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Valley X-Tec® Center Drive Motor Drive Train
Valley X-Tec® Center Drive Motor Drive Train
Bring speed and power to your irrigation. Overcome the toughest terrain and make quick cycles easier.
Valley® Irrigation engineered the high-speed center drive in response to growers who want to reduce or eliminate many of the expenses of applying crop protectants. The Valley X-Tec® family of products lets growers apply protectants uniformly and at the proper concentration directly through the pivot.
Speed like this can benefit a wide variety of crops and is ideal for precise application during germination and for cooling your high-value crops in the heat of the day.
Get ready to optimize your machine and your inputs as the investment in an X-Tec high-speed center drive can reduce labor, equipment rentals, and maintenance costs.
Valley Irrigation keeps moving irrigation forward with industry-leading technology. X-Tec center drives give operators the option to move 4 times as fast as a standard pivot 34 RPM drive with the X-Tec 136 or 10 times faster with the X-Tec 343, completing a standard circle in just 90 minutes.
Benefits
- 2x to 10x faster passes – Enable light water applications, ideal during germination or for cooling the crop canopy.
- Constant move results in less wear on the machine and increased uptime.
- Reduce labor and costs – Apply crop protectants directly through the pivot.
- Simplify your operation – Allows operators to quickly move the machine to work in the field.
- Split crops – Makes irrigation of split-crop fields simpler and more effective.
- Save time and money – Chemigate and fertigate quicker; avoid over-watering areas; use less water overall.
Features
- Utilizes 3.0 HP Inverter duty high-speed center drive and industry standard Variable Frequency Drive to deliver unmatched speeds and enable applications of crop protectants.
- Controlled by a Variable Frequency Drive, which decreases the startup load on your drive train and increases component life.
- Designed to work with Valley machines and connect with Valley 365® for easy monitoring and control.
- No special hardware required for setup and installation.
Compare our industry leading drives
| 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 |
* X-Tec 343 has a 5% slope limitation
