TechnoAlpin's development team created new nozzle valve technology, which is used on lances and fan guns to ensure that not a single drop of water is wasted. The water in the nozzle valves is no longer discharged downward during operation but rather driven forward into the air jet and converted into snow. A calculation example for the TLX series lances shows just how much water this can save:
With conventional lances, each valve step switch empties the lance pipe channel, diverts the water and distributes it underground. The amount of water lost in this way at each step switch corresponds to 0.75l/m x 9-m lance pipe = 6.75 l. An average of 50 valve switches were determined per lance and season. Per lance, this corresponds to a loss of 350 l per season. An average lance system consists of about 300 lances. The new technology can therefore save around 100,000 liters of water per season.
