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Use and maintenance ATOMIZER ON VISION MULTIFUNCTION MACHINE
4.2.7 SUPPLY
Firstofall,itshouldberememberedthatthequantityofplant
protectionproducttobeusedperhectareisalwaysthesame
regardlessofthemachineusedandisshownonthepacka-
ging.
Supposethat foronehectare 3kgof productisneededin
1000litersofwater.
Witha normalatomizer300 gramsper100 literswouldbe
used.
Determinationoftheeffectiveinter-rowdistancetobetreated
(inmeters).Itmeansthewidthofthelandthatincludesthe
numberofrowstreatedateachpassage,alsotakingintoac-
countthesidestobesprayed.
Eachplanthastwosidesandthereforeitmustbeconsidered
whethertotreatthemtogetherinapassorseparately.
Generally,theeffectiveinter-rowdistancetobetreatedcorre-
spondstotheinter-rowarea(Fig.13).
Liters per hectare 100 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1200 1400
Working time LITRES / MINUTE
10,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0 80,0 90,0 100,0 120,0 140,0
15,0 6,7 10,0 13,3 16,7 20,0 26,7 33,3 40,0 46,7 53,3 60,0 66,7 80,0 93,3
20,0 5,0 7,5 10,0 12,5 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 35,0 40,0 45,0 50,0 60,0 70,0
25,0 4,0 6,0 8,0 10,0 12,0 16,0 20,0 24,0 28,0 32,0 36,0 40,0 48,0 56,0
30,0 3,3 5,0 6,7 8,3 10,0 13,3 16,7 20,0 23,3 26,7 30,0 33,3 40,0 46,7
35,0 2,9 4,3 5,7 7,1 8,6 11,4 14,3 17,1 20,0 22,9 25,7 28,6 34,3 40,0
40,0 2,5 3,8 5,0 6,3 7,5 10,0 12,5 15,0 17,5 20,0 22,5 25,0 30,0 35,0
45,0 2,2 3,3 4,4 5,6 6,7 8,9 11,1 13,3 15,6 17,8 20,0 22,2 26,7 31,1
50,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 8,0 10,0 12,0 14,0 16,01 8,0 20,0 24,0 28,0
55,0 1,8 2,7 3,6 4,5 5,5 7,3 9,1 10,9 12,7 14,5 16,4 18,2 21,8 25,5
60,0 1,7 2,5 3,3 4,2 5,0 6,7 8,3 10,0 11,7 13,3 15,0 16,7 20,0 23,3
65,0 1,5 2,3 3,1 3,8 4,6 6,2 7,7 9,2 10,8 12,3 13,8 15,4 18,5 21,5
70,0 1,4 2,1 2,9 3,6 4,3 5,7 7,1 8,6 10,0 11,4 12,9 14,3 17,1 20,0
80,0 1,3 1,9 2,5 3,1 3,8 5,0 6,3 7,5 8,8 10,0 11,3 12,5 15,0 17,5
90,0 1,1 1,7 2,2 2,8 3,3 4,4 5,6 6,7 7,8 8,9 10,0 11,1 13,3 15,6
TABLE 2
Fig. 13 - Inter-row distances
A
C
B
Inthecase«A»theeffectiveinter-rowdistanceisequaltohalf
of«D»havingtosprayonlyhalfarow.
Inthe«B»casetheeffectiveinter-rowdistanceisequalto«D»
wherehalfofthewatermustbesprayedontherightandhalf
ontheleft.
Inthe«C»case,2completerowsaresprayedwithonepass
andthereforethe effectiveinter-rowdistance would be2D,
i.e.double.Pleaserefertothedeliverytableforliters/hectare.
CAUTION: Adjust the atomizer with the parameters
obtained during the preliminary works.
- Makethellingofthehandcleaningtankasarstwork(3
Fig.16)soastoalwayshaveasourceofcleanwateravai-
lable.
- Preparemixturesin awell-locatedplace. If outdoors,the
presenceofwindincreasestheriskofcontamination.
- Thedoseofproduct,previouslycalculated,tobemixedwith
eachllingmustbeweighedaccurately.
- Inthepresenceofammableproducts,avoidtheproximity
ofopenames,embersorincandescentbodies.
- Washandrinsethefreshlyemptiedproductpackageswith
cleanwater-collectthewashingwaterandpouritintothe
tankbeforelling-placethepackagesintheprovidedcon-
tainer or collection area.
- Washtheequipmentandtoolsusedinthepreparationbefo-
restoringthemattheplacewherethechemicalsarestored.
- Topreventanypossibilityofcontaminationofthingsorani-
malsand/orpeople,alwaysleavetheplaceofloadingand
preparationofthemixtureintheappropriateconditions.
- Toprovideaguidetothetreatmentandtoavoidemptyor
overlappingcoverage,marktheeldorthepassagearea
oftheatomizer.
- Beforestartingthetreatment,shakethemixtureinthetank,
recyclingitsvolumeinthetimenecessarytomakeithomo-