Thin Plastic Film Welding

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Depending on the application, very thin films and membranes can be prefabricated with an automatic welding machine and processed on site.

Large, head-high fabric tunnels as well as protective films for asparagus and strawberries are used both in professional agriculture and in hobby gardens. They protect plants from weeds, pests and storms. They are also used to optimize the harvest. Such fabric tunnels and protective films are welded by hand with automatic welding machines.

Fabric tunnel

Vegetables and fruit are grown well protected from wind and weather in a fabric tunnel. Such temporary greenhouses consist of metal arched struts covered with fabric.

The metal struts are anchored in the floor and then covered with a thin, transparent plastic film. This variant can be found both in the hobby gardener and in professional vegetable cultivation and has many advantages: Harvest protection, especially against bad weather (e.g. heavy rain, hail and snow), earlier harvesting compared to field crops, optimisation of harvesting, protection against pests as well as better use of beneficial organisms, which is an important issue especially in organic farming.