Basic Maintenance Tips for Your Agriculture Sprayer

An agriculture sprayer is widely used to apply herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and micronutrients on plants in the form of spray and dust.  types of agriculture spray machines and dusters are available in the Indian market in different sizes for plant protection.

The main use of the sprayer is to break the liquid into tiny droplets of effective size and then distribute the droplets uniformly over the plants to regulate the amount of liquid to avoid excessive usage. In this article, we will discuss how can we care for and maintain this essential farm implement easily.

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List of Daily Maintenance Tips of Agriculture Sprayer:

Proper maintenance and care of an implement extend its life and gives maximum efficiency in the field. The following are a few important tips to be observed:

• All the installed washers should be soaked in oil or water before use.

• Before starting the task, the ends of the spray nozzle should be unscrewed

        and cleaned.

• When spraying ends, it should be operated for some time with clean water

        to remove sediments from the pressure vessel and the discharge tube.

• To keep the sprayers serviceable, they should be thoroughly cleaned regularly.

• In power sprayers, special attention is required like lubricating oil of the engine

        should be changed as per the manual.

• Packing should not be disturbed until a leak is observed.

• The spray pump should not be operated at more than recommended pressure.

• The oil level in the engine pump should be checked and all grease points should

         be greased once a day.

• The recommended or essential oils and fuels should always be used in the engine.

• The Spray nozzle and spray gun should be thoroughly cleaned after use. It can

         be done by blowing through it or by using a fine bristle.

Weekly Maintenance Areas

• Torque lug nuts because wheel deflection can loosen the lug nuts.

• Torque boom lead bolts.

• Greasing steering and axle components.

• Greasing rear suspension.

• Greasing king pins.

• Greasing center axle pivot.

• Checking differential fluid level for leaks.

• Rephasing steering cylinders.

• Adjusting poly tank straps.

• Adjusting boom.

Monthly Maintenance Areas

• Greasing the driveline.

• Adjusting poly tank straps.

• Torque axle bolts.

• Checking hydraulic filter indicator.

• Cleaning radiator.

• Inspecting and cleaning the engine air filter.

• Inspecting the cab air filter.

• Inspecting boom for damage and boom pipe for leaks.

• Inspecting the hydraulic system for leaks.

• Cycling rear suspension all the way up and down.

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