Agriculture
Power at the end of the line, where a failure costs a season.
New Zealand and the Pacific
Manufacturing Power Solutions for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Industry and Communities
across Australia,
Powering
Overview
Farms sit at the far end of long rural feeders, often kilometres from the nearest substation, with voltage that sags under motor starting loads and equipment exposed to dust, heat, stock and weather. When a unit fails on an irrigation run in February, lead time matters more than price. That is the argument for a manufacturer down the road rather than a container on the water.
What agriculture needs from its electrical supply
Irrigation, dairy and processing loads are motor-heavy and start hard. On a weak rural feeder that means voltage dip, nuisance tripping and premature equipment wear, and the transformer has to be specified against starting current rather than nameplate demand alone.
The environment does the rest. Ambient temperatures well above standard design assumptions, airborne dust and chaff, corrosive fertiliser and effluent atmospheres, vermin and stock contact, and long stretches with nobody looking at the asset.
Then there is distance. A remote site with a failed transformer is off until a replacement arrives. Tyree manufactures in Australia and New Zealand and holds safety stock of key raw materials, so the replacement conversation is a production conversation rather than a shipping one.
What we supply to agriculture
Switchboards and Cable
Single-source supply
Low-voltage switchboards tested to AS/NZS 61439, plus cable and wire from the same manufacturer and the same point of contact.
Standard
As/Nzs 61439
Cable Range
2,000+ Products
Mini Pad Substations
Proven, reliable and quickly deployable
Compact padmount units for pump stations, sheds and processing facilities, with corrosion resistant tank finish and aluminium HV and LV cubicles.
RATINGS
100-1500 kva
Voltage
11 and 22 kv
Distribution Transformers
Pole-mount and kiosk
Round-coil, core-type design with in-house conductor manufacturing, built for rural reticulation and end-of-line supply.
Design
Round-coil, core-type
Standard
AS/NZS 60076
Why growers and rural contractors choose Tyree
MANUFACTURED HERE
Made in Australia, for Australia
Manufactured locally for this market, not just Australian-branded. Designed against local conditions and local standards rather than adapted from an export specification.
TESTED IN HOUSE
Our own testing laboratories
Routine, special and type testing in our own labs, ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified, with full material and process traceability on every product.
SINGLE SOURCE
One supplier, one point of contact
Transformer, substation, switchboard, cable and wire from the same vertically integrated group, so the interfaces between them are our problem rather than yours.
AFTER DELIVERY
Field service, not just supply
On-site installation support, commissioning, training and in-field testing, then ongoing service, maintenance and technical support.