Overview
This high-speed center drive allows growers to apply crop protectants uniformly and at the proper concentration directly through the pivot, reducing or eliminating many of the expenses of protectant application. The X-Tec high-speed can reduce labor, equipment rentals, and maintenance costs and moves four times faster than the X-Tec 136 and 10 times faster than the X-Tec 343. We’re an authorized Valley Irrigation dealer in Saskatchewan, Canada, providing high-quality parts and equipment.
Benefits
- Ideal during germination: Frequent, light application maintains surface moisture during germination.
- Keep crops cool: A light mist creates a cooling canopy for high-value crops during the heat of the day.
- Avoid erosion: Proper moisture stops the loss of topsoil and prevents damage to leaves during early-stage crop growth.
- Simplify crop protection: Apply pesticides and fertilizer, reducing ground and aerial trips, as well as potential cross-contamination.
- Save time and money: Chemigate and fertigate quicker; avoid over-watering areas that don’t need it; use less water overall; and manage split crops more effectively.
Features
- More efficient: FastPass technology delivers continuous movement, operating up to twice as fast as standard AC motors.
- Full torque: Advanced DC drive delivers full torque at any speed.
- Add strength: Steel gears provide more strength than powdered metal.
- Longer motor life: Aluminum finned housing runs 20° cooler for a longer motor life with no paint to chip, scratch or corrode.
- Less corrosion: Internally vented junction box prevents moisture and contaminants from corroding the wire connections.
- Durable: Crop guard protects shaft seals for extended life.
- Reliable: Integral pinion gear eliminates coupler and improves reliability.
- Quieter operation: Helical gears create more tooth contact than spur gears, providing more torque capacity and quieter operation.
| Standard | X-Tec 136 | X-Tec 343 | |
| Motor Control Technology | Electrical Contactor | Variable Frequency Drive | Variable Frequency Drive |
| Motor | Standard AC Motor | Inverter Duty High Speed AC Motor | Inverter Duty High Speed AC Motor |
| Motor HP | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Center Drive Ratio | 52: 1 | 40: 1 | 20: 1 |
| Center Drive RPM | 34 | 136 | 343 |
| Torque | High | Intermediate | Moderate* |
| Lap time | 16 hr | 4 hr | 1.5 hr |
Specifications
| Extra-large intermediate gear bearings | Assure longer life |
| 25° tooth angles | 40% greater load capacity and wear resistance than other manufacturers’ 14 1/2º tooth angles |
| Built-in crop guard over U-joint | Prevents crop wrapping in or near oil seals |
| Stator | Can be replaced independent of rotor and is held in place with corrosion-resistant, stainless steel bolts for easy maintenance |
| Valley-exclusive coating | Applied to internal surfaces to prevent corrosion |
| Watertight seal | Between housing components |
| Finned aluminum housing | For cool-running efficiency. Operates at temperatures 20° F (11° C) lower than comparable motors with steel housing because the Valley aluminum housing and fins dissipate heat more effectively. This doubles insulation life and increases motor life |
| Case-hardened steel helical gears | More teeth meshed at all times for smoother power transmission |
| Drain Plug | Easily accessible and extra large |
