FAIRWAY SPRINKLERS BEING INSTALLED

Similar to the greens installation the 2" HDPE lateral pipes are being pulled in using a vibratory plow. This method eliminates the need for an open trench. Using HDPE eliminates solvent weld connections in the pipe. All HDPE connections are butt fused. The process involves heating the two pipes ends that will be joined and holding them together under a constant pressure until the material cools. The result is a incredibly strong weld that has a higher burst point than the pipe. The single communication cable is laid in the trough with the pipe. The Towson system was designed with two wire paths, 550 sprinklers on the red wire path and 550 on the green wire path. Each wire travels back to Doug Halls office where the central control computer communicates individually with each sprinkler providing detailed information on each sprinklers status and condition.

2" pipe and communication wire being plowed.

This sprinkler head is ready to be installed.

The ends of each pipe and fitting were already heated. This machine holds
smaller pipe together while it cools.

Here we see a transition from the PVC sub-mainline to 2" HDPE pipe.