HERMES S.a.s products

Castor is more than just a hammer mulching machine. Our engineers have put great care into every detail. Their task is to design and create robust, high-quality machines. And Castor is exactly this: a machine able to satisfy the needs of modern farming. To make Castor machines, Hermes uses the most advanced techniques in all production stages: from the selection of raw materials, to the use of the most modern, precise CNC machines to the computerised electrical balancing of the blade-carrying rotors. The entire process takes place in-house, under the supervision of Hermes engineers. Unlike many other companies, which outsource production and merely assemble components bought from third parties.

Flaily machines are ideally suited for cutting grass and light pruning waste such as vine shoots. The electronically balanced rotor features double sided, free swinging blades, which rotate at a very high speed. The great number of small cutting blades ensures optimal results by cutting grass into very small pieces. Ideal also in orchards, where the terrain is not perfect, to cut small branches and for quick, accurate jobs that cannot be done using horizontal blades. This cutting system is often mistaken with the work of a mulching machine. In fact, this is a completely different machine, designed to guarantee speed and accuracy while keeping energy consumption low, distributing the cut grass evenly and cutting light pruning waste and/or brushwood.

In recent years, farmers’ equipment requirements have changed. However, the demand for machines that allow to improve and optimise production costs remains. Grass cutting is high on the agenda. As agricultural firms grow in size, skilled labour becomes increasingly difficult to find and cultivation techniques improve, the hectare/hour ratio needs to be reduced, in order to save time and money. To meet these requirements, Hermes, which has always invested in rotary cutting machines, has developed the Fisarmonica. On one hand, the blades cut the grass with optimal results and low energy consumption; on the other, the system allows to cut even high grass very quickly (up to 10 km/ hour). Compared to a hammer mower, cost and time is reduced by 2/3. In addition to reducing costs, the Fisarmonica is very flexible: the two lateral wings can be hydraulically controlled, to adapt to the width of the row. This feature is particularity useful to agricultural firms that have varying widths between the rows of trees, plants, etc.