Farmgate is the wire and tape division of Habipax Industries.

Our products are made with superior raw materials and methods and while the difference might not always be obvious to the naked eye - Farmgate products stand the tests of time and usability.

We manufacture using both Stainless Steel Wire and Tinned Copper Wire. Stainless Steel is the most cost effective wire and has an extended life span. However Tinned Copper Wire is the most conductive - around 50 times more conductive than Stainless Steel.

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The special High Density Polyethylene Monofilament and either the Stainless Steel or High Conductivity Tinned Copper Wire are wound on to bobbins and braided with circular braiders.

The advantages of this method against the cheaper twisted method are;

• It will not unravel because the interwoven threads of Polyethylene and wire prevent that. This also offers considerable strength.

• The wire relaxes off the reel because the Polyethylene stands are braided in opposite directions in the construction process. Compare this to twisting where all the strands are bound together by the twist in the same direction

• Braided Wire results in a smooth surface and will not cut into the plastic insulators or through the plastic coating on the top of an electric fence standard. In windy or exposed areas, this means the insulator will not be damaged and won't arc.

• There is a form of braided wire on the market that is not a true braid. The core of this product is normal twine with the poly and wire braided about it. When subjected to any wear and tear, it will separate from the core with a corresponding loss in effectiveness.

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• The advantage of woven tapes, as against the common knitted method, is that the weft passes both under and over the longitudinal warps, ensuring it will never unravel .  The conductivity wires will lie along the tapes without any interruptions, guaranteeing continual conductivity.

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• Powerwrapper This product is available in white and is likened to polywire but the difference with our product is that the wires are wrapped around the polyethylene and because they are all touching at the same time, this results in tremendous conductivity being achieved (4170 OHMS/KM).
  It is marketed in 200 and 500 metre lots which will fit onto a standard reel.
  It tends to be used in windy areas (ie It won’t catch the wind like tape) on a normal grass breakfeed situation.
  It will not unravel and relaxes off the reel.
  Breaking Strain is 57kgs.
  6 Stainless Steel strands of 2mm wire.

• Superwrapper Exactly the same product as Powerwrapper except that it is much stronger because it is thicker with twice the raw materials (ie Polyethylene). Conductivity for Superwrapper is 4540 OHMS/KM
  Breaking strain is 112kgs.
  6 Stainless Steel strands of 5mm wire

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Product Features

• They are manufactured as a tape gate (Roller Tape) or as a bungi gate (Roller Bungi).
• They are enclosed in a PVC Casing with a strong recoil spring that retracts the tape or bungi back inside the unit.
  This protects the product from livestock damage,U.V. breakdown etc and hence guarantees a longer life.
• The units are fully electrified in that they are simply attached to your mains unit and this means that the tape or bungi are live at all times.
  The maximum lengths of the products are
  

  Roller Tape          8.5 metres
  Roller Bungi         11.5 metres

• Dairy Farmers will be especially interested in the product in that the Roller Gate can be set up with a timer to open gateways at a preset time
  
  

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