Abstract: A boom section for an agricultural sprayer supports a plumbing pipe and a plurality of spray nozzles attached thereto. The boom section includes first and second upper beams, first and second lower beams, and gusset plates. The first and second upper beams and the first and second lower beams define an open interior between the first and second upper beams and the first and second lower beams. The gusset plates are disposed in the open interior, and are coupled to each of the first and second upper beams and first and second lower beams. The gusset plates extending from the first and second upper beams to the first and second lower beams in alternating angles in an interleaved manner. Each of the gusset plates has at least one cutout area defining a void sufficient to receive the plumbing pipe such that the spray nozzles are disposed within the open interior.

Abstract: Provided is a method of coating at least an area of a surface by a Drop-on-Demand (DOD) method, comprising the steps of providing a DOD dispensing head (1) with at least two individually controllable nozzles (2) arranged in a row, which is moved by a robotic device, applying a movement to the DOD dispensing head parallel while maintaining a distance between the nozzles (2) and the surface, wherein the movement comprises a rotation of the dispensing head around an axis perpendicular to the surface, dispensing discrete amounts of a the liquid coating material through the at least one nozzle onto the surface, wherein firing of the at least 2 nozzles is triggered non-synchronously by a control unit.

Abstract: A sprayer support including a housing for a high-voltage unit or plug, a guiding member for at least one coating product hose, a retention member for air hoses, a first fastening member for fastening to a robot, and a second fastening member for fastening to a sprayer. The housing, the guiding member, the retention member, the first fastening member, and the second fastening member are formed from a single part.

Abstract: A kit for a spray gun including a sleeve delimiting an inner volume provided to contain a pressurized fluid, the sleeve being configured to be connected to a main body of a spray gun, the sleeve having a radial periphery delimiting a fluid outlet of the sleeve and at least one orifice emerging on the radial periphery and fluidly connecting the inner volume and the radial periphery, a connector having an intake end connected to the fluid outlet and a connecting end suitable for being connected to a cup so as to fluidly connect the cup to the inner volume of the sleeve, and a ring surrounding the sleeve and covering the fluid outlet outside the intake end of the connector.

Abstract: An atomizer having an atomizer head configured to atomize a first fluid. The atomizer includes, in addition, a measurement module including at least one sensor configured to measure the values of at least one parameter of the atomizer, an electronic control module configured to receive the measured values, and a power supply configured to electrically supply the control module with a power supply voltage.

Abstract: A boom for an agricultural machine includes at least two boom sections and a breakaway system. The first boom section connects to a vehicle and supports fluid delivery components. The second boom section connects to the first boom section in an extended position aligned with the first boom section. The breakaway system is coupled between the first boom section and the second boom section. The breakaway system moves the second boom section with respect to the first boom an initial amount in response to an external force exceeding an initial resistance of the breakaway system, and moves the first boom beyond the initial amount in response to the external force exceeding a second resistance of the breakaway system, wherein the initial resistance is greater than the second resistance. The breakaway system is further configured to return the second boom to the extended position upon removal of the external force.

Abstract: A system for analysing drops capable of being ejected by a coating product applicator, includes a light source configured to illuminate a drop ejection zone, designated observation zone; a first image acquisition device configured to acquire an image of the observation zone; and an image analyser configured to determine, from the image of the observation zone, the presence of drops at a given distance from the applicator, the size of the drops and the absence of satellite; the light source and the first image acquisition device being situated on a same side of the observation zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container grinding system having a box equipped with a closing device coupled to a first safety device, the box having a container introduction opening arranged in a top part of the box and capable of being closed by the closing device, the grinding system having a grinder having at least one grinding shaft for shredding chipped containers, a filtering basket recovering the ground material from the grinding of containers, and a set of rinse nozzles, the grinding system being configured so that following the introduction of a container into the box for grinding the same, the first safety device inhibits the operation of the grinder as long as the closing device does not ensure closing of the box.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for application of coverage product on a surface using a print head that is mounted on a robot arm, and that is made up of a body equipped with at least one printing nozzle. The method includes a) defining a strip of surface to be coated, b) defining a trajectory for the strip of surface, the trajectory including a succession of reference points, c) removing a strip of surface from an information sheet modelling the surface to be coated, d) restarting at a) until the modelled surface to be coated becomes a null area, e) defining an activation program for each print head nozzle on each trajectory, and f) applying the coverage product by activating each print head nozzle on the different trajectories depending on the orientation of the print head at each reference point, based on the activation program.

Abstract: An agricultural device includes a boom having a supply line for transporting liquid product and nozzles along the boom, each nozzle operatively connected to the supply line. A liquid product supply is connected to the supply line for supplying the liquid product to be sprayed. A pressure regulation unit includes a nozzle controller for controlling opening and closing of a nozzle. A speed detector measures speed of the device. The pressure regulation unit and/or the nozzle controller calculate nozzle timing data for each nozzle including a spraying frequency and a maximum closing time. The speed is provided to the pressure regulation unit and/or the nozzle controller for calculation of nozzle operation data. The nozzle controller operates each of the nozzles based on the calculated nozzle timing data and the maximum closing time is not exceeded to obtain a homogeneous spraying of the liquid product over a surface of a field.

