396-4412Y1 QuickDraw 3000 Operator’s Manual 13 Revised 02/20/2020
Recipes consist of automated bulk products and manually added products. The automated
bulk products are the products that are connected to the QuickDraw product valves. These products
hook up directly to valves 1-4 or 1-6 depending on the QuickDraw model. The system can pull in
bulk products automatically as long as the total amount required for that product for the batch is
greater than 0.5 gallons on a Venturi (Non-suction) model or 1.0 gallons on a Pump Suction model.
Anything that is in powder form or less than the minimum stated above would be considered a
manually added product. The process will pause when it gets to these products in the cycle and
allow for the operator to use the optional Swing Down eductor system available from SureFire or the
operator can use the inductor system on their sprayer, if available, to add these products to the
batch. When finished adding a manual product, a tap on the screen tells the controller to continue to
the next product). Do not delay in adding the manual products, as carrier is being pumped at 40
GPM during this time. A delay (especially on a small batch) could result in all the carrier being
pumped before all the chemicals are added. If there will be a delay, PAUSE the batch.
The recipe information used to create a batch is as follows.
PRELOAD VOLUME: An amount can be entered here if the operator wishes to preload an amount
of the carrier before any product is loaded. A warning will be generated if the preload amount is too
large for the batch size.
PRODUCT NAME: The name of the product used in the recipe.
RATE: The application rate/acre of each product. The units are set on the Edit Recipe Screen under
Volume Units. The Rate can be changed here for a particular batch.
ORDER: This is the order that the products get loaded (as determined by the operator). Products
are set up in the recipe based on which valve they are hooked up to (i.e. Product 1 is Valve 1,
Product 2 is Valve 2 etc). Products do not have to be loaded in valve order. The load order is set on
the Recipe screen by the operator and products can be loaded in any order, regardless of valve
number, or regardless of whether it is an Automatic or Manual product. This allows the recipe to call
for a manual product first and then go through the bulk automated products and then back to a
manual product again or load them in any order the operator chooses.
PRODUCT VOLUME: This column displays the amount of product necessary in the selected
totalizer units for that product. This is calculated by taking the number of acres times the rate
entered and then converting from the rate units to the totalizer units. For example, if the rate is 32
Oz/Acre, the batch size is 100 Acres, and the totalizing units for the product is in gallons, then the
product volume is 32(oz/acre) * 100(acre) / (128 oz/gal) = 25 gal
TOTAL: This column shows the total amount needed for this batch for this product in the total batch
units (either gal or liters). For example, if a batch needs 200 pts of product, then the total will read
25 GAL (200 / 8 = 25).
PROD(UCT) RINSE (TIME): This sets the rinse time before each product is batched. If this is set to
3 seconds, the rinse valve will be open for 3 seconds prior to the product valve opening which will
rinse the common header for that time period. The default and minimum time is 3 seconds.
FINAL RINSE sets a final post rinse time (default and minimum is 10 sec). When the last product
has been completely batched, the rinse valve will remain open to make sure all products are rinsed
out of the system.
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