New Web site challenges superintendents to calculate irrigation
savings for their courses by monitoring actual flow.
TUCSON, Ariz. (February 9, 2006) – Rain Bird Golf
has unveiled the “Smart Pump™ Challenge,” a
new Web site that challenges superintendents to find out
how much they can save by using Rain Bird’s revolutionary
Smart Pump. By going to www.rainbird.com/smartpump and answering
a few, short questions regarding irrigation on their golf
courses, superintendents can find out how actual flow monitoring – only
available with Smart Pump – can help optimize their
course irrigation cycles to save them significant time and
money.
Ensuring efficiency in every aspect of course irrigation
systems, Rain Bird Golf’s revolutionary Smart Pump
feature is a powerful central control software tool that
improves the performance of pump stations more than any other
tool on the market. Available exclusively with Rain Bird’s
Central Control Version 5.0 software, Smart Pump uses actual
flow to continuously balance system supply and demand in
real time.
“Our goal is to make irrigation easier and more cost-effective
for superintendents,” said Matthew Mikucki, central
control product manager for Rain Bird Golf. “Through
the ‘Smart Pump Challenge,’ we’re able
to effectively demonstrate how the use of Smart Pump ensures
complete and efficient irrigation to allow users to spend
less time monitoring and maintaining their systems.”
With Reservoir to Rotor™ control over the entire irrigation
system, Smart Pump acts as an on-site “irrigation supervisor” that
is constantly monitoring the system to compare actual flow
to the expected flow – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Smart Pump reacts to all field conditions by making real-time
intelligent decisions on any action that needs to occur.
Smart Pump is key to extending the use of irrigation systems
and reducing water and maintenance costs. Smart Pump allows
superintendents to integrate the entire irrigation system,
making the system more efficient by continually adjusting
the central control system to keep the pump station operating
at the most efficient level.
About Rain Bird Golf
Rain Bird Corporation – Golf Division manufactures
a wide range of irrigation products for golf courses: Pump
Stations, EAGLE™ gear drive rotors, the new EAGLE™ Wireless
Rotor series, field controllers, map-based central control
irrigation systems, decoders, swing joints, flow meters,
filtration systems, valves and irrigation accessories. Rain
Bird central control components are serviced and supported
by a comprehensive Global Service Plan (GSP). These products
are sold worldwide through an extensive network of specialty
irrigation distributors. For more information, please contact
1-800-RAINBIRD or www.rainbird.com.
