Mini Shallow Ploughs

The Ovlac Mini plough is designed to combine the advantages of reduced tillage with soil inversion. Traditional ploughing is, without doubt, an ecological and efficient method of weed and disease control.

The Mini provides the benefits of soil inversion and a weed “reset” whilist preserving the medium depth layer and dramatically increasing work rates. The Mini achieves what a multitude of medium depth cultivators are failing to do.

The Mini is an innovative development, it has been designed as a shallow plough able to cope with stubble and soil residue at limited depths (8-20 cm). This superficial inversion of the soil surface creates cavities for air and water interchange which enable quicker decomposition of organic matter, improving soil fertility and structure. The shares of the plough also break capillarity helping reduce evaporation from depth in dry periods.

Another advantage of the Mini shallow plough is that it works “on-land” preventing soil compaction at the bottom of the furrow and enabling wide tyres and dual wheels to be used on the tractor for grip or to reduce compaction. This also means that all the soil that has been driven on ahead of the plough is cultivated by the Mini immediately behind the tractor. Furthermore, ploughing at 15 cm deep requires less than 1/2 of the tractor power and therefore fuel usage of ploughing 30 cm deep. Hence, the same tractor is able to plough to 40% wider with a Mini than a traditional plough.

The Mini also cuts operational costs, it is simple and light and yet extremely roboust.

QUALITY MANUFACTURING
The Ovlac Mini is manufactured using top-quality materials and the latest precision production techniques. High Elastic Limit (HEL) steel is used in all critical components, ensuring maximum durability. Additionally, the entire structure of the Mini—including the frame, headstock, and tines—is robot-welded for absolute precision.

Finally, wear components are of the highest quality: shares and points are forged, while mouldboards are made from 8 mm boron steel for exceptional durability.