A work machine can include a frame; a spray system couple to the frame and including a spray bar having a plurality of nozzles; a pressure sensor to detect a pressure of a liquid within the spray bar; and a controller to determine whether the detected pressure of the liquid within the spray bar has exceeded a pre-determined pressure threshold.

The invention relates to an apparatus for the binding of dust, comprising a binder reservoir, which provides liquid binder which is under pressure, a binder line which is connected to the binder reservoir, wherein there is connected to the binder line at least one spray nozzle which may be located in the vicinity of a dust source. The apparatus is in particular so designed that large areas, which may extend over distances of several 100 m, may be supplied with binder, which may also be discharged, with these dimensions, in pulses at short intervals (1 second up to a few minutes).

The present disclosure provides a nozzle assembly including a unitary nozzle body having multiple flow channels therein. Spray nozzles are mounted to outlet ports of the flow channels, such as via a snap-fit connection. The spray nozzles can be keyed with the outlet ports to align them in a predetermined position and lock the spray nozzles and the nozzle body together radially. Vehicles and systems incorporating a nozzle assembly are also provided.

A spray gun alignment system precisely aligns a spray gun of a container spray machine for precision application of container coatings. The spray gun alignment system generates a spray gun alignment jig including a container holder adapter and a spray gun adapter. The container holder adapter is inserted into a container holder of the spray machine, and the spray gun adapter is fastened to the spray gun. The spray gun alignment jig is configured to position the spray gun in proper alignment with respect to the container holder.

An exhaust component assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing defining an internal cavity configured to receive an exhaust gas after-treatment component. A first chamber is in fluid communication with the internal cavity upstream of the exhaust gas after-treatment component. A first nozzle introduces fluid into the first chamber and a first valve controls flow of the fluid from the first chamber into the internal cavity. A heat source is associated with the first nozzle or first chamber. A second chamber is in fluid communication with the internal cavity upstream of the exhaust gas after-treatment component, and the second chamber is a non-heated chamber. A second nozzle introduces fluid into the second chamber and a second valve controls flow of the fluid from the second chamber into the internal cavity. A controller controls the first and second valves based on at least one predetermined operating condition.

The invention relates to a method and device for predicting a volume median diameter (VMD) in an overlapped spray area of twin nozzles. Placing a single nozzle at different heights to determine a spray area; measuring all VMDs in the spray area to obtain first true measured values; dividing the first true measured values to construct a first calibration set and a first prediction set; establishing a polynomial fitting formula by a REGRESS function; placing twin nozzles at different heights and different nozzle spacing, and measuring VMDs in the overlapped spray area to obtain second true measured values; determining simulated values of the VMDs of first and second nozzles; dividing the simulated values of the VMDs and the second true measured values to construct a second calibration set and a second prediction set; quantitatively calibrating by using a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) to obtain a prediction model; determining a VMD in the overlapped spray area of twin nozzles.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering droplets of fluids onto an open tray (15) containing poultry. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises a stationary working surface, a single arm (16) supporting a plurality of fluid dispensing nozzles, a drive unit for driving the translation of said arm (16), said plurality of dispensing nozzles being connected to at least one fluid supply circuit comprising a fluid reservoir and a pumping unit, a control unit configured to control the drive unit of the arm and to define at least one duration T of travel of the arm (16) above said working surface. The travel time T includes a period of gradual acceleration of said arm (16) outside an area of said working surface occupied by said tray and bringing said arm to a first end of said tray (15) along the first direction at a travel velocity V, a period of constant velocity V when the arm (16) moves above said tray (15), and a period of gradual deceleration of said arm (16) when the latter has passed a second end of the tray (15) along the first direction. The control unit is also configured to control each pumping unit and activate each pumping unit only when said arm is above said tray.

System for conveying and dispensing material may include a heated supply of the material, one or more heated hoses, a heated dispenser, and a pump having a heating device internal the pump. A pump for conveying liquid or liquefied material, for example chocolate, may include one or more heating devices disposed within the pump. A filter may also be provided with an optional internal heating device.

Systems and methods are described for generating low altitude clouds saturated with moisture above bodies of water including oceans, lakes, reservoirs, and rivers to generate rain down wind of the location of rain cloud generation.

Due to the dynamic mechanical loads to which motor vehicle traction batteries are subjected, housings of battery cells of the traction batteries are covered at least in part by an electrically insulating layer made from a coating material. For this purpose, a method and a coating station for carrying out the method are proposed. The method is performed with a liquid electrically insulating coating material, by applying separately produced individual drops of the coating material using a coating applicator. The drops form coating points on an outer surface of the housing, which coating points are applied sequentially with the coating applicator, adjacently to one another or overlapping, so that together they form coating lines.