Vertical farming
Vertical farming with low-maintenance and durable cable guidance
In aeroponic cultivation, low-maintenance energy chains help ensure an efficient water supply.
Aeroponics - an innovative form of cultivation to produce sufficient food in an urbanised world. The idea: high-rise buildings are converted into farms, and agriculture will be practised vertically in future. These cultivation techniques require special machinery for nutrient supply and irrigation of the plants. A patented traverse system transports enriched water directly to the plant roots. In an empty warehouse in Minneapolis, about 4,000m2 of space is intended to be used this way to yield the same quantity of food produced from more than 40 hectares of conventional agriculture. The traverse system works with low-maintenance plastic energy chains.Profile
- What was needed: plastic energy chain
- Requirements: a low-maintenance, durable and reliable cable solution was sought.
- Industry: agriculture
- Success for the customer: thanks to the irrigation system in combination with the energy chain, nozzles could be saved and maintenance costs minimised. The system is designed to be durable and low-maintenance.
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Problem
Living Greens Farm is a start-up aeroponics farm. In recent years, the company has developed and patented important developments in the way cultivation could look like in future. One of the main patents is a spray system that supplies enriched water to the roots of the plant. The start-up is currently expanding its growing operations to include an empty warehouse in Minneapolis, MN, USA. In terms of output, this plant represents the equivalent of 100 hectares of cultivated land.The facility will not only provide healthier, fresh local produce in a large metropolitan region, but will do so all year round using 95% less water. The space requirements and water consumption are two fundamental advantages of aeroponics cultivation compared to field and hydroponics cultivation. However, there is also the problem with aeroponics systems that they require a high number of nozzles for irrigation (typically one nozzle per square foot of growing area), which in turn entails high maintenance costs.
