IMPACT SPRINKLER OR GEAR DRIVE SPRINKLER?

As previously discussed, in order to find the most suitable sprinkler, first of all, we must know the water pressure and flow rate that we have in our system. When the right sprinkler is used, you will achieve the highest performance and water uniformity coverage over maximum area.

Based on what makes the sprinklers rotate, we have categorized our sprinklers into two most common styles, impact sprinklers and gear drive sprinklers.

IMPACT SPRINKLERS

ተፅዕኖ የሚረጩት በገበያ ውስጥ በጣም የተለመዱ የመርጨት ዘይቤዎች ናቸው። ውሃው በተረጨው ጭንቅላት ውስጥ ሲፈስ፣ ከዋናው ላይ የሚወጣው ክንድ የረጩን ጭንቅላት ወደ መዞር ይገፋፋዋል። በትንሽ መጠን በሚረጩ, ክንዱ በሚመታበት ጊዜ, በእያንዳንዱ ጊዜ ትንሽ መጠን ያለው ውሃ በቀጥታ በመርጫው ዙሪያ ይረጫል. ስለዚህ 15 ሜትር ራዲየስ ሊወረውር የሚችል አነስተኛ መጠን ያለው ተፅእኖ የሚረጭ የውሃ ስርጭትን ይሰጣል ። የሚረጨው መጠን ሲጨምር፣ የሚረጨው ፍሰት መጠን እና የሚረጨው ግፊት እንዲሁ ይጨምራል። ከፍተኛ መጠን ያለው ግፊት ያለው የውሃ ፍሰት በእኩል መጠን ለመከፋፈል አስቸጋሪ ይሆናል። ስለዚህ የዚያ መጠን ተጽዕኖ የሚረጩት ሌላ ትንሽ (4-6 ሚሜ) አፍንጫ ቦታውን ወደ ረጪው ቅርብ ቦታ ለማጠጣት አላቸው። ዋናው ዥረት ወደ ረጪው ጭንቅላት ከተወሰነ ርቀት በኋላ በአየር ውስጥ መሰራጨት ይጀምራል. የውሃው መጠን እና ግፊቱ በጣም ከፍተኛ ከሆነ የውሃ ስርጭቱ እና የዚህ አይነት መርጨት ተመሳሳይነት ዝቅተኛ ይሆናል።

ተጽዕኖ የሚረጩ

Advantages:

-          Coverage – can cover large areas up to approximately 45 metres radius and it provide a high output of water allowing you to adequately soak your land during dry months

-          Usability – most user friendly and easily adjusted to part circle or full circle depending on your need

-          Maintenance – due to their simple design, it requires minimum maintenance and they last long as well.

-          Affordability – even the lower end models will work well for most applications

-          Well water/Hard water – it can last longer with hard water due to the limited number of parts and the simple head design

Disadvantages:

-          Noise – impact sprinkler might be a little bit noisy due to their working method

-          Might required more water as they need more water to more their arm.

-          Low water pressure – sometimes make it difficult as they need a certain minimum pressure to work efficiently to create the arc pattern, water uniformity, and coverage.

-          Less even water distribution compared to gear drive sprinkler

GEAR DRIVE SPRINKLERS

Gear (turbine) drive sprinklers rotate by using part of the water spray to spin a wheel (turbine) that resulted in the rotation of the internal gears to provide a very smooth rotation, which means a perfect water distribution and uniformity at all times. They are more common for larger application system. In addition to their high grade water uniformity, they move constantly at the same speed on reverse and forward directions. Comparing to the impact sprinklers, they require little maintenance like cleaning and greasing the gear mechanism of the sprinkler.

Advantages:

-          Better coverage – Gear drive sprinklers can cover areas from 20 metres up to 84 metres radius

-          Low water pressure – works better with the low water pressure

-          Uniformity – can provide perfectly even water distribution over an irrigated area as the sprinkler head is rotating at a uniform speed. Even in high pressure application, it will still provide more uniform result.

-          More efficient – most gear drive sprinklers are better than other types of sprinkler. However, depending on your needs and purpose, selecting the right type of sprinklers are very important

-          Less water – they are throwing water exactly where you want it in your desired volume so it wastes the least water

-          Less noise – as it driven by an internal gear, this sprinkler works with no “impact” noise

-          Constant rotation speed on both reverse and forward directions

Disadvantages:

-          The gear box might get damaged by the environmental effects; however, we have added a coupling in order to prevent this issue

-          Maintenance – a break in the system can be hard to fix, depending on the problem

-          Slightly less effective than impact sprinkler in a very windy situation due to lighter water droplets

Our wide range of sprinklers provides over 85% CU and 75% DU which are better than the acceptable standard. They are suitable for all kinds of irrigation applications, from garden irrigation, lawn irrigation, horse paddock, dust suppression, mining, and any agricultural irrigation covering small acreages to large acreages. They provide highest performance with the minimum volume of water and pressure.

All sprinklers come with different nozzles and specific angles to allow you to find the perfect match to your particular pressure and flow rate in your system in order to achieve the highest efficiency and provide the maximum coverage. In addition, we also have the perferct stands for the sprinkler, from skid base, wheeled cart, to tripod stand.