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Maintaining green spaces

Disc brush cutter

Disc brush cutter at the end of the arm: the disc turns, blurred with rotation, and attacks an overgrown bank along a country road; the cut vegetation is thrown out in front of the tool.
It is not mulching:
it is a cut, and the difference shows in the regrowth.
Synthetic image.

Armed discs that turn, and a stem cut through at one stroke.
It is not mulching:
it is a cut, and the difference shows in the regrowth.

Other names for this tool: rotary brush cutter, disc head, blade brush cutter, disc mower.

The essentials
Family
Maintaining green spaces
Classes (t)
All
Coupler
All, by plate
Power source
Hydraulic, continuous function — flow and pressure: we calculate it with you for your machine

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01 Use

What it is for

On the left, the disc cuts the woody stem cleanly, and the clean cut heals over. On the right, the flail strikes the stem, which splits and tears. Computer-generated image.
the disc cuts the woody stem cleanly, and the clean cut heals over the flail strikes the stem, which splits and tears
Left: the disc cuts the woody stem cleanly, and the clean cut heals over.
Right: the flail strikes the stem, which splits and tears.
What sets it apart:
on a woody stem, the difference is not cosmetic — it shows the following year.
Computer-generated image.

The flail strikes and shatters;
the disc cuts.
On a woody stem, the difference is not cosmetic:
a clean section heals, a shattered stem tears and sends out stronger regrowth the following year.

The tool is justified where you come back regularly to the same length:
a verge, the foot of a fence, undergrowth, ordinary maintenance.
The material cut stays on the ground, in longer pieces than with a mulcher — which has to be planned for when the specification requires a finished appearance.

A spinning disc does not stop on a stone: it throws it back.
The risk of throwing is of the same order as with a mulcher, and it is dealt with in the same way — protection of the machine, protection of the operator, a perimeter kept.
The ground is surveyed beforehand, not during.

02 Key technical data

On which machine?

The brush cutter fits all quick couplers, via a mounting plate, or directly on the pins.
All machine classes are covered.

What the tool does

This disc brush cutter is used for maintaining green spaces.
Its weight: we calculate it with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

It needs a hydraulic circuit with continuous function.
The flow and pressure: we calculate them with you for your machine.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

How to read these values →

03 Your study

Have your machine checked.

Tell us the length to be treated, the diameter of the largest stems and how often you make a pass.
Say whether the material cut has to stay on the ground or be carted away.

What we need to answer you
  • Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
  • The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
  • The coupler in place Its system and its class.
  • The work The use, and the material.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

Book an appointment with the specialist

Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

  • 01 — The diameter of the stems to be cut It is the only figure that really separates this tool from a flail mulcher.
  • 02 — The quality of cut expected Verge maintenance tolerates a great deal;
    reworking a hedge meant to grow back cleanly does not.
  • 03 — The stoniness of the ground Stony soil wears the blades and multiplies the throwing.
    It points towards a cutting tool that is protected and replaceable.
  • 04 — What becomes of the material cut Left on the ground or picked up:
    if it has to be picked up, the tool that gathers it has to be provided for.
05 Check

What is checked before ordering

  • The length and the frequency of passes Annual maintenance and reclaiming scrub do not call for the same tool.
  • The flow and the pressure really available Measured at the end of the dipper arm, not announced at the pump.
  • The wear parts Blades and discs are consumables:
    their replacement weighs more, over a season, than the price of the tool.
  • The period of working Nesting, local orders, the authority's specification:
    the window is fixed with the client, not with us.
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