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Klima Cane Pruner- Gen II Case Study<\/h1><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745827612248{margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1) !important;}”]Client:<\/span> Klima<\/strong><\/p>\n

Category:<\/span> Mechanical Design<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date:<\/span> 2010<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]

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KLIMA<\/a>\u00a0is a specialised stripping and mulching machine for grape vines, developed in late 2006 by two innovative viticulturalists, Nigel George and Marcus Wickham.\u00a0 They started developing a machine that could do a job that historically had always been done by hand. Cane removal is a very time consuming part of pruning and 13 years ago the New Zealand wine industry was facing an aging workforce, increasing wage costs,\u00a0Health & Safety compliance<\/a>\u00a0comprised with the need to eliminate or minimise work place injuries.\u00a0 The cane pulling is an unskilled and a high risk part of pruning.\u00a0\u00a0KLIMA\u00a0<\/a>technology is now utilized on around \u00a080-90% of cane pruned vines in New Zealand, saving the wine industry millions of dollars each year.\u00a0 Saving on average $1000 \/ hectare combined with reducing unskilled labour requirements by up to 50%, while allowing focus on consistency, quality and retention of skilled labour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Motovated<\/a>\u00a0has worked with George Manufacturing for more than 11 years to develop many variations of their\u00a0KLIMA Cane Pruner<\/a>.\u00a0 They approached\u00a0Motovated<\/a>\u00a0in 2007 with a working prototype, and initially\u00a0Motovated<\/a>\u00a0reverse engineered the prototype to produce 3D drawings for their patent application.\u00a0 As there were also teething issues,\u00a0Motovated<\/a>\u00a0and George Manufacturing put their heads together on how to analyse, then redesign, using Solid Edge and Cosmos\u00a0Finite Element Analysis (FEA)<\/a>\u00a0softwares.\u00a0 This allowed many variation and changes, culminating in the development of a new roll over system using an hydraulic digger head rolling unit.\u00a0 As the years have progressed\u00a0Motovated<\/a>\u00a0has built a strong relationship with George Manufacturing and are totally integrated with the design and manufacture of various generation upgrades.<\/span><\/p>\n

Motovated<\/a>\u00a0partners with George Manufacturing, providing a professional engineering resource, when and where they need it. This creates a space for them to turn on and off the engineering as they make modifications or next generation versions of their amazing grape vine pruner.\u00a0 This allows George Manufacturing to remain their desired size, reduce overheads and optimising their profits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Services we provide to George Manufacturing:<\/span><\/p>\n