
OPERATION
GRIZZLY® ULV SPRAYER
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Theory of Operations
The CLARKE Grizzly Cold Aerosol Fog Generator is designed for precision metering of
concentrated insecticide through the discharge nozzle head. Any desired flow rate, within limits, can
be easily set on the flow rate scale. When fogging, the concentrated insecticide is drawn from the
insecticide tank and pumped at the preset rate with constant, even flow to the discharge nozzle head
where it is sheared into optimum size droplets by the air blast from the blower and dispersed into the
atmosphere. After dispersal, the droplets stay suspended in the air and drift with prevailing winds to
insect infested areas. The optimum size of a particular insecticide droplet is defined on the
registration label for that insecticide and can be controlled by varying either the nozzle air pressure,
the insecticide flow rate or both. Changing the speed of the engine will vary the nozzle air pressure.
Slowing down the engine decreases the pressure which increases the droplet size because of less
shearing action and conversely, speeding the engine up increases the pressure which decreases the
droplet size for a particular flow rate. The correct flow rate will be defined on the registration label
for that insecticide. As stated above, the flow rate also affects the droplet size. The droplet size tends
to increase as the flow rate increases. Optimum size droplets must be maintained and should be
checked periodically by an authorized person.
Particle Size
The air pressure at the nozzle and the volume of the chemical flow changes particle size. Particle
size is specified on the label of the insecticide for that insecticide. This is a part of the label and a
part of the legal use of that insecticide.
It is the responsibility of the user of the equipment and the insecticide to determine that the particle
size developed by the ULV Cold Aerosol Fog Generator he is using is proper for the chemical that is
being used. That is the law.
Insecticide labels discuss the determination of particle size and the suppliers of the insecticide
should be equipped to measure, or help you measure, the particle size produced by your ULV Cold
Aerosol Fog Generator. The ULV Cold Aerosol Fog Generator should not be operated unless the
required particle size is known and measured.
Clarke Engineering Technologies, Inc. can not tell you what air pressure to use with a particular
insecticide to get the particle size required by the label. There are too many variables involved, such
as chemical mixture, flow rate and the temperature of the insecticide.
Your Clarke representative or distributor can work with you to be sure you are producing the correct
particle size for the insecticide used.
GRIZZLY® ULV SPRAYER