SurePoint Ag Systems
Sentinel™ Liquid Row Monitor
SureFire introduced the Sentinel™ Liquid Row Monitor in 2015 to bring liquid row monitoring into your existing in-cab display. In 2016, the Sentinel™ ISOBUS had a successful launch. Since that time, we have gained valuable information and feedback that will allow us to bring new and intuitive software enhancements this season with more coming in the near future. This large scale on-farm test confirms you will not find a more accurate system for your application needs!
Row-To-Row Accuracy that is Second-to-None
During Planting 2018, SureFire studied the row-to-row accuracy of LiquiShift combined with Metering Tube, planting 3000 acres of Irrigated and Dry Land 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. SureFire 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%.
20 Mesh – That’s all you need!
20 Mesh – That’s all you need! Nearly all SureFire 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, SureFire has a system for you. The Sentinel™ system allows in cab monitoring of the fertilizer flow to every row of a planter or applicator. This replaces the floating ball flow monitor with an in cab display and alarm to immediately alert the operator when the flow for any row is above or below the intended rate. Whether it is a plugged row or a leak, the operator will know immediately. This will nearly eliminate a crop planted without the proper fertilizer or pesticide. -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. Sentinel’s 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.
LiquiShift® integration with Sentinel™ ISO
The SureFire 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.
LiquiShift® takes Metering Tube to the NEXT Level!
LiquiShift® allows the installation of two metering tubes on each row. Special software developed by SureFire monitors the system pressure and automatically shifts between the two metering tubes on each row, keeping the LiquiShift® plumbing package in a pressure sweet spot.
Why Metering Tube?
SureFire loves to use Metering Tube in place of a traditional disc orifice to provide even distribution to each row. In a typical in-furrow application scenario, a 0.030″ orifice is replaced with an 8′ length of metering tube having a passageway of 0.096″. The combination of length and diameter equalizes flow to each row. Metering tube eliminates the problem of plugged orifices and the need to run small strainers to keep small mechanical components and orifices from plugging. Metering tube size varies from 0.080″ to 0.187.” With Metering Tube, just a 20 Mesh Strainer is needed to “get out the big chunks!”
20 Mesh – That’s all you need!
The liquid systems are working well with no issues. Accuracy seems to be very good both in total gallons applied per acre and row to row consistency. We have planted a little over 4000 acres without plugging a single row which far exceeds my expectations.” ~Kriss S.
LiquiShift® takes Metering Tube to the NEXT Level!
LiquiShift® allows the installation of two metering tubes on each row. Special software developed by SureFire monitors the system pressure and automatically shifts between the two metering tubes on each row, keeping the LiquiShift® plumbing package in a pressure sweet spot.
Why LiquiShift®?
LiquiShift® Variable Rate Technology provides the ability to achieve the widest range of on-the-go rate changes of any application system available. SureFire’s LiquiShift® will allow for a flow increase of 6-8 times the minimum flow rate the system is configured for. In a scenario with a minimum rate of 10 GPA at 4 MPH, the maximum rate at 6 MPH would be 40-50 GPA (6-8 times the minimum rate).
Prescription Applications
Achieve your agronomic objectives without limitations. You will no longer narrow the range of your liquid prescriptions to get within the achievable range of a single orifice size. With 6-8 times flow capacity your agronomist is in the driver’s seat. When the analysis calls for 8 GPA in low-productive or areas with high residual nutrients, you will apply 8 GPA. When the analysis calls for 45 GPA in the high productive “black-soil” region of the field, you will apply 45 GPA. No longer will you be forced to over-apply in the poor performing areas.
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