TESTING OF THE BERTHOUD MACHINE FOR

PHYTOSANITARY TREATMENTS FROM THE POINT OF

VIEW OF WORKING QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS

Cioban Flaviu-Sebastian

1
Department of Technical and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine
Cluj-Napoca, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;

Keywords:Phytosanitary treatments, nozzles, tests, pressures and heights.

Introduction Results
Plant protection one of the most
important links in crop production technology worldwide and a At a height of 50 cm from the test stand, all the
key factor in this pressures tested on the 0.3 nozzles with air injection had
production and labor productivity. Improper use of pesticides very good results, the coefficient of variation being very
contributes to air pollution.
Studies carried out throughout the European Union show that small.
75-90% of certain
pesticides evaporate from the felds.
Aim
Through this study we follow the behavior of ALBUZ 80-02 NOZZLES
AND LECHLER ID
120-03 NOZZLES during the work process, the correct selection of the
nozzle type according to
the working conditions and purpose, the size of the jet angle, the degree
of coverage at low
pressure, decreasing nozzle size, droplet size and drift reduction.

Materials and Method

. BERTHOUD d.p matic 4 phytosanitary treatment machine

was used as material, and the test stand is Hesrbst Test 1000. The
Fig. 5 Obtained results
measurement of the

machine's solution level was carried out with the test stand, which, with
the help of

each measuring cup, observes the accuracy of the nozzles, which are
determined with

ultrasound.

Fig. 1 Test stand and

treatment machine

Fig. 2 White nozzles

Fig 6 Results obtained with .02

albumen dies,

After experimental testing, it was found that when using the Albuz 80-
02 nozzles, at low heights, the uniformity of the distribution is
unacceptable and the phytosanitary treatment machines cannot be
operated in these conditions. At the height of 50-70 cm., it is possible
to work at pressures between 2.5 and 5 bars, but it is recommended
Fig 4 Treatment machine that the nozzles be replaced.
Fig 3 nozzles lechler

Conclusion
We recommend checking the nozzles and changing them
after a long period of use.