SurePoint starts by understanding your variables. We have a range of solutions from simple and basic, to the most advanced systems providing individual rate control of each row.
Getting to the field with a system that works seamlessly requires understanding all the variables:
- Implement model and size
- Fertilizer products being used
- Application rates and speeds
- How to integrate with your in-cab technology
SurePoint’s ISOBUS control platform providing for rate control and monitoring of liquid, NH3, and dry products. Sentinel™ ISO utilizes your existing display as the user interface.
- In-cab notifications of flow variances and row blockages
- E-mag flow meter measures flow of every row – 96 Rows Max
- Flow meters have no moving parts
- Map as-applied rate of each row with supported displays*
- Temperature sensors monitor every manifold outlet – 64 Rows Max
- Detects full or partial plugs
- Add to existing NH3 application system
- Row Blockage mapping with supported displays**
- Variable flow control valve on each row
- E-mag flow meter measures flow
- Greatest application flexibility for rate, speed and product
- Simplified distribution plumbing
During Planting 2018, SurePoint studied the row-to-row accuracy of LiquiShift combined with Metering Tube, planting 3000 acres of irrigated and dryland corn with a 24-row, 30″ planter. As our lab and engineering tests have shown previously, the accuracy is second-to-none. The farmer’s prescription applied from 10 to 40 GPA. SurePoint analyzed over 50,000 data points logged from the Sentinel™ Liquid Row Monitor showing that the row-to-row CV (coefficient of variance) is less than 4.6% over 95% of the time. The average CV is just 3.9%.
Sentinel™ utilizes SurePoint’s E-Mag Flow Meter technology on every row. These flow meters are accurate without the need for calibration and have no moving parts. Other row monitoring systems are available – all of them use a mechanical meter which is subject to plugging and lodging. With Sentinel™, just a 20 mesh strainer is needed to get out the big chunks!
Nearly all SurePoint systems, including Sentinel™, only require a 20 Mesh Strainer. A 20 mesh screen has 385% larger passageway size and 48% more open area than an 80 mesh screen. If you are tired of cleaning filters and unplugging orifices, SurePoint has a system for you!
- Much more than a blockage monitor, Sentinel™ also lets you know when flow is slightly reduced, not just completely blocked.
- Sentinel™ works great for prescription application. Its auto-rate feature measures and calculates the average rate of all rows and identifies rows under or over this variable prescription rate.
- Flows are displayed in both gallons per minute and gallons per acre to easily understand system performance.
- Audio alarm alerts the operator within seconds when a row is under or over applying. Independent set points for % over or % under rate.
The SurePoint LiquiShift® is fully integrated with the Sentinel™ ISO controller. This feature allows you to monitor the system pressure and adjust the pressure shift points for more customization options. This combination also allows you to manually switch between the two metering tubes from the cab. On-screen information allows you to monitor the pump duty cycle and visually see which metering tube is currently being used.
In our 2018 field testing, Sentinel™ identified one row of the 24 Row Planter that was consistently 17%-19% lower than the other rows. The restriction was a slight kink in the hose at the pivot point of the single-disc fertilizer opener. Without Sentinel™, the farmer would not have known of this significant reduction in rate.