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CLEVER TEAM ON HAND NATIONWIDE AGFIRST ENGINEERING SPECIALISES in design and construction of dairy effluent systems. The company is renowned for its highlevel design knowledge, experience in the industry and capability to deliver the highest quality solutions. AgFirst Engineering has system designers, engineering work shops and installation/service crews located in Te Awamutu, Te Puke, Gisborne and Hastings. AgFirst Engineering staff work predominantly in the greater Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay and Manawatu regions. It is also involved in projects nationwide by client demand. Davieth Verheij leads the Waikato Engineering team and is head of Dairy Effluent solutions nationally for AgFirst. Davieth is supported by two of the AgFirst Engineering workshops located on Bond
Road, Te Awamutu and King Street, Te Puke. From Te Awamutu, effluent irrigation equipment is manufactured in house along with importation of key products such as The Weta’s low application at low speeds is a major advantage irrigators, pumps, stirrers, over other travelling irrigators. hoses, and fittings. A key product developed by Davieth and the AgFirst team is the found on low rate irrigators. The Weta has Weta low-rate travelling rain-gun irrigator. speed control via a speed selection dial (in The Weta can achieve low application meters per hour) and turbine by-pass valve. depths at low speeds which provides major Given the efficiency of the hydraulic operational advantages. winch system, most of the flow can be The Weta irrigator is self-propelled via a directed to the rain gun itself thus reducing highly efficient turbine-driven hydraulic flow and pressure loss through the turbine winch system. The turbine drives a and providing more flow and pressure to hydraulic pump and winch motor. This the gun itself. This in turn increases wetted drive system requires a lot less energy than width of the irrigator, reduces application a conventional gearbox solution often rate/depth and required travel speed.
Low rate effluent irriga�on made easy. Even nutrient applica�on with automated irrigator speed control and hydraulic winch system. Even spread from 50m – 100m ACCURATE | DURABLE | USER FRIENDLY | EFFICIENT
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NZ Dairy Exporter | EFFLUENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS | November 2021
