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Kentucky | Great Summary smillhorn
Couple Notes:
1. In the early days of AIM Command liquid nitrogen was not recommended. Capstan used an old clip over style coil that had potential issues with nitrogen wicking. Capstan has undergone a few generations of solenoid valves since then and the current valve is compatible with liquid nitrogen.
2. The plastic tip on the plunger is subject to wear - the more corrosive the environment the faster the wear. Materials like UAN are particularly abrasive and cause the plunger tips to wear faster than typical chemical solutions. This only means a higher service interval for that particular component (the plunger assembly).
3. A couple years ago Needham evaluated his stream bars on an blended pulse machine and did not feel there were any issues, I also believe he posted on here about that particular sprayer but I believe it was long ago and is no longer searchable. In any manner to smillhorn's point - Capstan has not conducted distribution tests on those stream bars so if you do use them it could be a good idea to perform a distribution test along the drops at variable speeds or outputs.
4. Also as smillhorn stated - use water to perform a flush and dont leave the corrosive materials around the plunger assemblies for extended idle periods.
5. To size your tips you will need to use the GPM = (Speed * Rate* Nozzle Spacing)/5940 and adjust for the material density you are using. For speed use your maximum application speed. This will give you your orifice size in gallons per minute.
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AIM Command with Fert?
