Actuators for Sluice Gates - ITRC

Actuators for Sluice Gates Alternatives to Commercially Available Products by Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805) 756-2379 on behalf of Water Conservation Offices of USBR Mid-Pacific Region and Yuma Offices INTRODUCTION Many modernization programs for the operation of canals that deliver water to the agricultural community involve the mechanization of canal Gates . gate Actuators provide a method of raising and lowering canal Gates using electric motors instead of human power. A common response to reports recommending gate Actuators has been that the cost of purchasing and the cost and complexity of maintaining commercially available Actuators are very high, in some cases high enough to jeopardize implementation of the modernization plan. On behalf of two USBR ( Bureau of Reclamation) Water Conservation offices (Mid-Pacific and Yuma), ITRC has investigated four alternatives to commercially available Actuators designed specifically for the operation of canal Gates .

Actuators for Sluice Gates Alternatives to Commercially Available Products . by. Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

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