Mergers

The Alfaspeed mergers are the best solutions for all those farmers who can't accept any compromise.
They offer some very relevant advantages:

	M4 Front Merge	M8 Multi Merge
Machine type	Carried by front linkage	Semi-mounted for rear linkage
Maximum working width	4 m	8 m
Maximum picking width	3,2 m	7,3 m
Length	1,8 m	3,8 m
Transport length	3,2 m	2,5 m
Transport height	1,1 m	3,95 m
Recommended tractor power	80 cv	70 cv
Weight	900 kg	3.500 kg

Clean and delicate collection of the product.

The Alfaspeed mergers gently collect the product from the ground using pick-ups with cams, and guide it to the swaths with conveyor belts.
This way the product remains always very clean, free from harmful debris for the animals and for the other machines, like earth and stones.
This technology also prevents the loss of the leaves from the most delicate products, like dry alfalfa, allowing the production of forages with a proteic content up to 30% higher than that of those collected with the traditional rakes.

The stones remain on the groud, but the leaves end up in the swath.

Higher productivity.

The forward speed of the Alfaspeed mergers on well levelled grounds can easily reach 18-20 kph.
Moreover these machines, thanks to their capacity to preserve the most delicate leaves in all conditions of heat and humidity, allow to largely extend the working time and to operate from dawn to sunset without any break.
This means that the overall productivity of an M8 Multi Merge can reach 90 hectares (or 222 acres) per day, and many customers already showed their great satisfaction for the replacement of 4 rotary rakes - that used to work together but only at fixed hours - with a single merger.

Comparison between the productivity of Alfaspeed M8 Multi Merge and a twin rotor rake: hectares worked in one day.

Versatility and efficiency.

The Alfaspeed mergers are very versatile and let the farmer work always with the ideal working width to forms swaths of the right size to minimize their collection time and fuel consumption.
In fact on the first cuts, with plentiful products, it is possible to form very close swaths, up to one swath every 4 mt, while on the last cuts with more scarce products it is possible to form swaths that 15 or more meters apart.
All this without ever losing a leaf and without collecting a stone or a touch of earth.

Alfaspeed M8 Multi merge: the world's most versatile merger.

A patented system allows to open or to join the two conveyor belts in just a few seconds using one hydraulic remote and without leaving the tractor driver's seat. This way the working width can be adjusted to any condition.
Instead the pick-ups are always joined, to lift the product from the ground also when the machine is forming a central swath.
These features, unique of Alfapeed, provide the farmer with the greatest freedom of choice.

With the belts open it is possible to form one swath every 7,3 mt, the most frequent situation on the first cuts, or even one swath every 4 mt, when the machine works on triticale or other voluminous forage.

With the belts joined at the centre it is possible to for one swath every 7,3 m with two half-runs, typical situation for first cuts of very abundant hay, or side swaths that can be doubled on the next run, or that can be collected again to form one swath every 20 or more meters.