By mixing biomass, the addition can irrigate the culture medium at a very precise dosage. AMI Penta controls the irrigation flow so that the software in the mixer allows for different dosing strategies. Exact dosing ensures you control and thus success with your production.
The bio-part (venturi) can be connected to your existing AMI Penta or the function is available in a new mixer equipped with the desired number of bio-venturi. Therefore, the mixer can also function as a common fertilizer mixer with e.g. Ec, but simply with the Bio-program as an extra option.
Software for all groups, recipes and control of valves are all included in the price – meaning no extra future cost if your needs change.
AMI Penta can control up to 100 groups with individual start conditions. For each group you can choose between 20 different fertilizer recipes with information about EC, pH and the fertilizer mix. Each group can control up to 30 valves, and these can be chosen freely between the 200 valves available today in the mixer. Up to 9 valves can irrigate at the same time giving a maximal utilization of the capacity. Irrigation time and irrigation volume can be set individually for each valve.
Underlining it’s quality, AMI Penta operates with the very well-known brand GRUNDFOS as the main mixer pump.
To get the same water mix to all valves in the same group, you can mix fresh water sources and return water in ratio percentages. Up to 8 return water basins can be selected with individual control. Thereby the return water is recycled and the water resources optimized.
Modern technology
When you buy an AMI Penta, you get exactly the functions and the functionality you need. The software in AMI Penta is based on a standard operating system and is easy to update and expand with more functions and larger capacity when needed. AMI Penta can be connected to one central PC with the SuperLink central control program for further analysis.
With AMI Penta you can reuse the return water and mix it with fresh water according to a percentage ratio. The return water is in a separate basin in which fresh water is not mixed. Return water and fresh water are mixed as mentioned in a defined percentage ratio the moment it flows into the mixer. As a result, water resources are optimized.
The cultures are watered and fertilized based on the predefined fertilizer recipes and thereby based on the needs of the plants. The fact that fresh water and return water are not in the same basin has the great advantage that the return water basin does not need an unnecessarily large capacity.
Download diagramA risk of reusing the return water is that possibly infections that are drawn into the water can spread to other cultures. Therefore, it is important that the water is purified before it is recycled. This can be done in several ways, including by these two methods:
UV Water treatment:
UV-Water treatment ensures a gentle disinfection of water. The system consists of low-pressure lamps that use UV-C light at a wavelength of 254 nm to purify the water in an environmentally friendly way. It has been determined that precisely a wavelength of 254 nm. has the greatest killing effect against microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi.
You can read much more here about UV water treatment and how we can help determine what type of UV system you need in your production.
Here you can also get more information on how to avoid infection in the water – and how to treat diseases if they are unfortunately already there.
H2o2:
Another solution is dosing H2o2 concentrate, which contributes to improved fertilizer uptake. The amount of H2o2 is regulated in relation to the amount of water flow. This can be added through a bio-venturi mounted on the AMI Penta mixer – but the H2o2 system itself must be purchased from another supplier.
Two customers with the same need of irrigation with a precise dosing of biomass – and it should be controlled automatically. As there was no fertilizer mixer on the market which was able to do so, they contacted DGT by Senmatic. This resulted in an exciting and enriching collaboration – but what was more important was that it also ended up with the development of a bio-mixer that could meet the customer’s requirements.
Read the caseGet visual information of how to take care of your plant’s need by using the AMI Penta Fertilizer Mixer.
Contact a specialist from DGT by Senmatic to get tailored guidance for your horticultural department. Our team of experts are ready to help you optimize your nursery with sustainable technology solutions.
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