Fertilizer Injectors & Proportional Dosing
Injector choice is a trade between capital cost, accuracy and pressure loss. Venturi units are inexpensive and lose head; hydraulic proportional injectors are robust and water-driven; electric dosing pumps give the tightest control and demand power and maintenance. The right answer follows the required accuracy band and the pressure the system can spare.
Commercial applications
- Proportional nutrient injection into drip mainlines
- Acid dosing for pH and bicarbonate correction
- Chemigation of approved products under local regulation
- Retrofit dosing into existing irrigation heads
Who procures this
- Greenhouse and nursery operations
- Open-field drip producers
- Municipal and institutional agricultural projects
Why it matters commercially
Injection tolerance is specified and verified at commissioning rather than assumed from a brochure.
Head loss is quoted so the emitter pressure at the far end of the block still meets design.
Wetted materials are matched to acids and concentrated salts, extending service life.
What a complete RFQ specifies
Technical specification lines
- Injector type
- Venturi, hydraulic proportional or electric dosing pump
- Injection ratio
- Range and accuracy tolerance across the flow band
- Pressure loss
- Head loss at design flow and minimum required inlet pressure
- Materials
- Wetted parts resistant to nitric/phosphoric acid and concentrated salts
- Service
- Seal-kit availability, service interval and local support
Typical project sizes
- Nursery / small block
- 1 – 10 m³/h per injector
- Commercial head unit
- 10 – 100 m³/h, multi-channel
- Estate pump station
- 100 m³/h+, redundant channels
Standards, registrations and certification
- Backflow prevention and chemigation compliance for the destination country
- CE / UL certification for powered units
- ISO 9001 manufacturing quality
- Factory calibration certificate at delivery
Frequently asked questions
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