Training Day

Centre Pivot Fault Finding Training

The intent of the training day is to educate owners or their staff in how their centre pivots work. The training will cover simple fault finding techniques with instruction and practice on in field repairs. The course will be concentrating on Lindsay Zimmatic Centre Pivots, however for those who own another brand of electrically driven pivot, the control systems and fault finding procedures are similar & understanding how your pivot works will assist you in the field.
After the one day course you will be able, if you wish, to repair most in field electrical problems with your pivot, or be able to give the staff at TEAM Irrigation an indication of what the problem may be with your pivot, either approach will help keep money in your pocket.
The three most important tools for “Pivot Fault Finding” are commonsense, eyesight and an insulation tester “Megger”. We have organised to have “Meggers” available at the course if you wish to purchase one.

 

Training Details

Date:                        Friday 27th July 2012

Location:                  TEAM Irrigation Warehouse

                                 69 Fitzroy Street Dubbo 2830

Time:                        8am to 4pm

Bookings and Cost:   

If you would like to attend the training day, please send through an email or fax with your details. Limited places available. The July training will be free with a light lunch provided. Fax: 02 6885 0119

 Email: admin@teamirrigation.com.au

Accommodation  

If you require overnight accommodation (at your cost) please contact Helen at our office and she will assist with your booking.

 

Company Director, Bob Johnson recently visited Nulla Farming in Cunnamulla. TEAM Irrigation constructed 5 lateral move irrigators and one centre pivot on this property several years ago and continue to maintain the equipment. Irrigated land is 2700 acres.

Three lateral move irrigators are 696m long: the spans are designed to accommodate 12m row crop tillage equipment and with the bee line GPS tractor cultivator they get exactly 4 x 12m passes with the cultivator with no overlap, saving fuel and time.

Two larger units are 780m long. All units have a 3,500m run length: it takes approximately 36 hours to walk down the 3,500m during an irrigation run.

Watch this video to learn the proper safety precautions for operating Zimmatic Irrigation equipment such as centre pivots and lateral move irrigators.

 

Lindsay, maker of Zimmatic irrigation products, is proud to announce a renewed, long-term commitment to customers with the launch of the Lindsay Advantage.

The Lindsay Advantage combines their tradition of strength and durability with their continued focus on new technology - all with the ultimate goal of helping to make your farming operation more profitable.

Visit www.lindsayadvantage.com to learn more about the Lindsay Advantage

If you have an interest in what other farmers are growing around the world and what new developments in irrigation technology have been made, then visit www.irrigationadvances.com

 

Water Week

October 17 to 22 is Water Week

To launch Water Week, we have attached a new article on the Tamworth Waste Water Scheme as published in the International Irrigation Advances Magazine.

Spearheaded by TEAM Irrigation, the recently-completed Tamworth City Wastewater reuse project was 14 years in the making and designed to secure the city's effluent disposal for up to 40 years.

Click here to read article

Go to projects page to read article in word format

 

 

Centre Pivot systems are steadily replacing, traditional flood irrigation and other types of sprinklers, & also subsurface drip irrigation in some instances.

Read more about the efficiencies of centre pivots and how they assist growers stay competitive.

To improve the level of products and services we supply to our customers, we are commencing a series of customer surveys over the next few months. To assist TEAM Irrigation in developing the services we supply to you, our customers, could you please take a moment and complete the survey below. Just click on the link and the survey should just take a couple of minutes.

Many thanks for your time.

Click here to take survey

 

 

TEAM Irrigation supplies and maintains agricultural irrigation systems, such as centre pivots, pumps, sprinklers, pipelines, fittings, tanks and water meters. Our warehouse in Fitzroy Street Dubbo sells supplies to farmers and maintains stock for our irrigation construction teams.

We are seeking a junior trainee to help coordinate our warehouse operations, including customer service, purchasing of goods & services and stock control. The trainee will undertake a Traineeship in Warehouse Merchandising.
 
TEAM Irrigation is a leader in bringing irrigation advances to the paddock. If you want to become part of our TEAM, please contact Tim Hines at TEAM Irrigation on 02 6885 5220 for further information.

Narromine growers, Tim & Pip Schiffman, upgraded from an existing towable centre pivot to a fixed Zimmatic centre pivot in August 2011. The centre pivot was installed in 7 days amongst an existing canola crop.

Read more about this exciting project.

Irrigation application on cotton crops is traditionally discharged at a constant rate for an entire field. However, not all plants in a crop may require the same amount of water due to the nature of the crop, soil type, topography, difference in variety, crop condition (eg: disease and water stress) and meteorological conditions.

The obvious benefit to irrigating with a centre pivot or lateral system is that it produces less waste. You get even, precise water application across the rows, rather than too much water at the other end of the field where the flood irrigation commences. You won't lose water to evaporation, and you can control the timing and the amount of water applied. There is also less runoff, helping prevent contamination of the water table and nearby streams.

Learn More