‘Next Generation Growing’ has meanwhile become part of many a grower’s cultivation strategy. It stands for optimising production while reducing energy consumption.
The key elements of it are the following:
Ventilation accuracy is crucial for Next Generation Growing. Van der Valk Horti Systems’ ValkTrussRail ventilation mechanism prevents ventilation windows from misaligning and not closing properly and ensures extremely uniform ventilation openings, making it the ideal solution for climate security for a greenhouse’s entire service life.
At Van der Valk Horti Systems, precision is a vision. The quality of the ventilation mechanism is a key factor in creating the right growing conditions, and therefore also for crop yield and energy costs. The functionality and sophisticated design of each of the separate components is extremely important for aspects such as durability, installation speed, and affordability. And it also helps prevent wear, light loss, and maintenance costs. The ValkTrussRail system has meanwhile more than proven itself on all these counts. It has been installed millions of times across the globe!
The ValkPushRod is the rod used to push up the ventilation window and works best in combination with the ValkStabiMax hinge.
The ValkStabiMax hinge ensures a strong connection between the ValkPushRods and ValkDriveTube.
The ValkLockPin is used to attach the ValkPushRod to the ventilation window.
The ValkRailBracket guides the ValkDriveTube.
You can’t have functional ventilation windows without a drive system. Van der Valk Horti Systems produces reliable reduced ValkDriveTubes to guarantee constant quality.
You can’t have functional ventilation windows without a drive system. Van der Valk Horti Systems produces reliable drive shafts using a welding robot to guarantee constant quality.
The ValkTrussRail ventilation mechanism is calculated completely for each situation using the unique WinTop calculation program, which was developed in partnership with TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.
Based on various variables (the geometry of the roof, the maximum local wind load, the required opening angle, etc.), all factors that may affect the system’s reliability are calculated. Such factors include the required structural strength, clearance between the mechanism and the roof structure, and the position of the rail consoles and rack and pinions.
We can, of course, tell you all about how great our product is, but we prefer to leave that to our partners, who have been using our systems for years. Read here what they think about the ValkTrussRail!
