Relieves water bodies from the most problematic of weeds such as the Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which has the worst impact on aquatic systems.
The Aquatic Weed Harvesters are hydraulically driven with reciprocating knives mounted on the harvesting head to cut the aquatic vegetation. The vegetation is then transferred onto the automatic conveyor system located on the closed deck barge. The storage conveyors are gradually filled up with tightly packed plants and the harvested biomass is then transferred to the shoreline or to a Water Transporter for onward transit to the disposal site.
The powerful paddle wheel rotation crushes the weeds so that the shoots do not sprout again. This high duty fast motion machine clears 4 tonnes of weeds in 10 minutes. The smaller variants of Aquatic Weed Harvesters are well-suited for canal clean-up.