of the Agria 9600i mower with advanced technology such as telemetry and Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) into the range.

The Agria 9600 was originally introduced in 2019 and has been a popular choice amongst councils and entities needing to mow tricky terrain. Remote-controlled mowers provide a significant safety advantage when mowing slopes or areas with limited access and height constraints, such as solar farms, as it allows operators to control the machine from afar thus eliminating any potential rollover hazards.

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The Agria 9600 features some unique innovations such as a Low-Impact Track Mechanism and Hybrid Drive System. While other tracked mowers dig into the ground when turning, which is problematic when turning on slopes, the Agria does not disturb the ground hence reducing erosion and creating less ground pressure, Inlon said.

The Hybrid Drive System is a conventional petrol engine driving a generator that provides the electrical power to control and drive the tracks and other functions. The hybrid drive is at the heart of its lightweight design, requiring fewer components.

The latest model Agria 9600i comes with a Kawasaki EFI engine which Inlon says provides optimum engine performance ideal for slope mowing applications.

Testing has shown that the EFI engine provides a 30 per cent productivity improvement over the previous model, translating to reduced mowing time for the same area and vegetation level, Inlon said. According to the company, the EFI engine achieves this by delivering the fuel and maximum power the machine needs without any loss in RPM that conventional mechanical engines causes, therefore maintaining blade and ground speed for maximum productivity.

Another important feature of the Agria 9600i is its telemetry capabilities that measures key parameters and events each second and transmits the data via the internet to a cloud service. Events such as high impact collisions, overheating, insufficient engine maintenance, deck belt slippage, operating speeds, workload, working angles, GPS location and system diagnostics are recorded each second, stored and transmitted to the cloud as mobile coverage allows.

Using this data, Inlon advises the technicians on the ground of the servicing requirements and which issues need to be addressed. With this telemetry capability, operators can have issues resolved faster regardless of their location and get back to work asap.

For more information on the Agria 9600i or the Civiline range of mowers, visit civiline.com.au