Pilot Irrigation Line

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Accelerate your product development process

Hands-on training Practical trial / Sample production
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1-5 days
Micro-drip irrigation tube & All applications
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Are you looking for a way to concentrate your development on dedicated equipment that's readily available?

This pilot line is ready for you to test your thin-wall micro-drip irrigation tube product, with options for stripe and skin. But you can also do accelerated trials for other single-layer pipe on this line at Maillefer’s R&D Center in Switzerland. Rent our services and get the possibility to proove your ideas using new pilot technologies with the help of our seasoned experts.
Description

The irrigation line is complete, from extrusion group to downstream equipment. It allows you to reproduce your factory conditons while working in a controlled environment. Production constraints are removed. You can concentrate on validating your ideas for tube constructions, equipment, processing conditions, technical polymers, and more. Our irrigation pilot line is equipped with a full-scale extrusion group capable of producing single layer pipes & tubes with an OD of up to 32 mm.

Pilot line overview:

  • MXC 80-30D Main extruder

  • MXS 25-24D Aux. extruder

  • ECH 36/35 Head single layer with skin or stripe

  • Flat dripper sorting and insertion

  • Calibration and cooling

  • Emitter hole drilling

  • Fully automatic KWI dual reeler (or TCA dual coiler)

  • NOMOS Line control

  • Offline dripper flow testing.

 

Deliverables

Availability of our Pilot Irrigation Line for your use in matching up your product requirements against existing technology. We prepare the line according to your product requirements with the possibility to employ your material. Our specialists will guide you throughout the trials, which typically lasts 1 to 3 days in your presence.

Recommendation and consultation for but not limited to:

  • Material testing
  • Extrusion optimization
  • Process optimization.

 

Options
The pilot line is optimized for micro-drip irrigation. It is also quite versatile and easily adapted for single-layer constructions used in heating & plumbing, automotive, micro-duct and other special applications.

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