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The Science Behind Drone Spraying
Droplets in the lab
The team at AutoSpray are working hard to provide the UK regulators, HSE and CRD, with the information they need on spraying from a drone in order to consider the use of active chemicals in the near future.
We started by taking the big XAG P40 Spray Drone down to the spray experts at the Silsoe Spray Applications Unit to see what size of droplets the spinning disk applicators were able to produce. Knowing this is a key factor in planning the upcoming drift trials.
It was instantly obvious why we’d been directed to SSAU, their knowledge and experience, backed up with their very high tech laser measurement systems, is unrivalled in the UK. We spent a long day getting our feet wet as we put the drone through a broad spectrum of flow rates and nozzle rotation speeds to get a full picture of the spinning disks performance.
The results were excellent and we’re now looking forward to the next round of trials.
Making the Headlines…
The UK is setting global standards for environmental protection and its farmers have always been world leaders in land stewardship. Now they’re using the latest technology to take the next steps towards a sustainable farming future.
Richard Westcott, the BBC's Science Correspondent spent the day finding out more about how autonomous robots can help UK farmers reduce their carbon and nitrogen footprint by working smarter.
As the government focusses it’s attention on climate change, some of the UK's most advanced Agri Tech companies got together with Tom Pearson, a leading regenerative farmer based in Cambridge.
Find out how other UK users are working with our large drones.
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XAG’s P100 is the largest commercial spray drone available. We thought we’d see how it coped on the steepest, smallest fields in the British Isles…
Cleaning wide-span greenhouses is not a popular job. In fact, most people refuse to even climb onto the roofs and who can blame them. We find out how a drone copes…
Do nematodes survive a drone spraying system? We put 500 million of the microscopic worms through the XAG drones spray system to find out. The results surprised everyone…
Shading huge greenhouses by drone is taking Europe’s horticultural world by storm. Saving time, money and most importantly, lives. Find out how…
With his fields almost flooded, Andrew asked if we could broadcast sow his next Oil Seed Rape crop into his wheat a couple of weeks before harvest. Here’s how we got on…
We answer the the No1 question that every farmer asks - “How many hectares an hour can the drone do?” On a 200 hectare seeding job we thought we’d find out…
One of Shropshire’s leading farmers asked us to inter-sow a crop of Stubble Turnips into his fields of wheat, a few weeks ahead of harvest.
