Irrigation

When irrigation is called the open spraying water on agriculturally or horticulturally used areas to meet the water demand of useful or ornamental plants. Water is needed for all life processes of the plant growth factor, the growth and the yield of water shortages is in accordance with the law of minimums even with adequate supply of all other growth factors diminished, even the death of the plants. It serves, therefore, as other forms of irrigation, among others, improving the turgidity and avoid wilting. The irrigation is only one of several possible measures for irrigation and circulated only in temperate areas. At high air temperatures high evaporation loss can occur, irrigation should be done if possible in the night and in the early morning hours

Irrigation but is also used to ward off frostbite damage, regardless in this case of whether water is sufficiently available as a growth factor. A frost protection irrigation can take place among others in sensitive spring crops such as strawberries, potatoes, vines and fruit crops.

In the timber is carried irrigation for preserving the chosen timber in the so-called wet storage, and in the construction industry, for example, for dust control during demolition work.

Sprinkler irrigation

In addition to fixed or variable laid pipe or hose systems with sprinklers, small area and irrigation machines come with large ranges are used, which can largely automatically irrigate also very large areas like fields.

Components of a modern irrigation system are water source ( wells), intermediate water storage, pump, valve, pipe and sprinkler and a control system with decoders and solenoids. Irrigation system will be used for irrigation of agricultural land, golf courses, gardens, private gardens and stables. For larger systems the pipes comprise about 60 % of the value of a sprinkler system. They usually consist of PE tubes. The irrigation is widely used in modern agriculture of temperate climate zones and has made only fertile regions with sandy soils and / or low rainfall.

Irrigation for frost protection

Through frost protection irrigation during night frosts in spring plants to be protected, shrubs or trees artificially supplied the energy. The supplied during cold nights artificial frost freezing rain on the plants. With the change of state of water in ice energy is released, which protect the plants in a thin layer of air between blade and ice from freezing to death. Frost protection irrigation is found in sensitive spring crops such as in orchards at flowering time. Even after the morning temperature increase must be irrigated until the ice has melted. An emerging wind could lead to evaporative cooling, so that the ice-covered plants can freeze in degrees of heat itself.

Irrigation for the preservation of wood

In wet storage embarked logs are watered so that they are infected until they are processed in the sawmill of insects such as bark beetles or not fungi. The irrigation also prevents the formation of drying or shrinkage cracks. Such preserves the fresh wood can be stored for years without loss of quality.

Watering for dust control

In many areas of manufacturing, the dust and the associated impact on employees and technology plays an increasingly important role. Companies, such as recycling companies are confronted from environmental authorities for this reason, subject to certain conditions. Dust suppression has become a necessity in certain industries and in terms of health in the workplace, an indispensable factor.

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Quick Emplaced irrigation system for larger areas: Detail of the feed pipes with pre- curved piece

Quick Emplaced irrigation system for larger areas: Tail and mounted on pipe sprinkler

The irrigation system in the adjacent images in use