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• An Eco-friendly pesticide sprayer?
• Is it true I will get more produce by using a Proptec Sprayer?
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Video Examples

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Grapes

• Six-Head Grape T-Boom
• Four-Head Vertical spraying grapes backlit
• Four-Head T-Boom spraying grapes
• Eight-Head Wrap-Around Boom, vineyard spray in scott-henry trellis

 

Orchards

• Eight-Head Vertical Orchard Tower in Apples
• Eight-Head Vertical Orchard Tower Sprayer, cherry orchard
• Eight-Head Monoboom spraying peaches over-the row
• Proptec Multispray 4 head Vertical Folding boom, 3 point hitch tower, shown folding up and down
• TBROFAB 8 head Orchard Vineyard Hops Tower (13 MB download)
• MULTISPRAY in Orchard and Vineyard (13 MB download)

 

Blueberries, nursery, and bushes

• Eight-Head monoboom in blueberries, spraying 4 rows per pass
• Self-propelled High Clearance spraying asparagus, carrots, and christmas trees
• Self-propelled spraying Christmas Trees

 

Industrial/non agricultural applications

• PTO 3 point hitch sprayer configured for Evaporation, Drift Application, odor, dust, or vector control
• Proptec Air-Assisted Viscous Fluid example shown spraying 13% bentonite solution
• Proptec Humidifying dust and Odor control shown with 2 head gasoline engine sprayer

 

Interior Fumigation and Greenhouse spraying

• PT050 1 head cart mounted sprayer for fumigation and greenhouse applications

 

CURTEC sprayers

• Curtec Promotional Video (33 MB)

Proptec Sales Literature

• Proptec Promotional Sheet
• Proptec PT50 Series Atomizer
• Proptec 100 Series Atomizer
• Proptec Hydrashaft Powerpack

User’s Guides, Instruction Sheets, and Manuals

• PT50 and PT100 Assembly instructions
• Proptec User’s guide version 1.1
• Standard Sprayers user’s Manual
• RAVEN 330 rate controller manual
• RAVEN 440 rate controller manual
• FLOJET QUAD 12V PUMP
• Hypro 9000 series pumps
• Hypro 9200 Series pumps
• CLEANLOAD CHEMICAL EDUCTOR
• FLUID FILM ANTI-CORROSION COMPOUND
• Proptec Control box wiring diagram

Literatura en Español:

• Atomizadores Proptec Promocional en Español
• Si requiré Ud. trasdución de otras paginas, por favor Contactanos

Proptec Sprayers by Thomas Brothers

• Multispray
• Orchard & Vineyard Tower
• Horizontal Boom Sprayers (4 Pages, 6 MB)

Proptec and CURTEC Sprayers by Curtec of Florida

• 3000 Series
• TM series
• 848 series
• Horizontal Boom Sprayers (4 pgs, 6 MB)
• P400-D
• Curtec Promotional Video (33 MB)

Proptec Field Research

(most in PDF format). Some articles have been edited to remove content non-relevant to spraying. No edits were made that would in any way affect your interpretation of the research. Links here in no way imply endorsements of our technology by the respective researchers. We offer our gratitude to these researchers for the thousands of hours of independent research dedicated to advancing the field of pesticide application.

 

Orchards pomes and stonefruit

• Proptec Pheromone Application Gut MSU 2000
• Sprayable Microencapsulated Sex Pheromone Formulations for Mating Disruption of Four Species
• Application of MEC phermone, Proptec Versus Airblast, 2001
• Application of MEC phermone, Proptec Versus Airblast, 2001, #2
• University of Hoehenhiem Proptec Drift and deposition trials PowerPoint presentation 1
• University of Hoehenhiem Proptec Drift and deposition trials PowerPoint presentation 2
• Improving Sprayer Technology Timing, targeting and Towers September-October, 2001
• Within Canopy Movement and Deposition of Insecticide Residues in Orchards During Spray Operations
• Washington State Extension Advantages of Towers Presentation
• A Comparison of Airblast and Air Assisted Rotary Atomizer Spray Technologies in Peach Production
• A Comparison of Airblast and Proptec Rotary Atomizer Spray Technologies - peaches
• Washington State Apple efficacy trials 2003
• No Spray Zone Poster 2003
• Washington state pear tower sprayer work
• Leafroller Pheromone Research WSTFRU
• WSU Airblast vs. Proptec research summary presentation
• Reduction of Pesticide Inputs, Worker Exposure, and Drift Through Alternative Sprayer Technology
• Reduction of Pesticide Inputs, Worker Exposure, and Drift Through Alternative Sprayer Technology #2
• How Low Can You Go? Assessing Reduced Application Rates for Codling Moth Control
• Orchard Sprayer Fact Sheet, Oregon State University
• ACDS research Apple disease results, Wayne County New York, 2001
• Organic Chemical Bloom Thinning of Tree Fruits

 

Orchards Citrus

• Current Strategies for Reducing VOCs in San Joaquin Valley Citrus
• Low Volume Sprays for control of Asian citrus psyllid 2008
• Low Volume Sprays for control of Asian citrus psyllid 2008 #2

 

Orchards Curtec Sprayers

• Impacts of High-efficiency Pesticide Sprayers on Michigan Apple Growers
• Investment Analysis of Alternative Fruit Tree Sprayers in Michigan Orchards

 

Vineyards

• Viticulture Consortium Report 1999
• Viticulture Consortium 2001 report
• Integrating Approaches to Meet Insect Management Challenges in Michigan Vineyards
• Effect of Spray application volumes in vineyards
• Testimonial of Charles Edson, grape grower

 

Bushes & berries

• Proptec Taxus & Fletcher scale results 2000
• Sprayer Type and Pruning Affect Incidence of Blueberry Fruit Rots
• Potential Acaricides for Management of Blueberry Bud Mite in Michigan Blueberries
• Assessing new spray technology in horticulture and pest management
• Canopy Development and spray deposition in high bush blueberry

 

Vegetables & cotton

• Carrot Research, 2000
• Carrot Research, 2001
• Carrot Research 2001, #2
• Phytothora Control in Pickles, 2001
• Phytothora Control in Pickles, 2002
• Pickle Abstracts GL Expo 2003
• Proptec Pickle Research Zandstra Hausbeck
• Advancements in technology for sweet potato whitefly control
• Proptec Potatoes application method report 2000
• Comparison of the effectiveness of air-assisted vs conventional on vine kill in potatoes

 

Organic

• Compost tea notes
• of Hohenhiem Proptec live organism spraying trials PowerPoint presentation
• Organic Chemical Bloom Thinning of Tree Fruits
• Carrot Research, 2000
• Carrot Research, 2001
• Carrot Research 2001, #2
• Proptec Pheromone Application Gut MSU 2000
• Application of MEC phermone, Proptec Versus Airblast, 2001
• Application of MEC phermone, Proptec Versus Airblast, 2001, #2

 

Wheat

• Proptec wheat fusarium control results 2000
• Ground Spray Systems & Spray Parameter Evaluation for Control of Fusarium Head Blight on Field Scale Basis
• Wheat Fusarium Report 2003
• Wheat Fusarium report 2004

 

Other

• EPA DRT Program Summary
• Powerpoint presentation: meeting the challenges of spraying organic materials
• Powerpoint presentation: Getting the most from your vegetable sprays with cutting edge sprayer technology