UV technology: horticulture without chemicals

UVRER offers horticultural professionals complete and adapted cleaning solutions to resolve contamination problems in all areas of the production process:

Recycling and disinfection of nutrient solutions
Recycling and disinfection of post-harvest solutions
Elimination of suspended bacteria and fungi in cold rooms
Disinfection of petals and stems before packaging

Like any fresh product, cut flowers are extremely fragile and perishable. They therefore require specific handling and treatments to ensure optimal presentation and preservation.

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Network water

• UV disinfection allows the destruction of all microorganisms

• Securing network water
Rainwater tank

• Submerged lamps for a constant disinfection of the stored fluid

• Prevents bacterial propagation on the walls of the tank

• Eliminates incoming microorganisms
Drilling

• UV disinfection allows the destruction of all microorganisms

• Limits the constitution of the biofilm

• Instant disinfection
Fertilizer station

• Global bacteriological protection at the entrance to the farm

• Instant disinfection

• Effective on all types of microorganisms (Botrytis, Agrobacterium and others)

• Unmodified physicochemical water criterion

• Reduction in the use of chemicals
Drain return recycling

• Limit the risk of contamination linked to the recirculation of the nutrient solution.
• Save nutrient compounds by recycling them
• Capitalize on respect for the environment
• Personalized study of your project
• Very low operating cost and great flexibility of adaptation thanks to modular and compact concepts
Transport

• Air and surfaces disinfection of the transport vehicle
• System designed to resist impact while the vehicle is in motion
• Possibility of treating only the air of the vehicle and thus have a compatible device with human presence
Recycling the preservation solution

• Limit the risk of contamination linked to the reuse of the preservation solution
• Save your conservation solution by recycling it
• Capitalize on respect for the environment
• Very low operating cost and great flexibility of adaptation thanks to modular and compact concepts
Surface disinfection tunnel

• Reduction of production losses by limiting the development of botrytis at the entrance to the sorting process, during packaging and during transport
• Increased shelf life
• Securing the quality of production
• Decrease in the use of preservative chemicals
• Protection of personnel and their environment
Water treatment

• Applications: Cold room, production workshop, storage warehouse, etc.
• Effective for reducing microorganisms and removing VOCs such as ethylene
• No secondary pollution by ozone discharge, an ecological process that respects the environment
• Safety of use: UVc are contained and operating personnel are not subject to their effect

PREVENT BOTRYTIS PROLIFERATION USING UV

In a confined and humid atmosphere, the flowers can develop a mold on the petal, Botrytis Cinerea, which makes them unsuitable for marketing. Flowers can be contaminated by this fungus through air, water or direct contact with other affected flowers.

This micro-organism, which develops even in refrigerated premises (positive cold), is responsible for significant losses, due to poor presentation but also poor preservation. These very easily airborne spores can, through cross-contamination, attack all the flowers on the premises and cause significant financial losses.

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TRADITIONAL SOLUTIONS

As a substitute for the necessary treatments by spraying in cultivation or dipping at harvest, one of the common solutions is to treat the air in warehouses using fungicide fumigants, but this is expensive, dangerous for staff and this process leaves deposits on all surfaces. It is also important to note that numerous studies highlight the ability of Botrytis strains to become resistant to the chemical substances usually used.

UVDT: THE UVRER SOLUTION

Discover UVDT, an industrial concept of order preparation and processing before packaging allowing the drying and disinfection of flowers before shipment, by directly treating problematic microorganisms at the source, at the surface of the flowers.

Technical advantages

Trolley disinfection efficiency = 600 stems/min per trolley under UVDT
Sealing of the cables next to the fans
Easy height positioning adapted to buckets and stems height
High powerful fans for drying the stems
Metal pulleys, lenght increased, strong stability

Characteristics

Lamp life time: 9 000 hours
Electrical power: from 570 to 950 W/h
Supply: 220-230 V AC 50 Hz

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WHY CHOOSE UVDT?

Minimal handling: the UVDT system moves easily and takes up little space. It can therefore be very easily integrated into an existing packaging line
Speed of treatment: high efficiency in a minimum of time
More respectful and effective disinfection of flowers. Reduction in the use and handling of disinfection products
Device perfectly adaptable to an existing conveyor
Possibility of designing a mobile processing device that can adapt to different specifications

Sterilization of all surfaces of the treated product
The combined treatment of the product and its packaging makes it possible to considerably reduce contamination by micro-organisms, which results in a longer shelf life
All systems are equipped with lamp protection to ensure that no glass debris comes into contact with the products in the event of lamp breakage
Significant reduction in the use of chemicals