Hypro Nozzles NOVEMBER 2015 1 Nozzles for Boom
Hypro Nozzles NOVEMBER 2015 1
Nozzles for Boom Sprayers • Durable Polyacetal material • Batch tested to +/- 2. 5% flow and correct angle at 3 bar • Available in Fast. Cap assemblies NOVEMBER 2015 2
Ultra Low Drift / Drift Beta Features Benefits • Larger air filled droplet ‒ Up to 90% drift reduction • Thick 60 degree fan ‒ Ideal for soil applied and systemic chemicals • Compact design ‒ Prevents damage • Twin air inlets ‒ Holds spray pattern down to 1 bar • Upwards facing air inlets ‒ Prevents spray liquid escape • Fast. Cap option available ‒ Easy to fit Side view showing thick pattern HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 3
Ultra Low Drift (ULD) • Coarser sprays like ULD are ideal for soil applied agrochemicals where foliar wetting is not important • They can also be used on larger targets where the chemical moves within the plant HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 4
Guardian Air (GA) Features Benefits • Finest air included droplets ‒ Good coverage at low water rates. Suitable for a wide range of targets • Small rearward incline ‒ Even front and back coverage. • Holds pattern down to 1 bar ‒ 75% drift reduction at 1 -1. 5 bar Fast. Cap option available ‒ Easy to fit Side view showing rear incline HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 5
Guardian Air (GA) NOVEMBER 2015 6
Guardian Air (GA) Managing drift using forward speed 3 bar at 12 kph = 100 l/ha at optimum spray quality for coverage 1. 5 bar at 8 kph = 100 l/ha at 3 star Lerap (>75% drift reduction) NOVEMBER 2015 7
Guardian Air (GA) • A finer air inclusion sprayed straight down is effective in reaching weeds and stem bases in cereal crops • GA nozzle is also ideal for wheat ear spray fungicides where there is often only a small weather window HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 8
Guardian Air Twin (GAT) Features Benefits • Finest air included droplets ‒ Good coverage at lower water rates • Twin inclined sprays ‒ Gets underneath crop canopies • Easy-twist' locking cap ‒ Easily fitted and removed • Outlets similar size to single ‒ More tolerant of blockage Side view showing twin sprays HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 9
Guardian Air Twin (GAT) GA GAT VP HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 10
Guardian Air Twin (GAT) • A twin 30° inclined spray with finer air inclusion droplets is effective in getting into crop canopies for fungicides and desiccant applications • It is also effective at getting spray coverage onto all the sides of soil clods and ridges HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 11
Air Induction Nozzles – Droplet size ranking • Beware! • There are big differences between AI nozzles Larger Smaller Source: UK HGCA Nozzle Selection Chart 2010, reprinted 2014 HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 12
AI Nozzles – Guardian Air More droplets = Better Coverage Teejet AIXR 025 Bubble jet 025 Guardian Air 025 HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 13
Air Induction Nozzles – Droplet number Source: Calculation of droplet number from relative droplet sizes in UK HGCA Nozzle Selection Chart 2010, reprinted 2014 HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 14
Variable Pressure (VP) Features Benefits • Hold pattern down to 1 bar ‒ Ideal for spray controllers • Mixed spray quality ‒ Ideal for a range of targets • Fast. Cap option available ‒ Easy to fit • 110⁰ or 80⁰ spray angles ‒ Suit different boom heights and cap inclines Front view showing pattern HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 15
Variable Pressure (VP) VP 03 – 3 bar ‘Fine’ spray 2 VP 015 in a Twin Cap – 3 bar ‘Fine’ spray HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 16
Variable Pressure (VP) • An extended range flat fan spray contains finer drops that helps wet smaller targets in the autumn and early spring • It is also an excellent general purpose spray where drift is not a problem HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 17
VPTech Features Benefits • Hold pattern down to 1 bar ‒ Ideal for spray controllers • Mixed spray quality ‒ Ideal for a range of targets • 30 degree incline ‒ Ideal for small grass weeds • Built in cap and seal ‒ Easy to fit • Fully sealed 2 nd outlet ‒ No chemical trapped • 110⁰ or 80⁰ spray angles ‒ Suit different boom heights & cap inclines Alternate for best efficacy HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 18
VPTech • An inclined 80⁰ spray angle gives a similar spray pattern as a 110⁰ spray angle spraying straight down • A narrower spray angle reduces the proportion of finer droplets Inclined spray 110⁰ angle = wider spray footprint Inclined spray 80⁰ angle Straight down 110⁰ angle NOVEMBER 2015 19
VPTech HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 20
VPTech • This field of Linseed has been sprayed with just one post emergence grass weed Herbicide. The sprayer used was fitted with two types of nozzle Vertical 17. 5 Blackgrass heads/m 2 Standard flat fans Inclined 6. 3 Blackgrass heads/m 2 Inclined flat fan spray HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 21
VPTech • The spray quality and incline of VPTech are designed to give good control of small grass weeds • It is also ideal for contact acting chemicals on larger canopies such as potato blight fungicides HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 22
ESI (Liquid Fertiliser Nozzle) Features • • • Benefits ‒ Excellent fertiliser distribution, not prone to blockage Solid streams ‒ Minimal retention and crop scorch Compact Fastcap ‒ Prevents damage, easily fitted and removed Durable pre-orifice ‒ Resists abrasion Protected outlets ‒ Prevents damage 6 offset outlets Six streams HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 23
ESI (Liquid Fertliser Nozzle) • ESI pattern shown at 3 heights to illustrate optimisation of fertiliser distribution 40 cm 50 cm 60 cm HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 24
ESI (Liquid Fertliser Nozzle) • A specialist liquid fertiliser nozzle that can easily be fitted onto a rotating nozzle holder for quick changes during the spring spraying season • It achieves similar accuracy of application to ‘dribble bars’ HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 25
European Nozzle Decision Tree HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 26
Nozzles for Boom Sprayers HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 27
HGCA Nozzle recommendations HYPRO NOZZLE TRAINING NOVEMBER 2015 28
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