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Would it be possible to estimate viscosity using a calibrated pump and some kind of “time to spray” test (in which a specific amount of force is used to express
by steve_adams_86 3y ago
Would it be possible to estimate viscosity using a calibrated pump and some kind of “time to spray” test (in which a specific amount of force is used to express the fluid through a nozzle), then use that viscosity measurement to set the pressure for the spray to get more consistent results?
Or does that make absolutely no sense? I’m not sure how you can reliably measure fluid properties in order to get consistent spray patterns. It seems like it would be useful here, though.
You can tell I’m not an engineer :)
- bluGill 3y agoYes, and there is manual calibration to do that sometimes. (Iirc for sprayers most chemicals are 99% water so the factory does that, but planters often do have a process where you dump seed for a minute and then measure what came out). However you still need different nozzles for different fluid rates.