In 2009, ELIET launches a renewed version of their Edge Dresser, the ELIET Edge Styler. ELIET is the inventor of the edge dresser en has won the Bronze Spike Innovation Award at the International Agricultural show Agribex in 1996. The new design has to improve the user comfort and the design also aims to achieve a maximum manoeuvrability.
WHEEL DRIVE
The machine has a wheel drive that pushes the moving knife forward. When the knife moves forward, the wheel traction helps increase the stabbing power. However, the resistance of the soil which the knife must penetrate will counter the stabbing, when the knife moves backward the wheel traction counteracts this, which creates a damping effect. In this way ELIET manages to counteract the vibration through the way the machine was built. In the machine's Pro model, an additional vibration damping system is integrated into the steering wheel. This also filters out the high-frequency vibrations.
STUDDED WHEELS
A football player has studs on his shoes to provide a better grip on the field. The wheels of the ELIET Edge Styler were also equipped with rubber studs to have a better grip on the lawn, especially when it is wet. This offers the extra advantage that your terrace will not be damaged when you drive over it.
KNIFE CHOICE
This innovative machine was mainly designed to mechanize making lawn edges. The technique used is that of a stabbing knife. In this case, the knife makes horizontal stabbing motions where a small sod at the edge of the lawn is cut away and this creates a smooth edge that gets the shape of the knife.