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Don’t try this tempting shortcut

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) June 12, 2020

There’s a call that I’ve been getting for 20 years now. It came again this week. Someone has a twincap with two small air-induced tips, and they’re applying herbicides and fungicides with low water volumes, often 5 gpa, sometimes less. They call because they ...Read More

What Nozzle is This? (Field Sprayers)

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) June 8, 2020

Us this handy visual guide to identify a mystery nozzle you may find on a field sprayer. We’ve included the most common low-drift nozzles found on North American, European, and Australian sprayers. The list does not contain any conventional flat fan nozzles. It’s in ...Read More

Categorizing air-assist sprayers by air-handling design

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) June 5, 2020

This article was co-developed with Mark Ledebuhr of Application Insight, LLC. Air handling systems Air handling systems can be specialists or generalists; some are designed to do one thing very well while others are more adaptable but not as precise. Fan type plays a ...Read More

Calibrating a Plot Sprayer for Airblast Crops

Aidan Morgan June 4, 2020

The calibration of handheld plot sprayers is an important part of agricultural research, and this article already covers all the bases… as long as you are spraying broadacre or row crops. But what happens when you are trying to emulate an airblast sprayer and ...Read More

Nozzle Selection for Boom Sprayers

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) May 30, 2020

Picking the correct nozzle for a spray job can be a daunting task. There is a lot of product selection, and a lot of different features. We try to break the process down into four steps. 1. Identify Your Needs Before making any assumptions ...Read More

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