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- Title
Wireless flow-sensor to inspect spray rate controllers.
- Authors
Declercq, J.; Matthys, E.; Defays, G.; Huyghebaert, B.; Nuyttens, D.
- Abstract
In Belgium, the mandatory inspection of sprayers was already started up in 1996 and the 8th inspection cycle (2017-2018-2019) is currently running. The inspection of sprayers is performed by official and mobile teams ruled by two inspection authorities and the management is done by the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Public Health and the Environment (FAVV). In the Flemish region the inspection is delegated to the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO). In the past decade the number of field crop sprayers equipped with a spray rate controller increased significantly. In the first inspection cycle (1996-1998), only 4.58% of the field crop sprayers were equipped with a spray rate controller in Flanders. In the 7th inspection cycle (2014-2016), this percentage increased significantly to 26.92%. As the original inspection method for spray rate controllers showed some lacks and was time consuming, ILVO developed a simple and reliable method to test rate controllers on field crop and orchard sprayers.
- Subjects
SPRAYING &; dusting in agriculture; AGRICULTURAL equipment; FLOW sensors; CONSUMER protection; ELECTRIC controllers
- Publication
Berichte aus dem Julius Kühn-Institut, 2018, Issue 196, p176
- ISSN
1866-590X
- Publication type
Article