What are different types of nozzles used in agriculture sprayers?

What are different types of nozzles used in agriculture sprayers?

Nozzle

• Nozzle.
• The Nozzle Tip is one of the most important and least expensive part of a spraying system. Adjustable nozzle.
• Double swirl spray nozzle.
• Selecting a spray nozzle.
• Hollow cone nozzles-Disc and core type.
• Flat fan nozzles.
• Floodjet nozzles.
• Adjustable nozzles.

Which type of nozzle is used for herbicide spray?

Regular flat-fan nozzles
Regular flat-fan nozzles are used for most broadcast spraying of herbicides and for certain insecticides when foliar penetration and coverage are not required. These nozzles produce a flat oval spray pattern with tapered edges (Figure 1).

What do the numbers on spray nozzles mean?

Most companies identify their flat-fan nozzles with a four or five digit number (Figure 2). The first numbers are the spray angle and the other numbers signify the discharge rate at rated pressure. For example, an 8005 has an 80 degree spray angle and will apply 0.5 gallons per minute (GPM) at rated pressure of 40 psi.

Which of the following nozzle is used for fertilizer spraying?

Hollow-cone nozzles (Figure 2F) generally are used to apply insecticides or fungicides to field crops when foliage penetration and complete coverage of the leaf surface is required. These nozzles operate in a pressure range from 40 to 100 psi.

How many gallons does it take to spray an acre?

Answer: On average, 1 gallon of mixed solution will cover about 1000 sq/ft, so it would take you about 44 gallons to cover an entire acre.

What is a Boomless nozzle?

Boomless nozzles are used for vegetative management activities where it’s not practical, or sometimes even impossible, to use a horizontal boom. Consider highway easements and ditches, railways, and infrastructure like buildings, powerline poles or fence posts.

How do you size a nozzle?

The correct nozzle height is measured from the nozzle to the target, which may be the top of the ground, growing canopy, or stubble. Use 110-degree nozzles when booms are less than 30 inches high with 30-inch nozzle spacing; use 80-degree nozzles when the booms are higher.