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Arable land and forest soil under threat

Facts

  • Switzerland loses eleven hectares of arable land every day.
  • The weight of the machines used in agriculture and forestry has quadrupled in the last 50 years.
  • 30 million hectares of soil in Europe and up to 80 million worldwide are threatened by compaction.
  • Careful soil cultivation and load management ensure long-term soil fertility.

Protecting the soil with TASC

TASC can be used

  • To calculate the tyre contact area, the contact pressure and the stress propagation in the soil.
  • To predict compaction damage and the depth action in farming and forestry.
  • To determine the minimum slip rate beyond which the soil will shear.
  • To assess the traction force according to the trailed tool (in conformity with the ASABE* standards) and the corresponding fuel consumption.
  • To record track areas with corresponding distribution.
  • To select suitable tyres or rims.
  • To chose appropriate tyre inflation pressures according to the tyre type, wheel load and speed of travel (according to the ETRTO** standards).

* ASABE: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
** ETRTO: European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization

Benefits of TASC

  • No expensive measuring equipment needed.
  • Technical data are available for more than 1330 agricultural and forestry tyres.
  • Up to four calculation variants can be compared.
  • Self-explanatory, easy to use, validate tool.

Get ahead with TASC

  • Higher yields, less erosion, increased soil-water retention capacity guaranteed thanks to control of load.
  • Increased efficiency of traction and lower fuel consumption thanks to suitable equipment of the tractor and speed.
  • Efficient tractor work, higher level of safety and lower tyre wear through correct tyre inflation pressures.

More skill by purchasing machinery or agricutlural/forestry equipment !

TASC is designed for…

  • Practical use in agriculture and forestry.
  • Agricultural / forestry colleges and consultants.
  • Universities and research.
  • Public bodies.
  • Engineering consultants and the engineering industry.

… about TASC

“…its intuitive user interface and the various graphic and tabular outputs make TASC a very good tool for predicting compaction risks on a case-by-case basis”
Klaus Nolting, engineering graduate
FAL-vTI Braunschweig

“At last we have got a way of tackling a problem that has concerned us for a long time. That ought to make the impact on the soil a more significant factor when choosing a machine.”
A TASC user reports
Landfreund

“I refer to TASC with confidence in my classes because it is easy to interpret, and it gets people thinking”
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Volk
South Westphalia College of Higher Education – Soest