As water grows scarcer it becomes more important that every drop applied by the farmer should be used as efficiently as possible. Fortunately, farmers of Southern Africa have access to the benefits of world-class irrigation technology provided by companies such as Agriplas in Cape Town.

If it depended on Agriplas, Southern Africa would have no food security problems. Their plant in Brackenfell, Cape Town, recently acquired an irrigation pipe manufacturing line from Israel to provide in the growing demand for precision irrigation.  Agriplas can assist farmers to produce more with less water. The brand new 40 metre long pipe manufacturing line is fully automated and can produce over 7 kilometres of pipe per hour.

Agriplas has been manufacturing and distributing high quality irrigation equipment for 40 years now. They also supply retailers with a wide range of irrigation equipment, from pumps to sprinklers and from the most basic to the most advanced automated systems.

The latest development in the drip irrigation field is to manufacture collapsible pipes which take up less space during transport. The drippers are flat chips bonded to the inside wall of the pipe. This contributes to the rapid rate of production.

The drippers themselves are an example of advanced technology.

The flat disc has grooves through which the water flows to make sure it emerges consistently and at the correct pressure from every opening.

Agriplas is the only company that manufactures cylindrical and flat dripper pipes in Southern Africa. With the new pipe production plant, the manufacturing process is now fully automated.

“ The new plant is set up in such a way that I can access all the control parameters and test results from my phone tablet or home computer,” says Trevor Myburgh, Production Manager of Agriplas.

Let your water work for you. Ask your local irrigation supplier for Agriplas equipment or visit www.agriplas.co.za for more information.

The new pipe manufacturing plant at Agriplas is fully automated and works very
fast.

The pipe is first flattened and then snipped off in 500 m lengths and coiled for transport.

The system determines exactly where the dripper is located on the inside wall of the pipe before it signals the hole punch the command to
punch the hole, and thereafter a photograph is taken of every punch action for later reference.

Trevor Myburgh (right) is the Production Manager of Agriplas, and Ronaldo Hendrikse (left) will soon
take over from him to supply farmers all over Southern Africa with much needed irrigation pipes.