{"id":12437,"date":"2019-01-31T13:19:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T11:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrology.eu.116-202-233-51.rulerhost.com\/en\/?page_id=12437"},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T07:14:41","slug":"smartflow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/innovation-2\/smartflow\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading font-light sm-title mb-3\"><strong>The future of nutrient delivery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/accordion_page\/\">AGROLOGY<\/a>\u2019s aim with <strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Technology is to bring its extensive formulation know-how into the Plant Nutrition sector.<br>Leveraging decades of pesticide formulation expertise and experience in plant nutrition product development, <strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Technology allows the creation of formulations with enhanced quality and performance parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading font-light sm-title mb-3\"><strong>Quality Parameters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the lack of strict controls in fertilizer formulation, unlike in plant protection products, the plant nutrition sector is flooded with unstable products, featuring short shelf life and low suspensibility, causing issues with both stock management and efficacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Technology seeks to address this issue, through the use of:<br><strong>1) A<\/strong> <strong>three-step<\/strong> formulation process<br><strong>2) High-grade co-formulants<\/strong><br><strong>3) Advanced formulation know-how<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>&nbsp;Technology results in significant improvements to the product\u2019s:<br><strong>1) Suspensibility<\/strong><br><strong>2) Viscosity<\/strong><br><strong>3) Spontaneity of Dispersion<\/strong><br><strong>4) pH<\/strong><br><strong>5) Particle Size<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns video-row d-flex align-items-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A demonstration of the enhanced suspensibility is shown in the video below, while a comparison of the physicochemical properties of <strong>Zinplex<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>, a <strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> product, versus analogous products in the market is shown in <strong>Table 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"AGROLOGY - Smartflow Technology\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBa12hyXmfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"table table-bordered white_text\">\n    <tbody>\n    <tr>\n    <th colspan=\"7\"><span><strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Formulation Comparison Chart<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td><strong>Specialty<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td colspan=\"4\"><strong>Commodity<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"2\" data-celllook=\"69905\">\n        <p><strong>Pesticide<br>\n        Minimum<br>\n        FAO Specs<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Product<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>\n            <p><strong><span>AGROLOGY<br>Zinplex<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n        <\/td>\n        <td><strong><span>Sample 1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n        <td><strong><span>Sample 2<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n        <td><strong><span>Sample 3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n        <td><strong><span>Sample 4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Density<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>1,715gr\/cm<sup>3<\/sup><\/td>\n        <td>1,730 gr\/cm<sup>3<\/sup><\/td>\n        <td>1,696 gr\/cm<sup>3<\/sup><\/td>\n        <td>1,734 gr\/cm<sup>3<\/sup><\/td>\n        <td>1,837 gr\/cm<sup>3<\/sup><\/td>\n        <td>\u2013<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>pH (product)<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>8,45<\/td>\n        <td>9,16<\/td>\n        <td>9,45<\/td>\n        <td>9,03<\/td>\n        <td>9,80<\/td>\n        <td>\u2013<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Viscosity<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>900 cP<\/td>\n        <td>1160 cP<\/td>\n        <td>1600 cP<\/td>\n        <td>1230 cP<\/td>\n        <td>1350 cP<\/td>\n        <td>\u2013<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Spontaneity<br>of dispersion<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>97,32%<\/td>\n        <td>79,16%<\/td>\n        <td>78,41%<\/td>\n        <td>84,50%<\/td>\n        <td>84,80%<\/td>\n        <td>&gt;80%<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td><strong>Suspensibility<\/strong><\/td>\n        <td>94,85%<\/td>\n        <td>5,82%<\/td>\n        <td>8,01%<\/td>\n        <td>3,97%<\/td>\n        <td>23,30%<\/td>\n        <td>&gt;90%<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center small\"><strong>Table 1:<\/strong> The table above shows a comparison of formulation characteristics between Zinplex<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and other competitive brands as well as Pesticide Minimum FAO Specs. In each measurement, green is used to denote the best in class and red the worst in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading font-light sm-title mb-3\" id=\"font-light--\"><strong>Performance Parameters SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Technology<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The improvement in the product\u2019s quality parameters by <strong>SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Technology directly leads to an increase in efficacy, by improving:<br>1) Rate of uptake<br>2) Speed of uptake<br>3) Crop coverage<br>4) Spray mixture homogeneity<br>5) Tank Mix profile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to university research (see here the list of universities cooperating with AGROLOGY) suspension concentrates formulated with <strong>SmartFlow<\/strong><strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Technology showcase maximum uptake <strong>within two hours after application<\/strong> and up to<strong> 5 times greater uptake<\/strong> compared to competitive products with organic or EDTA chelation (Fig. 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-13176 size-full text-center w-100\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/SmartFlowTechnology-Fig1.png\" alt=\"SmartFlowTechnology-Fig1\" class=\"wp-image-13176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/SmartFlowTechnology-Fig1.png 768w, https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/SmartFlowTechnology-Fig1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/agrologyfunctionality.ruler.agency\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/SmartFlowTechnology-Fig1-535x286.png 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Fig. 1:<\/strong> Rate of uptake of SmartFlow<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Organocheated and EDTA technologies. Rate of uptake was calculated as follows: (Cfin (2,6 and 12 hours) &#8211; Cstart (0 hours)) *100\/ Cstart.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading font-light sm-title mb-3\"><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The improved SmartFlow\u00aenutrient delivery system brings both product quality and product performance parameters resulting in significant advantages for both organizations and growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Organization-Level Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Logistics &amp; warehousing <strong>cost-effectiveness<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduced losses<\/strong> from:<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 Product recall<br> \u00a0  Phytotoxicity issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increased differentiation<\/strong> due to product best-in-class characteristics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Farmer-Level Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increased spray efficacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fast results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lowest cost per kg of micronutrients delivered in the plant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater ease of use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easier to Tank Mix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rain-safe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced chance of phytotoxicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of nutrient delivery AGROLOGY\u2019s aim with SmartFlow\u00ae Technology is to bring its extensive formulation know-how into the Plant Nutrition sector.Leveraging decades of pesticide formulation expertise and experience in plant nutrition product development, SmartFlow\u00ae Technology allows the creation of formulations with enhanced quality and performance parameters. 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