advances in hort sprayer technology
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Dr. Jason Deveau Application Technology Specialist
OMAFRA, Simcoe, 2014
Advances in Hort Sprayer Technology
or “what have you done for me lately?”.
Photo courtesy of Gail Amos and David Zamora
“Drift: a ground-breaking advancement in multi-row applications”
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Shameless Promotional Slide
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• Working to reduce pesticide wastage and off-target contamination
• Developing methods to spray crops consistently
• Developing educational resources for sprayer operators
Jason Deveau
@ spray_guy
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defining sprayer advancements
Technologies: Equipment or chemistries that make spraying safer, easier, more efficient or more effective
Methods: Techniques to improve a spray application (or a sprayer operator)
Regulations: Company, municipal or federal rules that positively impact spray applications
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So, sprayer advancements are not just nifty gadgets.
..but they’re fun,
so I’ll show you a lot of them!
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Pentair HyPro’s Dual Reflex
• The dual body has a manual turret, but the operator can switch between the two tips from the cab
• e.g. from fertilizer to fungicide, from conventional flat fan to air induced or to dual asymmetrical fans
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Pattern-Master brushes
• Brushes mounted in front of the nozzle cut apparent windspeed, retaining many of the small droplets lost to wind and preserving the finer portion of the spray pattern
Pattern Master Brushes on the boom
- photo by Dean Scott
Winner of the ASABE AE50 Award for 2015
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Pattern Master Brushes in action - by Dean Scott
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“New” herbicides are coming…
• Our old friends dicamba and 2,4-D are volatile actives now chelated to salts like a balloon to an anchor. Even if vapour drift has been addressed, particle drift is still a concern…
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auto-level boom systems
• How do you keep a 120 foot boom at 20 inches at 25 mph?
• Slow down, drive on level ground and use auto-adjust
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Agritronics’ LED-illuminated booms
• Drivers can see the boom clearly during transport and the operator can assess tip patterns in poor light
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Pentair HyPro Express end bodies
• Faster shut-off valve operation, act as air aspirators and eliminate “dead zones” that retain pesticide during cleanout
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Peek-A-Boom remote boom control
• After-market remote control to turn boom sections on-or-off from outside the cab. Perform timed-output tests safely and with ease
• Deere and others offer similar systems to open and close boom sections
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• This calibration tool from Innoquest Inc. is much better than the classic pitcher & stopwatch approach
• +/- 2% accuracy and it will gauge a hollow cone’s output (US G/min, L/min or Oz/min) in ~15 sec
the SpotOn
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airblast sprayers evolved
• We’ve come a long way since this c.1910 Ontario orchard crew
• BUT, there haven’t been many advancements in Canada’s airblast fleet until recently.
…poor horse
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• Moulded tips are bright, colour-coded, fool-proof and last longer than disc-core… but don’t have high rates (I’ve asked TeeJet why)
You may have to change nozzle bodies, and sometimes that’s tough…
• Air induction tips, for example, create coarser droplets that resist drift and move more reliably when spraying high up but be careful - they produce fewer droplets
moulded tips on airblast
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moulded tips on airblast
• TeeJet AITX
• Albuz 60 degree cone
• Albuz low-Profile cone
• TeeJet TXR low-profile cone
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Flexible ducts and a gantry comprise the tower
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Each duct is paired to a nozzle body, including the option woolly apple aphid attachment
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Adjustable, offset double axle distributes weight and reduces ruts
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Access port separate from fill basket (operator safety during inspection)
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
150 L clean water tank supplies water to onboard tank rinse system
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
SS hydraulic tank screen and (optional) tank level sensor
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Hydraulic jet breaks up pesticide without a slurry
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H.S.S. Hol sprayer
Clean water source for handwash
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the Intelligent Sprayer
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The real Intelligent Sprayer…
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Fact: Optimum spray coverage saves money and maintains or improves efficacy
Problem: Sprayer operators have to make detailed changes to the sprayer for each significantly different crop
Objective: Develop an Intelligent Sprayer that makes the changes automatically
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Sprayer Anatomy
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Sprayer Anatomy
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Sprayer Anatomy
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Sprayer Anatomy
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what is pulse width modulation?
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J.C. Bakker and Sons Nursery St. Catharines
August 14, 2013
demo day
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Randy
Zondag
Heping
Zhu
Adam
Clark
Richard Derksen
Michael Reding
Chris Ranger
Charles Krause
Jim Locke
Erdal Ozkan
Luis Canas
Stan Ernst
Amy Fulcher
Robin Rosetta
principle investigators
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demo day
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demo day
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Intelligent Sprayer coverage
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• In U.S. tests in 2013, the Intelligent Sprayer reduced spray loss up to 87% and reduced spray volume by as much as 73% - and efficacy was great
• Wow...
results
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• Cost: $21,000 USD (not including labour to assemble or profit). For future mass production, component costs should decrease dramatically
• So, you can’t have one. What can you do to emulate it?
(un)availability
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Crop-Adapted Spraying
orchard variability
• Most pesticide label rates reflect the area of the planting (e.g. g/ha), not the area-density of the plant canopy
• A fixed, prescribed spray volume and/or rate is insufficient to match orchard variability
• An acre of corn is an acre of corn, but an acre of apple trees…
• An acre of corn is an acre of corn, but an acre of apple trees…
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1,000 L spray mix /ha
(1 g active / L) 500 L spray mix/ha
(1 g active / L)
250 L spray mix /ha
(1 g active / L)
Carrier
Pesticide
1 g active / L
1 2 3
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• Our Crop-Adapted Spraying (CAS) model is based on the work of many other people. It adapts the amount of active ingredient per unit ground area such that the amount of active ingredient per unit target area (usually the leaf area) remains constant for canopies of varying shape and density.
• When this is achieved with sufficient accuracy, the pesticide efficacy is maintained
research goals
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• Two years of testing in four orchards has demonstrated rates can be dropped by ~30% and there is no significant difference in pest activity or damage.
• Next year will be the third optimized rate spray program for 2 of the orchards – we are not expecting any issues related to prolonged use of reduced rates.
results to date
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app is in development – free in 2015
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Dr. Bernard Panneton, Ag Canada, QC
• Using LiDAR in apples, Bernard found more surface area was exposed when using just enough air to rustle leaves versus no air at all
• He also found that too much air (too fast, really) reduced surface area versus no air at all
airblast air
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airblast air
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airblast air
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• Set deflectors, fan gear, tractor rpm’s and ground speed
• Attach three 25 cm lengths of flagging tape at top, middle and bottom of far side of canopy
• Do this to three plants
adjusting airblast air
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Supplement
• Have a partner observe the tape as the sprayer drives by
• If air is too fast, increase ground speed, reduce rpm’s or lower fan gear
adjusting airblast air
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• This is a large tree – 20 feet in diameter
• However, it is an easy spray target because it is not the size of the box, it’s what’s in the box that matters
• A good trick is to look at the tree’s shadow. Then you’ll know if it’s open to spray
canopy management
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• Towers bring nozzles closer to the target
• Towers have the potential to improve spray penetration and reduce required output
• Towers reduce drift
tower power
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• Who says 540 rpm’s is the only way to go? As long as your tractor doesn’t lug, and you’re using a positive-displacement pump, you can try this
Gear Up, Throttle Down
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@ spray_guy
• This was too much, too quickly, but hopefully it inspires you to find out more. For more information, go to:
and so much more…
@ spray_guy