In this issue of Building Update, we are pleased to announce that we have selected LS Products BV as the recipient of our Product Innovation Award.
As a response to the increasing market demand for an upgrade to the 15-year-old electrically driven rotary mowers, the company started working on a newer, more improved version. Combining his years of experience and expertise, Syb Leijenaar – LS Products BV owner and Eco Clipper® inventor developed a new line of electric mowers that graced the market in 2018, and this was when the Eco Clipper® was born.
Built from experience, the Eco Clipper® Mowing System has evolved from the mowing system that was originally developed in the nineties on the turfgrass farm of the Leijenaar family in the Netherlands. Since the first electric mower product launch in 2002 to the latest Eco Clipper® range, LS Products BV has developed an extensive portfolio of machinery and equipment that has grown rapidly and been revolutionary to the turfgrass industry.
“Eco Clipper® is a range of large area mowers with a high productivity that help field managers to minimise their mowing costs, while producing a professional cut. Our mowers are electrically driven and use a special mowing deck design with small mowing blades. The mowing decks have good contour following capabilities and disperse clippings well, even in wet grass. This means we have a few important advantages over other mowers. These include delivering the highest mowing speed possible thus producing a higher productivity, they are quieter and more fuel efficient because of the small blades and electric drive, and they are more versatile to schedule because they can deal with wet grass and any other adverse weather conditions,” said Syb.
The Eco Clipper® Mowing System offers many advantages over traditional cylinder and rotary mowers. Because it consists of an independently suspended 106cm wide deck section, it is cleverly linked together in larger, flexible contour following mowing decks. The entire design and development of the Eco Clipper® Mowing System delivers a clean cut, even clippings dispersion and excellent following of the ground contours with minimal soil compaction.
The system also caters for bespoke requirements so customers can attach the decks to different frames, whether it be Carried or Towed. Offering three options, the Front Mower consists of a single deck with 2-6 sections, a Towed Mower co
nsists of three separate decks of 10-14 sections wide, and a Carried Rear Mower is combined with a Front Mower and consists of 10-14 sections wide.
“If you compare the Eco Clipper with other rotary mowers, you’ll see that the main difference is the greater clipping dispersion of the Eco Clipper. Furthermore the mowing speed of the Eco Clipper usually is a lot higher than the roller mowers and the Eco Clipper mowers are much easier to handle because of the lighter weight and the front mounting that provides a good view on the mower. Another development for mowing sports fields is the use of robots. The idea is to save on labour and costs. In practice the mowing costs with the small mowing robots only go up, because they require a lot of unplanned attention to keep them running. As an alternative, customers should know that they can cut the costs in half by mowing with the Eco Clipper FM4 sport,” added Syb.
Municipalities, sports field and park managers have taken delight in the advantages that the Eco Clipper FM4 Sport brings. The EC-FM4 Sport is a 4.11m wide mower that has four independent cutting decks. The forward position provides excellent visibility and comfort for the tractor operator. Due to the electrically driven blades, the mower is very economical and quiet. The low noise is not only more comfortable for the operator, but also a delight for the neighbours. The large wheels and clever deck linking system ensure good contour following and enable high mowing speeds.
Launching next year, LS Products will be bringing out a new large autonomous mower based on the Eco Clipper. Syb explains further, “In 2024, we will launch a 3 and a 5m wide mowing robot based on the Eco Clipper mowing system. This autonomous mower is aimed for the turfgrass industry to further reduce the mowing costs. We found out that also robots need quite a high capacity to be able to beat the mowing costs of our larger Eco Clipper models. Therefore the new machines will give a mowing width of 513cm and mowing speed of close to 8 mph for the largest model.”
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