Solution for farmers, Household
Fertigation - the key to higher yields, healthier Crops
(Dairy Vietnam) In the late 1970's, a new concept materialized To serve the international farming community: fertigation. A natural step forward in agricultural technique, fertigation (from the words fertilizer and irrigation) is an effective method of applying chemicals and fertilizers To crops via the existing irrigation system. 
    
 
     
     
  
      
   The  need For fertigation derives from the fact that traditional methods of  fertilization are only partially effective and leave a lot To be  desired. At the time the fertilizer is distributed, it may be too strong  For the delicate roots of the young saplings, causing Then irreparable  damage.  Or on the other hand, it may be too weak, and thus useless.  Most important however, is the fact that spread or sprayed fertilizer  remains near the surface, hardly reaching the root tips and root hairs -  the points of greatest absorption.  
    
   In the process of fertigation, fertilizer is applied directly  with the irrigation water.  Therefore, wherever the water goes, the  fertilizer goes with it. Fertilizer is applied only where needed, and in  the proper quantities. | 
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   The obvious advantages of fertigation, therefore, are the  saving of labor and machinery, and the efficient use of the costly  chemicals and 
   fertilizers To be applied.  In fertigation, the extra  activities involved in the separate application of fertilizer are no  longer necessary; neither 
   is the purchase of maintenance of dedicated equipment For  fertilizer distribution. Additionally, such machinery often compresses  the soil and 
   may cause crop damage. In conclusion, one might say that  fertigation is the most effective and least expensive way of proving  nutrients To 
   growing field crops. | 
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      Water driven chemical injectors that need no external power supply. | 
          
         
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      Does not cause pressure loss in the irrigation line. | 
          
         
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      Operation begins at low pressure. | 
          
         
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      Simple operation, adjustments and maintenance. | 
          
         
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      Chemical resistant To nearly all known chemicals used in agriculture and horticulture. | 
          
     
         
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         Fertilizer injector units 4-01 and 4-02  
        The Amiad Fertilizer and Chemical Injector units 4-01 and  4-02 require no external power supply. Their linear hydraulic motor is  powered by the hydraulic pressure of the irrigation system. The units are supplied with all the necessary pipes, fittings  and accessories For immediate operation. Control: The maximum injection rate of the pump is  proportional To the pressure in the main line, thus the required  injection rate is easily adjusted by throttling the injection line. Each  pulse injects 1/30 liters of chemicals - the liters of fertilizer  injected per hour = twice the number of pulses per minute. | 
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      | 1. Drive water hand valve | 
          
         
      | 2. Raccord connector | 
          
         
      | 3. Drive water filter | 
          
         
      | 4. Automatic cut-out | 
          
         
      | 5. Suction head | 
          
         
      | 6. Air release valve | 
          
         
      | 7. Injection line hand valve | 
          
         
      | 8. Water exhaust | 
          
     
         
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   |   Injection rate | 
     Up To 320 liters/hr; 1.4 USgpm 
     according To mains pressure. | 
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   |   Minimum pressure | 
     0.5 bar; 7 psi | 
       
      
   |   Maximum pressure | 
     8 bar; 115 psi | 
       
      
   |   Water consumption | 
     3 times the quantity of the chemical 
     injected. The installation of flow  
     regulators will increase water 
     consumption. | 
       
      
   |   Gross weight | 
     5 kg (11lb) packaged | 
       
      
   |   Construction materials | 
     Chemical-resistant engineering plastics;   
     stainless steel; Viton seals For parts in² 
     contact with chemicals. | 
       
  
      
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   The Amiad TMB fertilizer pumps evenly distribute the  fertilizers throughout your irrigation system - over the whole area of  the field. The pumps inject the fertilizer solution in To the irrigation  system where it is mixed with the flowing water. When sprayed through  the sprinklers or drippers, the fertilizer will uniformly reach the  roots of all plants being irrigated. The Amiad TMB fertilizer pumps are driven solely by the water  picked up from the irrigation line itself and can be operated anywhere  in the field as long as water pressure exceeds the minimum requirements  per unit (see specifications below): | 
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   |   Injection rate* | 
     8-50 l/h; 3-13 USgph | 
     15-250 l/h; 4-66 USgph | 
     50-600 l/h; 13-158 USgph | 
       
      
   |   Minimum pressure | 
     2 bar; 30 psi | 
     2 bar; 30 psi | 
     2 bar; 30 psi | 
       
      
   |   Maximum pressure | 
     8 bar; 120 psi | 
     8 bar; 120 psi | 
     7 bar; 100 psi | 
       
      
   |   Connections | 
     1/2" | 
     3/4" & 1/2" | 
     3/4" | 
       
      
   |   Weight | 
     3.5 kg; 7.7 lb | 
     12 kg; 26.5 lb | 
     24 kg; 53 lb | 
       
      
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   |   Water consumption | 
     2 times the quantity of the chemical injected | 
       
      
   |   Construction materials   | 
     Body:  Stainless steel 316 
     Springs:  Stainless steel 302 
     Shafts:  Stainless steel 316, Brass 
     Diaphragms:  NBR & Natural rubber 
     O-Rings:  NBR & Viton 
     Plastic parts:  PP, PA, PVC & Teflon | 
       
  
      
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     |   *Injection rate is related To the operating pressure of the pump. | 
 
    
Source: amiad.com
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