U-Shape Cutter

Traditional vineyard pruning requires highly skilled tractor drivers to maintain precise row alignment within the cutter portal. Any deviation can cause vineyard damage, uneven cuts, or crop loss, making the process labor-intensive and error-prone.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter revolutionizes pruning with fully autonomous operation, eliminating the need for manual control. Its advanced stabilization system automatically adjusts frame position, row alignment, and cutting deck inclination, ensuring precise and damage-free pruning.

By integrating real-time terrain adaptation and autonomous guidance, the Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter delivers top-level precision, completing vineyard row cutting in a single pass with maximum efficiency and zero risk to the vines.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter features a fully adjustable cutting position, enabling vineyard owners to customize the cutting height according to their specific needs. This wide adjustment range ensures optimal pruning precision, accommodating different vine structures, growth patterns, and pruning techniques.

By adapting to various vineyard layouts, the system provides greater flexibility for growers, ensuring that each vineyard receives the ideal pruning treatment, whether for low-trained vines, high trellises, or unique plantation configurations.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter offers full customization of pruning angles and canopy width, allowing growers to precisely shape vineyard rows to meet their specific requirements.

The vertical cutting decks can be installed at a variable angle and adjustable distance from the row, providing the flexibility to:

• Create a wider or narrower canopy, depending on vine growth density and light exposure needs.
• Shape the vine canopy into a pyramidal form, optimizing solar penetration for improved grape ripening.

This versatile adjustment system enables growers to fine-tune vineyard architecture, ensuring better airflow, uniform growth, and higher-quality fruit production.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter is equipped with a hinged system that ensures consistent maintenance of the pre-set cutting height, even when operating on slippery or uneven terrain.

This adaptive mechanism dynamically adjusts to slope inclinations, allowing the instrument to maintain precise cutting positioning regardless of ground conditions. By continuously adapting to terrain variations, the U-Shape Cutter guarantees uniform and effective pruning, minimizing manual corrections and ensuring optimal performance across all vineyard landscapes.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter is equipped with a dedicated emergency stop system to prevent damage in the event of cutting deck jamming.

A special mechanical fuse protects the frame with cutting decks, ensuring that if an obstruction—such as loose vineyard wiring or unmaintained plantation debris—gets jammed in the disks, the fuse immediately disengages the frame, allowing it to move freely and avoid excessive force.

At the same time, a sensor detects abnormal movement and automatically stops the Base Platform, preventing further damage to the instrument.

This intelligent safety mechanism ensures continuous protection, prolongs the instrument’s lifespan, and minimizes the risk of unexpected breakdowns in the field.

When operating on slippery surfaces or traversing slopes, maintaining precise alignment of the cutting decks with tree trunks is essential for accurate pruning. The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter is equipped with an advanced vertical positioning system that continuously monitors the instrument’s inclination, ensuring that the cutting decks remain perfectly aligned with vineyard rows, even in challenging terrain conditions.

To further enhance accuracy, the U-Shape Cutter features an independent positioning system that ensures the cutting decks remain symmetrically centered in the passage. This system automatically adjusts the frame’s position, compensating for any variations in the Base Platform’s autonomous movement trajectory, preventing misalignment and optimizing pruning efficiency.

This dual stabilization technology guarantees precise, uniform pruning, eliminating errors caused by terrain shifts or machine drift, and ensuring consistent cutting quality across all vineyard conditions.

The Slopehelper U-Shape Cutter operates as a side-mounted instrument, meaning it extends alongside the Base Platform during pruning. To ensure smooth row transitions, the instrument features an automatic folding mechanism, which retracts the cutting frame before moving to the next row.

This folding system prevents potential jamming or interference with vineyard structures, such as posts, trellises, or wires, ensuring safe and efficient maneuverability during row changes. By eliminating obstacles and reducing downtime, the system enhances workflow efficiency, making vineyard operations seamless and uninterrupted.