The book
The ACCORD PNEUMATIC System
From the invention to worldwide application. 224 pages, written by the engineer who was there – from the first hand sketch to the wide-area seed drill.
Helmut Weiste began this book in 2012, “for engineers and for anyone with a professional interest: on the one hand because so little is known about the extent of the basic developments and the variety of the applications; on the other, to report on the problems and risks our family business faced in bringing them to market.”
The result is both: a technical record with patent specifications, measurement series, sales statistics and design drawings – and a frank account of a company that twice came close to the end, and of a father-and-son conflict that was never entirely resolved.
| Title | The ACCORD PNEUMATIC System. From the invention to worldwide application |
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| Author | Helmut Weiste, Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. |
| Foreword | Dr-Ing. E. h. Bernard Krone |
| Design | Bärbel Weiste |
| Proofreading | Susanne Abaffy, Dr Till Meinel |
| Publisher | Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, Münster-Hiltrup, 2013 |
| Extent | 224 pages, illustrated throughout |
| ISBN | 978-3-7843-5278-7 |
| Languages | German and English |
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From the contents
From the Soester Börde into the world
Life on the farm, the move to Soest, the hook coupling, the idea of the triangle, Intrac and MB-trac, the mini Weiste triangle.
Developing the PNEUMATIC system
The invention of pneumatic distribution, the journey to Moscow, the international field day, the first series – and the serious complaints.
The second generation
The situation in the early 1970s, the composition with creditors, the modular concept, prototype and pilot series, the DT drills.
The golden eighties
Twelve air seeder suppliers in North America, variable configurations, electronics, new coulters, entry into precision seeding, new sites.
Market leader
Air Seeding '90, the CX coulter and its patent battle, new users, sales in the east, the search for partners, the move into a group.
2000 to 2012
New structures at the Soest works, developments at Kverneland, ISOBUS, air seeder makers in Australia and North America, European sales figures.