New Products

Reflex Winkelmann GmbH is a European manufacturer of high-quality heating and hot-water supply technology. Under its Reflex brand, we are proud to launch expansion vessels to the Australian market.

Reflex tanks, manufactured in Europe, are ideally suited for a wide range of applications including booster systems, borehole systems, sprinklers, irrigation systems, HVAC, thermal expansion and water hammer arresting.

The tanks are WaterMark approved, are internally coated for drinking water applications and come with a five-year replacement guarantee. Other features include: • 304 stainless steel water connection • Corrosion resistant and built for long life • UV resistant epoxy coating with a minimum thickness of 30 micron in blue RAL5007 • Air valve with sealing cap eliminates leaks • Food grade approved high-grade butyl membranes and bladders WRAS, ACS, AS/NZS4020 • Maximum working temperature 70º C • Maximum working pressures of 145 psi/10 bar or 232 psi/16 bar and tank pre-charge 58 psi/4b ar nitrogen • Protects against water hammer and thermal expansion • Pre charged with nitrogen.

XYLEM

Xylem has just launched its new Lowara SCUBA pump, a compact, high performance and corrosion resistant submersible pump, with a flow of up to 12m3h, head up to 100 m and power up to 2.2 kW.

The Scuba has been designed to help Xylem’s customers across a wide range of applications, such as in open wells and reservoirs, irrigation in residential gardens and for more demanding tasks including sourcing water from ponds, lakes or ditches and cisterns. It can work at the heart of a rainwater harvesting system thanks to the new DRY version and is also used in car washes, filtration machinery and hoppers.

Xylem’s irrigation borehole product portfolio also includes the Lowara 4” e-GS and 6” Z6 submersible pumps for drilled wells.

The Reflex pressure tank is an energy saving device that stores energy in the form of pressurised water. The energy is transformed by the pump from electricity to water pressure. With a Reflex pressure tank, there is no loss of energy once it has been stored in the device, and pump start events can be cut by between 40 and 80 per cent while saving power and extending pump life.

The Reflex tank is easy to fit to most pumps and can also be wall mounted. The tank can be installed within minutes and the system can be fitted to any brand or type of pump.

Information. Visit website www.whiteint.com.au/

reflextanks to learn more about the range of Reflex tanks.

More than 300 models designed and manufactured by Lowara using premium engineering and materials, bring maximum reliability and efficiency while covering all the needs for irrigation and agriculture. An extended range of submersible motors, together with a comprehensive choice of control panels and variable frequency drives, complete one of the largest offerings in the market. Recently added to Xylem’s portfolio is a new 6” rewindable submersible motor, with a range from 4 to 45 kW, suitable for heavy duty applications thanks to the 316SS or Duplex material options. Information. For information go to website https://www.xylem.com/ en-AU/brands/lowara/

The recently released features in Sentek IrriMAX Live software reveal the depth and activity of plant roots.

This previously hard-to-interpret data is now presented in a graphical form, allowing the grower and agronomist to quickly understand the depths that roots are taking water from. It leads to precise irrigation management scheduling, with the ability to compare the depths of water being applied - to the depths that roots are “drinking” from.

Displaying data from Sentek’s Drill & Drop probes, the charts in IrriMAX Live software show the values at each 10 cm depth. The data can also be summed to show total water content in the soil.

Too much water or not enough?

Knowing real site- and time-specific root activity, growers can now assess the effectiveness of every single irrigation event. Did the last irrigation apply too much water, too little or was it just right?

If the irrigation depth percolates to the bottom of the roots and not beyond its reach, it is classified as “Perfect” and is indicated by a green coloured bar on top. If the irrigation does not reach the bottom of the roots, however, it is classified as “Under” and highlighted with a red top bar. Similarly, if over irrigation occurs (not shown here) the events is classified as “Over” with a blue top bar.

Sentek Technologies’ mandate is to help farmers with irrigation management by providing decision aiding tools.

Why are we promoting improving water management on farm? It is all about the opportunity of minimising inputs and

maximising outputs.

After three years of trials (USA, Netherlands, Turkey, Italy, Hungary, France and Belgium) on crops such as broccoli, cauliflower, tomato, sweet corn, peppers and onions, we demonstrated the benefit of the use of the technologies and the clear return on investment. For example, last year with trials in processing tomatoes in Italy, we compared fields managed with Sentek probes with fields managed as usual by farmers. The result was a visible difference in plant health and maturity concentration. Importantly, we demonstrated a water-saving of 1500 m3/ha, saved 180 €/ha, with a plus in Brix (0.7) and a more attractive red colour.

Information. For more information on Sentek Drill & Drop probe and Irrimax Live, go to Sentek website https:// sentektechnologies.com/

The Summer 2020 issue of Irrigation Australia Journal will feature:

> Policy and climate update > Pumps and pumping > Non-urban metering update

> Pumps and pumping

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