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Here you can follow the development of the project. There will be posts on various topics, related to Heibjerg's activities. We hope you will spend some time browsing. Don't forget to sign up on the mailing list to never miss a new post:

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burning weeds up close with weed burner

Website 1 Month Anniversary

2023-23-02

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It is one month since the website launched. I would therefore like to share some of the statistics from the site. We had 4.2K visitors, from all over the world. Predominantly from Denmark due to our ad experiments here. We are also tracking buying interest, by tracking the number of people clicking on the "buy" button. 5.9% of all visitors have taken the time to find and click this button.

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The Heibjerg robot

Robot Design

2023-02-19

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The main motivation for writing this post was to show off some of the early sketches. It will give a short overview of the design process for the concept illustrations shown on the webpage. All the design is done by the amazing industrial designer Anders Klitgaard.

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burning weeds up close with weed burner

Killing weeds with temperature

2023-01-02

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At what temperature do weeds die? already at 60-80°C does the weed start to take damage. But it is typically not just a matter of heat, but of energy. The amount of energy that can be transferred to the weed is the key factor. Typically a weed burner is around 600°C to ensure thermal chock. An alternative is water and steam also been used. The ability of This medium to contain energy does that effective weed killing can happen at temperatures as low as 90°C.

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Weed burning using a torch

Weed Burning 101

2022-12-15

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Weed burning, flame weeding, or torching weeds. Many names, same concept. Using a flame to damage the weeds cells. This is an extremely efficient way of removing weeds from patios or driveways. The goal is to slightly burn the weed for 1-5 seconds. This will cause the weed to deplete all its energy and whither away in a few weeks.

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Logo with concept robot as background

The Beginning

2021-12-01

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On the blog there will be post about the company, product and related topics such as gardening and tech. he goal of Heibjerg is to automate tedious task in the garden. We are developing a robot to remove weeds in gravel, or stone paved areas, such as driveways or patios.

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