Twenty
Neary grinders are upping the game at stadiums and training centres across
Russia for the 2018 World Cup.
In
March 2018, well before the latest festival of football kicked off at the
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Foley United’s / Neary European sales representative,
Arjen Spek, delivered a grinding workshop at a Turf Professional event in
Moscow, organised by the Russian Neary distributor Unisaw, with 130 attendees
getting hands on experience with the Neary machines while learning the benefits
of grinding to OEM specifications.
Arjen Spek was delighted with the interest shown and the
subsequent installation of twenty Neary Grinders across the World Cup venues in
Russia, says "Neary distributor for Russia; Unisaw, organised this event
very well in March and all the groundsmen from the stadiums and training
grounds attended, with the main goal to educate / train and the Neary seminar
“quality of cut and after cut appearance” was a high topic during this event.
“The already highly qualified groundsmen went home with the
correct knowledge of how to maintain a cutting unit according OEM
specification.”
Thirty-two teams will compete in 64 games at the World Cup with
hundreds of training sessions taking place in-between. The heavy usage of the
pitches at the stadia and training centres over the four-week tournament makes
a first-class cut imperative and the quick high-quality grind offered by the
Foley United brand of machines stands to be the reason a majority of venues
opted for Neary.
Tests carried out by leading manufacturers have established that
relief ground cylinders stay on cut up to three times longer than spun ground
ones and require less horsepower to drive the unit, resulting in greater fuel
efficiency and less stress on the hydraulic power systems. In addition, a
relief ground cylinder will with stand the abrasive effects of topdressing far
better than one spun ground because the relief edge on both the bed-knife and
the cylinder allows the topdressing to clear the cutting blades easily, helping
to prevent the dulling effect seen on spun only units.
Continual relief grinding also decreases the squeezing and tearing
of the grass as the units get dull and, most importantly, it allows the
cylinder to be returned to a factory specification perfect cylinder as quickly
as possible.
The overall cleaner cut achieved by relief grinding gives a better
after-cut appearance, increased recovery rate due to the clean cut of the grass
and reduces the stress on components because less horsepower is needed to drive
the cylinder.
Foley United and Arjen Spek are proud to play a part in the
preparation of pitches for the world’s biggest tournament.