Abstract: An electrostatic powdering robot for a powder booth, the robot including a projector for performing electrostatic powder coating. In order to reduce the time required for powder removal from the booth and facilitate automation of powder removal, the robot further includes a robotic arm, which is articulated and which carries the projector for positioning the projector, as well as a blower, for blowing a powder removal fluid, preferably air, the robotic arm carrying the blower to position the blower inside the booth, so that the blower blows the powder removal fluid onto a surface to be de-powdered inside the electrostatic powdering booth and thereby removes the residual powder coating the surface to be de-powdered.

Abstract: A turbine for a fluid-ejecting device, including a body and a rotor rotating a bowl about an axis, the turbine also including a tube mounted coaxially with the body and intended to be mounted coaxially with a skirt, a first portion of the tube being surrounded by the turbine body and a second portion being surrounded by the skirt and offset in the downstream direction relative to the first portion, the tube being rotatable about the axis relative to the body, the body preventing the translational movement of the tube parallel to the axis, and the outer face of the aforementioned second portion having a first thread engaging with a second thread formed on the skirt in order to press the skirt against the turbine body.

Abstract: A spraying system for an agricultural vehicle including a spraying boom and a circuit including a tank, a pump, a pilot-operated pressure regulator and a plurality of spraying sections each including at least one spraying device including at least one spraying nozzle designed to spray treatment liquid on plants to be treated in the field, a first distributor and at least one direct acting pressure limiter, the circuit also including a second distributor and a spraying system a control unit designed to implement a step to prime the spraying system.

Abstract: A method applying a bead of a coating product to a surface by a print head equipped with nozzles, each centered on a central axis, the coating product application moves the print head and the surface relative to each other, by moving the print head along a fixed trajectory relative to the surface without rotating the print head about an axis parallel to the central axes of the nozzles. The method includes selecting certain nozzles for a point of the trajectory based on the trajectory direction at this point, and activating the selected nozzles at this point. The selected nozzles are arranged in a line, or form part of a nozzle group delimited by a line, whose regression line coincides with a line as close as possible to a line perpendicular to the trajectory direction from among lines that can be defined with nozzles of the print head.

Abstract: A method for dosing an injection product into a base product, in particular, for the production of a finishing and/or protective paint product, including the following steps: (a) supply of a mixing device, (b) establishment of a continuous flow of base product, (c) injection of the injection product into the continuous flow for a given time, (d) measurement of the amount of injection product injected, (e) calculation of a desired amount of base product based on the amount of injection product injected, steps (c), (d) and (e) being repeated when the amount of base product having passed since the start of step (c) is equal to the amount of base product desired, the injection product being injected into the base product only during step (c).

Abstract: A spraying assembly is provided. The spraying assembly includes at least one nozzle for liquid that is to be sprayed, and at least one active substance injector which is situated directly upstream from the at least one nozzle and to which liquid to be sprayed is supplied by a pump or a pressurized reservoir, with interposition of an obturator on a conduit connecting the pump or the pressurized reservoir to the injector. The spraying assembly also includes an outlet valve for each injector designed to close each outlet orifice. The present invention avoids overdosing or underdosing of the product that is to be sprayed as active substance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of selectively treating vegetation in a field with a treatment apparatus that is configured to move in the field and to treat vegetation in the field. In particular, the method includes determining a location of target vegetation in the field and having the treatment apparatus, such as a sprayer, move to the target vegetation in the field and treat the tart vegetation in the field with a treatment applicator disposed on the treatment apparatus.

Abstract: An applicator for a coating product comprising printing nozzles, each including an outlet channel emerging in the downstream direction by a coating product discharge orifice. The printing nozzles are distributed on at least two faces of a body of the applicator and the discharge orifices of these nozzles extend along at least two nonparallel planes.

Abstract: An application device for a viscous adhesive comprising a base body having a first inlet for a viscous adhesive; and a nozzle body which is rotatable about an axis with respect to the base body and which surrounds a portion of the base body radially on the outside with respect to the axis, wherein, via the interaction of a first dynamic seal with a separating agent chamber, in which a separating agent is stored, the introduction of humidity into the adhesive before it exits the nozzle opening is effectively prevented.

Abstract: A coating of a coating medium, produced by means of a multichannel printhead (5) in a coating region (3) on a two- or three-dimensional surface (2) of an object (1), which is built up from coating points (8) along tracks (7) of one or more coating paths (6), characterized in that the starting coating point (HP) of at least one track (7) is aligned with a starting contour (AK) and an end coating point (EP) of the track (7) is aligned with an end contour (EK).