He kakaikahi nā kūlana ʻehu maikaʻi a nui nā kumu i ka pāʻani ʻana i kekahi manawa e nānā ʻole ʻia ke kumu. ʻO nā mea ʻekolu a ka mea ʻehu e hiki ai a kāohi ai i ke koho nozzle, kiʻekiʻe boom a me ka wikiwiki o ka rig spray.
I kēia mau lā, ua nui ka nānā ʻana i kekahi o nā ʻenehana hou e pili ana i ka ʻike weuweu a me ka ʻike naʻaupō (AI), a makemake nui nā ʻoihana e like me Goldacres e hāʻawi i kēia mau mea kanu i ko lākou hele ʻana mai i ka mākeke, akā ʻo kā lākou luna kūʻai aku kūʻai aku a me ka hana kūʻai aku, ʻo Stephen ʻ sayslelo ʻo Richards ʻo nā ʻenehana ma hope o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o droplet pono a hilinaʻi hoʻi i ka pahuhopu ke waiho ma waena o kā lākou hoʻolālā rig spray.
"I ka hopena o ka lā, inā ʻaʻole i pa i nā pahu hua o ka huahana i ka pahu hopu i koi ʻia, ua haʻalele paha ʻoe i ka rig spray i ka hale," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ke ala ʻoi loa e hōʻoia ai e hoʻopili ʻia ka mahele lāʻau kūpono a pale i ka ʻauheʻe o ka spray e nānā pono i ka hoʻonohonoho pono ʻana i ka rig a me ka hana maikaʻi ʻana."
I nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, aia kahi kipi malulu i ka hoʻolālā nozzle a ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mea i kipaku ʻia e ka pono e hoʻopau i ka makaʻu o ke kahe ʻana o ka makani a i ʻole ka hopu ʻia ʻana i nā papa hoʻohuli wela.
"I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo ka noz maʻamau ka XRT-jet pā piko kīʻamo i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke kaomi o 1 a i ka 4 bar, i hāʻawi maikaʻi ʻia i ka uhi ʻana i nā kūlana ʻehu maikaʻi, akā ua hana pū kekahi i nā droplets maikaʻi aʻe e heʻe maʻalahi," wahi a Stephen. "Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā nozzles o kēia au me ke koʻikoʻi i ka hana ʻana i ka waena i nā kulu wai ākea a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā helu wai kiʻekiʻe e loaʻa pono ai ke kaʻe."
Loaʻa i nā nozzles hou kahi laulā kaomi ākea o 1 a 6, a i ʻole 1 a i ʻole 8 bar, e kūpono ana i kahi ʻano nozela kūpono no nā ʻano noi like ʻole. Ke noʻonoʻo nei i ka wikiwiki o ka honua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stephen ʻo nā ʻenehana ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka helu ma o ka boom ua hiki i nā mea hana mīkini e kūkulu i nā mea sprayers i hiki ke hana i nā wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe a uhi i nā wahi he nui i ka lā.
"Ua loaʻa i nā Goldrres self-propelled sprayers kahi ʻōnaehana noke 3-tier ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka papa mua o nā nozzles liʻiliʻi ke holo ka mīkini ma 5 a 10 km / hr a laila hana ka lua a me ke kolu o nā set i ka wā o ka ke holo nei ka mīkini ma nā wikiwiki ʻoi aku, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Mālama kēia i ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka helu huahana kūpono ma nā headland a me nā wahi a ka mea lawelawe e lohi ai. ʻO kahi koho ʻē aʻe ka ʻōnaehana 'ākea ākea' e hoʻoponopono ai i ka leo ma o nā nozzles i pane i nā loli i ka wikiwiki o ka honua.
"Maikaʻi loa ʻo Pulsing no ka uku pānaʻi me kahi paila nui, kahi o nā nozzles kokoke i ka piko o waho e neʻe ʻelua mau wikiwiki ʻana ma mua o ka nozzles kokoke i ka mīkini," wahi a Stephen. "Kuhi ʻia kēia ma lalo o ka noi ʻana o ka huahana ma ka piko a noi loa ma kahi o ke kikowaena. ʻO ke kūlike ma lalo o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau make kahi pilikia i ka ulu ʻana o ke kūpaʻa lāʻau. ”
"Me nā booms i kēia manawa a 48 m ka ʻōnaehana hoʻomaha ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka manawa," wahi a Stephen. "Hoʻohana nā mīkini Goldacres i kahi ʻōnaehana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka yaw, ka wili a me ka pitch o ka boom e hāʻawi i kahi paepae pīpī paʻa a hoʻonui i ka uhi o ka spray i nā paddock undulate a kaulike ʻole paha."
Ma mua o ka hele ʻana i waho e pīpī Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻopukapuka nui i ka ʻenehana ʻehu inā mālama ʻole ʻia ka koho nozō a mālama ʻia ka mālama ʻana.
"Pono e hōʻike i ka hōʻike jug e hāʻawi ana kēlā me kēia nīpī i loko o 10 kenetene o ka leo i koho ʻia i kēlā me kēia minuke no ka ʻano a me ka nui o ka nozzles kikoʻī," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kahi papa hou o nā nozzles pales i mea nui e kūʻē i ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻonele huahana, kahi kī ʻole o ka spray a i ʻole ka evolution o ke kūpaʻa lāʻau i kāu mahiʻai."
ʻO nā hana WeedSmart Big 6 e hana i kahi papahana hoʻokele weed i hoʻohui ʻia e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka pale lāʻau make i nā mauʻu i kākoʻo ʻia e nā ʻoihana e like me Goldacres, ka mea e ʻike nei i ka nui o ka pono a me ka palekana o ka noi lāʻau make.
ʻO Goldacres ke hana nei me Bilberry e hoʻopiha i nā ʻōnaehana ʻike hana e koi ʻia e lawe mai i ka ʻike ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai o Australia. ʻO kēia mau ʻōnaehana, me ka ʻenehana ʻehu optical i hoʻohana ʻia no ka pīpī ʻana i nā wahi no nā makahiki 20 a ʻoi aku ka makahiki, e manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau make i kēia wā e hiki mai ana.