Thursday, May 27, 2010
Mechanical backpack garden sprayers.
One of the more typical forms of pesticide application, particularly in conventional farming, is the use of mechanical backpack garden sprayers. Hydraulic sprayers is made up of tank, a pump, a lance (for single nozzles) or boom, along with a nozzle (or multiple nozzles). Sprayers change a pesticide formula, often including a combination of water (or another liquid chemical carrier, such as fertilizer) and chemical, into droplets, which are often large rain-type drops or very small almost-unseen particles. This conversion process is achieved by driving the spray mixture through a spray nozzle under tension. The size of droplets can be improved through the use of different nozzle sizes, or by adjusting the pressure under which it's forced, or the variety of both. Good sized droplets have the benefit of being less vunerable to spray drift, but demand more water for every unit of land covered. Because of static electrical energy, small droplets can then maximize connection with a targeted organism, but very still breeze conditions are required.
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