Abstract: A dry supplement injection system produces a supplement slurry which is continuously introduced into a flow of irrigation water. The injection system includes a hopper having a cylindrical upper portion and a tapered lower portion terminating at a slurry outlet opening. An inverted perforated funnel assembly is disposed within the hopper. A spray nozzle connected to a water inlet pipe sprays water onto the inner surface of the funnel such that particles of micronized supplement in the hopper are washed through the perforated funnel forming a slurry. A mixing pan disposed below the hopper acts as a reservoir to hold slurry until pumped out through a slurry pump which pumps the slurry into a pressurized irrigation water pipe. Gravity feed of the slurry may replace the slurry pump for applications where the irrigation water is non-pressurized such as flood irrigation.

Abstract: A dry supplement injection system and method for fertigation of crops, and a micronized supplement for use in the dry supplement injection system to fertilize the crops. The injection system is connectable to a water supply to produce a slurry with the supplement which is continuously introduced into a flow of irrigation water for watering the crops. The injection system includes a hopper having a cylindrical upper portion having a supplement inlet opening and a tapered lower portion terminating at a slurry outlet opening. A perforated funnel assembly is disposed within the hopper that includes an inverted, perforated funnel with a vertically disposed inlet pipe that extends through an upper opening of the funnel and which is clamped to the funnel, with a spray nozzle connected to a lower end of the inlet pipe to spray water onto an inner surface of the funnel.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle transmission in which the clutch is controlled by an actuator including a cylinder to which fluid can be supplied by way of valves. The valves are controlled to give at least two phases of clutch engagement. In the first phase the valves are controlled by a processor so that the clutch starts to transmit a small torque. This phase is followed by a further phase in which if the vehicle brakes are applied the clutch is controlled in accordance with the law E=KdN/dT where E equals the error which the control system seeks to minimize, N is the engine speed, T the time and K a constant. If the brakes are not applied or when they are released the clutch is controlled so as to control at one of a plurality of constant rates, the acceleration of the engine.