An upgrade to the Goldacres three-tier nozzle system means sprayer operators now have access to the right nozzle spray quality at the flick of a switch.
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Goldacres sales and marketing manager Steve Richards said the new 3TS Pro was controlled by a Raven Rate Control Module and available on the company's range of self-propelled sprayers.
A step up from the current Goldacres three-tier nozzle system, the new system adds a fourth nozzle, effectively widening the nozzle operating range.
"The three-tier system uses Rapid Fire to turn the nozzles on and off, it is an air operated nozzle body system," he said.
"It is like a three step gear box, you have a wider speed range but you can maintain the same rate.
"It has been regarded as the best coverage you can get and it is suited to a massive range of speed variations and maintaining the same rate.
"The 3TS Pro has an extra nozzle, so you can have four different size nozzles as a combination."
Mr Richards said this allowed the operator to switch between large and small nozzles to suit the application rate without having to leave the cabin.
"It always puts the nozzles at the right pressure, and you aren't reliant on just one nozzle size like with Pulse Width Modulation," he said.
"With PWM you are varying the amount of time the nozzles come on and off, whereas this systems is putting the correct nozzle at the correct operating range to match what you are putting out.
"By giving you an extra tier it effectively gives you seven nozzle combinations."
Mr Richards said the extra combinations meant a great deal of flexibility, for instance if an 0.15, 0.2 and 0.25 nozzles were used on the 3TS Pro, combinations ranging from 0.15 up to 0.6 of output were possible depending on which nozzles were engaged.
"On this system you can use any nozzles you want, including air-induction, it gives you the ultimate control, it takes away the manual step of switching your nozzles while giving you a wider range," he said.
Mr Richards said while suiting a contractor, the system was also perfect for stand-alone farmers who required a range of nozzle sizes throughout the year.
"We found a lot of contractors had tri-jets on a three-tier system, and if they went into a paddock where they wanted to put out say 120 litres a minute up from 60 litres, they would need to swap their nozzles around to maintain coverage," he said.
"You can have your big summer spray nozzles set up at the same time as a standard nozzle, or something fine for fungicide work."
