As travel speed increases, the sprayer, the boom, and even the spray pattern itself disrupt the air around it. Still not convinced of the perils of high speeds? Well, think about the aerodynamics of the sprayer itself. That means that higher booms often negate the benefit of angled sprays. The further they are from the target, the more likely they are to slow or even fall vertically before they reach the target. wheat heads) we have begun to employ angled sprays. For example, when spraying vertical targets (e.g. But higher booms reduce our control over the spray’s direction. Today’s sprayers have wide booms, and faster speeds often require us to keep these booms higher than we have in the past to prevent impacts. Once formed, that plume moves with the prevailing winds. This can be anywhere from one to 15% of the spray. The faster we move, the greater the proportion of the spray that ends up in the plume. Finally, negative pressure behind the pattern sucks even more fine spray into the sprayer wake.Ĭollectively, these create the dreaded “spray plume” that hangs behind the spray boom… and we’ve lost control over it.It scrubs the smallest droplets from the pattern, leaving them in the wake of the boom.It shears the spray, making it a bit finer.Let’s start with the spray boom.Īs the boom moves through air, the oncoming air does three things to the spray: This initial travel-speed decision requires an understanding of how spray gets delivered to the target.
Charts, apps, or online tools can help you select nozzles sized to deliver your application volume at a given speed and pressure. But now we have rate controllers, and we don’t have to think about such mundane things anymore… do we? Do we still do a good job if we go faster? What exactly happens when we speed up?īefore considering the role of the rate controller, you have to decide on an overall target-speed range. Since then they’ve delivered more powerful engines, better hydraulic motors, smoother suspension and cruise control.Įach of these innovations still required the operator to consider the relationship between travel speed, pressure, nozzle choice and the desired output per acre. Sprayer manufacturers knew this 25 years ago when pull-type sprayers first received bigger, suspended outrigger wheels. This makes higher travel speeds a seductive method for improving productivity.
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