CASE STUDY
Commercial Horticulture & Agriculture
Royal Brinkman, Netherlands
Lutz-Jesco Dosing Pumps in Royal Brinkman Greenhouses
Greenhouse Nutrient Dosing • Deployed across 14 countries • Equipment: Magdos LD series
Project Details
- Client: Royal Brinkman (founded 1885)
- Industry: Commercial Horticulture & Agriculture
- Location: Netherlands — global deployment across 14 countries
- Project Type: Greenhouse Nutrient Dosing & Water Purification Infrastructure
- Equipment: Magdos LD dosing pump series (advanced solenoid-driven diaphragm technology)
- Dosing Accuracy: ±2% reproducibility
- Solution Partner: Water Treatment Supply
Project Overview
Royal Brinkman, a globally distinguished horticultural installer founded in 1885, set out to develop a state-of-the-art greenhouse water treatment solution to help professional growers maximise crop yields while driving environmental sustainability.
The company engineered an advanced system that feeds essential growth formulas while simultaneously executing targeted hydrogen peroxide dosing. By integrating high-efficiency Lutz-Jesco equipment, they created a highly reliable water treatment package now deployed to commercial vegetable, flower, pot-plant, and soft-fruit growers worldwide.
Designing a high-performance greenhouse irrigation dosing network that simultaneously manages plant growth and system hygiene presents strict operational challenges. Standard fluid pumps lacked the technical accuracy and chemical resistance required. Royal Brinkman needed a heavy-duty, factory-calibrated dosing layout built to maintain precise, automated water quality parameters day in and day out.
The Challenge
Deliver Exact Volumetric Reproducibility
Crop nutrients and oxidising agents had to be fed with high consistency — minor dosing errors could ruin delicate root zones or produce poor growth.
Keep Large-Scale Piping Networks Clean
An environmentally friendly conditioning agent such as hydrogen peroxide had to eradicate pathogenic microorganisms and bio-films without leaving toxic residues in the soil.
Operate With Minimal Maintenance Overhead
The system must run continuously across remote commercial cultivation facilities without calibration drift, mechanical wear, or excessive energy consumption.
Respond Dynamically to System Flows
Chemical feed rates needed to adjust automatically based on external sensor inputs such as active pH levels or water line velocity changes.
Our Solution
Lutz-Jesco supplied advanced solenoid-driven diaphragm technology to serve as the core mechanical heart of Royal Brinkman’s technical water systems — the Magdos LD dosing pump series.
Engineered with advanced magnetic drive technology, Magdos LD units were chosen to handle the strict chemical injection duties. This solenoid-driven design moves fluid without a direct, wear-prone mechanical motor linkage, minimising maintenance while operating with high energy efficiency. The pump’s internal configuration delivers a dosing reproducibility accuracy of ±2%, ensuring both aggressive cleaning solutions and concentrated growth nutrients reach the primary irrigation lines in exact, non-deviating volumes.
Why the Magdos LD Series?
Advanced Magnetic Drive
Solenoid drive removes the complex mechanical linkage between motor and dosing head, cutting the wear points that drive routine maintenance on conventional pumps.
±2% Dosing Reproducibility
Exact, repeatable injection volumes for both concentrated growth nutrients and aggressive oxidising cleaning solutions.
Chemical Compatibility
Excellent compatibility profiles allow the pumps to handle liquid acids and hydrogen peroxide without material degradation.
Installation Configuration
The Lutz-Jesco pumps are integrated directly onto Royal Brinkman’s central water technology skids, selected specifically against the targeted dosage requirements and total flow capacities of each greenhouse system.
To achieve automated fluid control, the pumps are tied to an inline water pulse meter and external monitoring loops. In field practice this operates alongside a specialised pH control sequence: as raw water cycles through the treatment loop, the pump injects an acid or a hydrogen peroxide control solution based on real-time feedback. This synchronised process keeps the downstream piping systems perfectly clean while ensuring stable greenhouse nutrient dosing delivery directly to the plants.
Equipment Configuration
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product | Lutz-Jesco Magdos LD dosing pump series |
| Drive Technology | Advanced solenoid-driven diaphragm with magnetic drive |
| Dosing Accuracy | ±2% reproducibility across all injected treatment solutions |
| Chemicals Handled | Concentrated growth nutrients, liquid acids, hydrogen peroxide |
| Integration | Mounted on central water technology skids, sized to each greenhouse’s dosage and flow capacity |
| Control | Inline water pulse meter and pH monitoring loops driving automatic feed-rate adjustment |
Results & Impact
The dosing layout now underpins Royal Brinkman installations for commercial vegetable, flower, pot-plant and soft-fruit growers in 14 countries — holding nutrient accuracy and irrigation-line hygiene to the same standard on every site.
Enhanced Commercial Productivity
Global growers improved cultivation yields and maximised greenhouse productivity through accurate, automated fluid balancing.
Unmatched Dosing Accuracy
A strict reproducibility standard of within ±2% for all injected treatment solutions, achieved via advanced magnetic drive systems.
Piping Integrity & System Hygiene
Harmful microorganisms and bio-clogging were eliminated within irrigation lines using eco-friendly hydrogen peroxide that breaks down naturally into water and oxygen.
Low-Maintenance Operational Profiles
Manual upkeep and operational energy costs dropped sharply across international greenhouse installations thanks to the low-wear solenoid design.
Dynamic Automated Control
A highly responsive automated water treatment layout adjusts chemical output on the fly via inline pulse meters and pH control loops.
Before & After Comparison
| Parameter | Before Implementation | After Implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Dosing Precision & Accuracy | High risk of volume drift or nutrient variance | Exact, repeatable injection within ±2% accuracy |
| Irrigation Line Hygiene | Vulnerable to bio-clogging and microbial growth | Kept completely clean via automated H2O2 injection |
| Environmental Sustainability | Risk of persistent chemical residues in crops | Clean breakdown of treatments into water and oxygen |
| System Automation Level | Manual oversight or rigid unguided dosing rates | Fully dynamic pacing driven by inline water pulse meters |
| Equipment Wear & Maintenance | Frequent maintenance from complex mechanical drives | Low-maintenance operation with advanced magnetic drives |
Customer Benefits
Precise Nutrient and Chemical Control
The Magdos LD family injects critical additives with high technical accuracy, providing an optimal environment for commercial plant growth without over-dosing.
Sustainable Greenhouse Water Management
Automation that enables eco-friendly hydrogen peroxide treatment supports modern, sustainable agriculture by purifying water lines without toxic chemical runoff.
Industrial Reliability and Efficiency
Energy-efficient magnetic drive technology ensures a long operational lifespan with low routine maintenance, maximising uptime for commercial growers.
Looking for Precision Dosing Solutions for Your Application?
Water Treatment Supply offers specialised dosing pumps, storage tanks, and automated fluid controls built for environments that demand long-term reliability — from heavy industrial water conditioning to professional agricultural greenhouse irrigation lines.
Tell us your dosage requirement, flow capacity and chemical profile, and our team will specify a pump configuration to match.