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From concept to product
Development of facilities that makes drip irrigation achievable and portable
By Yehiel Weiss - founder
Identifying a need leads to an idea
The need:Making drip irrigation and fertigation achievable and
portable
The idea:
Making drip irrigation movable, irrigating a big area with a small system
The idea based on the fact that the irrigation cycle of many crops is a week or even more. so, we use the same small system to irrigate a small portion of the field each time [email protected]
The concept:Scroll and DeploymentThe first prototype:
A cart with drip lines kit, including:◻ 2 reels, each of them with 2 drip lines 50
m length◻ Head of the system: valves, filter, pressure
regulator and an exit to the fertigation pump
◻ Flexible hose that connects the mobile system to the water source
◻ Manuela and toolbox =The drip lines are connected to the water source
through the reels and the flexible hose=
The process• Pulling the drip lines from one reel and
deploying them along two parallel row crops
• Pulling the drip lines from the second reel and deploying them to another two parallel rows
• Connecting the flexible hose to the water source and starting irrigate
• After watering, scrolling the drip lines and repeating the process in the rest of the rows
Limitations
●That method saves up to 3,000 m of drip lines, the cost of the cart and the operation is almost equal
●When scrolling the drip lines after watering, mud tends to pile up on the drip lines
●The cart is appropriate just for small orchards, up to 5,000 sqm [email protected]
Scroll and DeploymentThe second prototype:⬜ In this prototype, the head of the system, main pipes and
drip lines are not part of the facility!
⬜ The facility is deploying two drip lines while advancing between the rows, and does not pulling them!
⬜ After deployment, the facility disconnects from the drip lines and the irrigation starts
⬜ During the irrigation time, the facility is free to transfer other drip lines existing in the field
⬜ After irrigation is finish, the facility connects to the drip lines (which are laying on the ground), and scrolling them while advancing between the rows
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The advantages• Efficiency: serving a larger area, up to 10 times
than before
• Flexibility: it fits to any size or length of drip lines existing on the ground
• The drip lines are not affected by the mud, because they do not drag on the ground
• There is no need to disconnect the drip lines from the main pipe while transferring
• Link to the manually scroll video • Link to the manually deployment video
Limitations
• Adapting just to orchards, because of the need to pass with the cart between rows
• Adapting just for small scale agriculture, because of the manually operation
Scroll and DeploymentThe third concept:
• Big mechanical facility, transfers complete sets of tens drip lines, including the main pipe
• It fits to row crops such as Corn and Sugar Cane, because the reels are above the crop and the wheels need a small space to pass
• Can serve an area of more than 100 Hectare (depends on irrigation cycle duration and space between rows)
Link to the animation video Link to the presentation video
● A strip connects the back wheel axis to the reel
axis
● Deployment: Pedaling forward - drives the bicycle
and deploys the drip lines behind
● Scroll: Pedaling backward - rotates the reel and
collects the drip lines while pulling the bicycle
ahead
Link to the bicycle video
Scroll and deployment The bicycle concept:
● While working on the scroll and deployment concept, I thought about a new concept of transferring drip lines, the lateral shifting concept
● A lightweight product, cheap and easy to use, it rises the drip line from one row and laying it in the parallel row while walking between the rows.
● A few prototypes have been built● Link to the lateral shifting process video
● Link to the presentation video
The lateral shifting concept
Side producta reel with removable wall
⦿Helps to scroll the drip lines in the end of the irrigation season, tying the reels and storage them
⦿In the beginning of the season, it helps to put the reels in the device and deploying the drip lines
⦿ Link to the product’s video [email protected]
Currently, IrriPass has two working prototypes:1. Manually scroll and deployment facility, designed for small orchards (up to 5 Ha)
2. Manually lateral shifting facility, designed for family agriculture of row crops such as corn and sugarcane
Two facilities under development:1. Mechanical scroll and deployment facility - Designed for commercial farms
2. Scroll and deployment by bike/motorcycle - Designed for commercial orchards
The facilities are protected by two patents (in registration process)
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Summary
Link to IrriPass Summary pageLink to the patents documents
Link to IrriPass patent office partner
TO BE CONTINUED… mailto:[email protected]
