NEWS & MEDIA
8/2024: 2024 MAGIE Equipment Preview: 19 Products You Can Expect to See At This Year’s Show
"The ShockAvoid AG1100 is the premier system providing reliable warning of live overhead power lines, dependability to handle the rigors of a rugged, hostile AG environment, and ease-of-use for the operator, says the company. The Ag 1100 detects and warns the applicator operator and people nearby when your equipment is getting too close to overhead power lines — giving precious time to react before it happens! "
3/2023: Next-gen ag tool to help equipment operators avoid electrical infrastructure...
"Moving machinery and equipment like sprayers, combines and grain augers around a farmstead or on a roadway in the presence of power lines is common practice. Each year in the U.S., 62 farmers or farm workers are electrocuted. And in many of those cases, contact between machinery and an overhead power line or utility poll is the cause.... "
8/29/22: 5 Key Takeaways from MAGIE 2022
"One of the more interesting boom accessories was exhibited by ShockAvoid. This paired two boom arm sensors with an in-cab display to allow operators to monitor if their unfolding/folding booms were too close to power lines while applying in crop fields, preventing a potentially dangerous situation for all involved."