Online Edition: IBT, December 2002
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Wilkins CPVC Tailpiece Kits

  • New 3/4- and 1-inch CPVC tailpiece kits
  • More durable and will not corrode, scale or pit
  • Designed for use with Wilkins 3/4- and 1-inch pressure regulators

Lindsay Soil Moisture Products

  • New line of GrowSmart soil moisture sensing products
  • Based on the use of capacitance to measure soil moisture content
  • Field Diviner probe uses "Swipe and Go" technology, which when inserted into an access tube takes only a few seconds to measure soil moisture conditions at as many as 16 different depths
  • Remote automated sensing is available from a network of probes for integration with larger operations where individual irrigation systems are controlled by telemetry from a central location
  • Smart Probe has adjustable sensor depths enabling use with virtually every type of crop
  • EZ Probe uses same technology as the Smart Probe, but has a fixed length of 20 inches for easy installation in most row crops

WaterWick Turf Drainage System

  • Gravel injection system to improve drainage without disturbing the soil surface
  • Incorporates multiple vibratory plow blades that slice into turf
  • As turf is drawn apart, a gravel vein is injected to create an underground aqueduct that carries excess water away

Cat 303CR Mini Excavator

  • Features a swing boom that enables the operator to position the machine to dig and work in tight spaces along foundations or between buildings on landscape job sites
  • Tail swing radius is 2 feet and 7 inches and lies within the undercarriage width
  • With 25.6 horsepower, the machine also incorporates a triple-pump hydraulic system designed to balance digging power with machine speed
  • The two-speed power train provides speeds up to 2.9 mph
  • Operating weight is 7,524 pounds with 12-inch wide tracks
  • Standard digging depth is 9 feet and 11 inches
  • The boom swings 90 degrees left without a stop, and 54 degrees to the left with stop, and swings 50 degrees to the right

New Variable Arc Nozzles From Toro

  • New line of variable arc nozzles, featuring matched precipitation rate performance across the entire radius range
  • The TV AN series is designed for use with the entire 5702 series of sprinklers
  • Color-coded for easy identification, the nozzles are offered in radii of 8, 10, 12, 15 and 17 feet
  • Each features an adjustment screw for radius reduction by as much as 25percent
  • Fine-mesh, snap-in filter screen protects against nozzle-clogging debris
  • Recommended pressure range of 20 to 50 psi and a maximum operating pressure of 75 psi

Weather-Miser Rain Sensor Device

  • Detects an increase in relative humidity, which typically precedes a rainfall
  • Attached to the irrigation controller, the WeatherMiser keeps the controller from turning on the sprinklers until the humidity drops back below the trigger level
  • Also employs a temperature sensor, which works with the humidity sensor to disengage the sprinklers when the dew point or near-freezing temperatures are reached

Conbraco Double Check Valve Assembly

  • Model DC double check valve assemblies guard against back pressure or back siphonage caused by cross connections between potable water lines and substances that are objectionable, but not hazardous
  • Available in sizes of 2-1/2 to 10 inches
  • Well suited for a variety of residential and commercial applications, including irrigation systems
  • The assemblies offer a 175 psi maximum working pressure, and rated operating temperature range of 33 to 140 F

Valvette Systems Products

  • New sprinkler head bodies, pop-up shafts and fittings designed to solve irrigation maintenance and flow-control problems
  • Each part contains the "Little Valve," which provides individual on/ off control for each sprinkler head
  • Eases the process of cleaning, flushing, adjusting and change-outs of sprinkler nozzles and/or heads

Hunter Modular Central Control

  • New IMMS, a modular central control system that has made large-site irrigation management and monitoring more affordable for commercial and institutional facilities
  • With an IMMS system, landscape supervisors can closely monitor usage and costs, while trimming labor and transportation expenses associated with large-site management
  • More than 100 locations can be networked from a single centralized IMMS computer
  • Each location can handle as many as 100 controllers networked into the IMMS site interface
  • Modularity allows facilities to network a limited number of controllers initially, and then add to the system as budgets permit
  • Compatible with all Hunter controllers, and can be operated by anyone with basic computer skills

Neptune Hydraulic Chemigation Pump

  • New series 500-E enables users of pact piston pumps to cost-effectively upgrade all the performance advantages of a true draulic diaphragm pump
  • Diaphragm pumps eliminate the need greasing and replacement of the packing
  • Feature a variable oil bypass stroke adjustment, which allows improved performanc over variable linkage designs.
  • Depending on specific model, the pump's liquid end materials of construction include various combinations of cast iron, 316 stainless steel, PVC and Kynar
  • Maximum capacity is 30 gph anc maximum pressure is 1,100 psi

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