Calibrating your sprayer – Ag Spray Equipment TR300E User Manual

Page 3

Text mode
Original mode

CALIBRATING YOUR SPRAYER

HAMILTON NOZZLE 654201

CALIBRATING YOUR SPRAYER

To determine pressure & GPA with a boomless nozzle use this calibration for it is different than a boom calibration:

EXAMPLE:

Refer to Chart

OPERATING DATA OF 180* NOZZLES

SPRAYERS ARE SUPPLIED w/ #10

Orfice

GPM

Swath

GALLON PER ACRE

Number PSI

180*

3 MPH

4 MPH

5 MPH

8 MPH

10 MPH

1.7

44'

6.4

4.8

3.8

2.4

1.9

2.0

46'

7.2

5.4

4.3

2.7

2.2

48'

7.6

5.7

4.5

2.9

2.3

2.4

50'

7.9

5.9

4.8

3.0

2.4

3.7

50'

12.2

9.2

7.3

4.6

3.7

#10

4.2

50'

13.9

10.4

8.3

5.2

4.2

4.6

52'

14.6

10.9

8.8

5.5

4.4

5.0

52'

15.8

11.9

9.5

5.9

4.8

5.1

54'

15.6

11.6

9.3

5.8

4.7

#20

5.9

54'

18.0

13.5

10.8

6.8

5.4

6.7

56'

19.7

14.8

11.8

7.4

5.9

7.1

58'

20.2

15.1

12.1

7.6

6.1

GPM

Gallons Per Minute

GPA

Gallons Per Acre

MPH

Miles Per Hour

PSI

Pressure Per Square Inch

GPA =

495 x GPM

MPH x Swath in feet

495 (constant) x 4.2gpm

4mph x 50ft swath

2079

200

10.395 GPA