The design of proportional pumps of the MixRite model is quite simple, but probably everything is ingenious and based on simplicity. The pump consists of plastic housing that combines two cylinders in which pistons move. The upper cylinder is the pump motor. Water passing through it causes the piston to move, and through the rod, this piston is connected to a lower piston of a smaller diameter located in the lower cylinder.
A system of valves and an adjustable volume of the lower cylinder allow sucking in the mother liquor of fertilizers and supplying it to the line, mixing with irrigation water. Since the pump operates on running water and its speed depends solely on the amount of water passing through the pump, this metering pump does not external energy sources are needed, and since the frequency of movement of the piston in the cylinder depends on the amount of water flowing through it, the mother liquor is added strictly in proportion to the amount of water flowing through the pump.
This technical solution allows you to ensure one hundred percent accuracy of fertilizer dosing and thereby ensure ideal conditions for the growth and development of plants that we water.
Adjusting the amount of fertilizer added to the irrigation water is very simple.
At the bottom of the pump, there is an adjusting sleeve, and under it is a scale on which graduations are applied, showing how many percent of the mother liquor is added to the water flowing through the pump.
By making a few turns of this sleeve, you can easily change the concentration of the nutrient solution. It should be added that the best option for use fertigation is its work in conjunction with drip irrigation systems. Here is such a simple, reliable and inexpensive solution, we consider optimal for use on farm fields, in greenhouses, in backyards, and even suburban areas.
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