Kuhn Factory In Passo Fundo

Elvio Ransolin met me at the gate and took me in for a short talk about the business. The Kuhn company is based in France and has three other factories in France and two in Europe, one in the USA and two in Brazil. Then off we set around the Kuhn factory. A lot of the components are made on the premisis and are cast steel or form work. The only parts that they dont make are the seed & fertiliser tanks which are plastic or fibreglass and they come from the united states. Although they are not as big as Semeato they have a comperable range of seeders. They are also making 3 point linkage boom sprays and 3 ppoint linkage misters.

The Assembly of SDM Was Excellent

The assembly that I was most impressed with was the SDM 2323/31 this machine is designed to be used with coarse grains such as riche and wheat. The difference between this and the Semeato disk assembly was that it had a parrallelogram to connect it to the frame of the seeder. On the rice unit there is an option available for a precision planter attachment. It is not as good as a vacuum planter but will enable course grains to be sown with better precision thatn with a normal airseeder or combine. The unit has a horizontal plate tin the canister rather than a vertical one in a vacuum, this has made me re think my ideal seeder, when you look at the ability to have more control over your seeding rates. Some more investigating of this is warranted.

The Small Precision PlanterBox May Have a Role in Our Seeding System

The Kuhn factory shut at 3.30 pm to let all the workers go home to watch the Brazil soccer match. They employ 450 people from throught the town and area and have regular busses to pickup and deliver the workers each day. The company also supplies lunch for all of the workers. The quality of the combines in particular was very evident and I am going to look into this company and their products a bit more.