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Rain Out Shelter

Size: 200 Sq.mtr to 2000 Sq. mtr.

Rainout shelters are designed to protect a certain area of land against receiving precipitations/rain so that an experimentally controlled drought stress can be imposed on that area. Many types of rainout shelters were designed and used, with better or lesser results but above mentioned designed are best to our knowledge. There are two main designs: (1) static and (2) movable. Within the moveable design there are automatic/motorized and manual versions. The automatic version is signaled to move over the protected plot by a rain sensor and an electric drive system. The manual version is moved either by manually pushing it ("manually pushed") over the protected plot.
It will is moved into the parking space whenever rain is expected to cease completely. Good weather forecasting service is therefore important. If forecasting is unreliable, better have the shelter over the protected plot more time than expected. Therefore, the shelter construction must allow sufficient light inside as well as some ventilation.
The direction of the protected plot and the parking place of the shelter will be designed so that the parked shelter will not shade the plot in the morning or the evening and that the direction of the wind would not allow rain to blow under the shelter. The shelter parking place cannot be used for growing experimental plots. This structure will race on parallel rail & rail of GI iron channel

  • Specification
  • Structure with sq. GI Pipe 72mm x 72mm (verticals) 50mm x 50mm (trusses) and 50mm x 25mm (purlins) 25mmx 25mm (Bressing)
  • Covering with Maximum transmission depending upon thickness of the poly carbonate sheet OR covered with or UV stabilized Poly film.
  • Automatic Motorized Rolling Mechanism on wheels on rails with arrangements for easy movement, quick locking and unlocking, latches and adequate safety features while operating.
  • The complete motorized rolling mechanism including control panel, motor drive etc. will have a redundant backup system so that moving facility will keep working with standby arrangement even during failure of primary drive mechanism.
  • Rolling Caster wheels with high stress bearing
  • Rolling mechanism Power operated geared motor mechanism (with lock by that shade cannot move due to wind force) to move the rainout shelter to and fro.
  • Light & Rain Sensor with data logger