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Nozzle Selection
Points???
$$ go bye, bye
Changing rates (< an ounce/acre)
More foliar applied products (herbicides)
More sophisticated equipment - $$$
Environmental impact (water and air)
Inefficient
Variable rates
Site-specific
Nozzles Control
Amount
of spray applied
Uniformity of the spray
Coverage on the target
Amount of off-target drift
Nozzle Types
Flat Spray Tips:
Extended Range Flat-fan
Drift Reduction Flat-fan
Turbo Flood Flat-fan
Turbo Flat-fan
AI Flat-fan
TurboDrop
Raindrop
Nomenclature:
Extended Range
Trade Name
(S,H,P,K,SS)
Stainless Steel Insert Orifice
VisiFlo Color Coding
Fan angle and flow rateorifice size
Rated Pressure =
40 psi for most nozzle types
10 psi for turbo flood nozzles
Even flat-fan
XR 11004
8002E
(Band applications)
Turbo flood -
TF- 4
(small capacity)
Turbo flood
QCTF - 40
XR
Extended-range
110
04
80
02
TF
Turbo flood
.4 GPM @ 10 psi
QCTF
40
(Floater capacity)
Electronics/Rate Controllers
How
Even flat-fan
XR 11004
8002E
(Band applications)
Turbo flood -
TF- 4
(small capacity)
Turbo flood
QCTF - 40
XR
Extended-range
110
04
80
02
TF
Turbo flood
.4 GPM @ 10 psi
QCTF
40
(Floater capacity)
Set Up For
Uniformity
What is the first step?
Use label to select the
application volume
product rate
nozzle spacing
Label requirements?
X 0.682
= 5 MPH
Buy a speed
Set Up For
Uniformity
What is the first step?
Use label to select the
application volume
product rate
nozzle spacing
1.2
Hard Stainless
2.1
Kematal
6.1
Stainless
7.5
Zytel
11.4
Brass
0
8 10 12 14 16
Coverage
#$!@&%!
#$!@&%!
GPA=
5940
Calculations
Calculates
Calculates for
for amount
amount of
of flow
flow
from
from one
one nozzle
nozzle
Represents
Represents the
the size
size of
of nozzle
nozzle to
to
put
put on
on the
the sprayer
sprayer
Ok,
Ok, now
now II
remember!
remember!
GPA=
5940
Calculations
Calibration/Nozzle Selection
What is the first step?
Use label to select the
application volume
product rate
nozzle spacing
Calculate GPM
Size of nozzle!
Calculates
Calculates for
for amount
amount of
of flow
flow
from
from one
one nozzle
nozzle
Represents
Represents the
the size
size of
of nozzle
nozzle to
to
put
put on
on the
the sprayer
sprayer
Where:
GPA
GPM
MPH
W
=
=
=
=
______________________
gallons per acre
______________________
gallons per minute
______________________
miles
per
hour
______________________
Variables
1. Nozzle Flow Rate - Gallons Per Minute (GPM)
To double the nozzle output, the pressure
must increase 4 times
2. Ground speed - Miles Per Hour (MPH)
Doubling the ground speed reduces GPA rate by___
1/2
3. Effective Sprayed Width (W) (Nozzle spacing, band
width, number of nozzles on drop)
Electronics/Rate Controllers
How does your system
work when speed
changes?
What is the effect of
going slower?
What is the effect of
going faster?
GPM Example
You want to broadcast a foliar
herbicide at 10 GPA traveling 5 MPH
using extended range flat-fan nozzles
on 20-inch spacing.
Use equation to calculate for flow rate?
GPA x MPH x W
GPM
5940
GPM=? GPA=?
GPM=?
GPA=10
MPH=?
MPH=5
W=?
W=20
GPA x MPH x W
GPM
5940
10 x 5 x
GPM
5940
Answer
.17
20