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New technology from French sprayer maker Berthoud is claimed to reduce the requirement for nozzle changes. CPM visited the firm’s factory to find out more about this and other tech developments. What we wanted to achieve was a method of not only increasing the working range of the sprayer, but also the consistency of spray quality. By Martin Rickatson Nozzle-changing might not be the most time-consuming, complicated or costly activity in terms of machinery tasks, but for many sprayer operators on large-scale arable enterprises, making many passes with wide-boom machines across big acreages and multiple crops, it’s unlikely to be high up on a list of favourite farm jobs. Changes in crop type and stage, wind speed and weather windows can all require quick nozzle changes in order to ensure critical crop growth stage timings aren’t missed, and crops receive the required coverage and dose. Developments in manually or remotely adjustable multi-nozzle bodies may have alleviated some of the monotony and hassle of the task of adapting to changing conditions before a spraying task begins. But they can’t do so once the machine is on the move. The result is an inflexible system that means neither speed nor rate…
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