The TurboDrop® nozzle was developed over 15 years ago to improve coverage, reduce runoff and maximize efficiency with plant protection materials. Its combination of excellent drift control and uniform spray distribution make it the perfect choice for the myriad of spray applications on the golf course. 
Nozzle Options for Turf
Nozzle selection can be critical when it comes to getting maximum efficacy from expensive application products. Most golf course sprayers come with either extended range flat fan nozzles or wide angle flood nozzles. The extended range nozzle, while providing uniform spray distribution, creates a relatively fine, drift-prone spray droplet spectrum. The flooding style nozzle delivers a coarser droplet, but pattern uniformity is compromised. The TurboDrop® venturi nozzle combines the drift control of a coarse spray (like the flood nozzle) with the uniform spray distribution of a flat fan nozzle. As a result, the TurboDrop® nozzle may be used in more adverse operating conditions and still deliver on-target performance. The droplet spectrum is not overly coarse or too fine, and the air filled droplets have proven to be effective for both contact and systemic chemicals. Most golf courses using the TurboDrop® nozzle use it for every single application on the fairways and the greens.
How TurboDrop® Works
TurboDrop® nozzles use Bernoulli’s principle to create a low pressure area which pulls air into the nozzle where it is mixed with the liquid stream to create larger air-filled droplets. The metering orifice determines the flow rate and thus the size of the nozzle. The exit orifice determines the spray pattern of the nozzle.
Most spray nozzles have a single orifice that controls both the flow rate and the pattern. Therefore, when the nozzle begins to wear, both the flow rate and pattern are affected negatively. With the TurboDrop®, the initial metering orifice takes most of the pressure, protecting the life of the pattern orifice, to provide extended pattern uniformity, and prevent striping which can be a major issue on golf course greens.
The TurboDrop® utilizes a large mixing chamber and a patented pulsation dampener to produce a more uniform spray droplet spectrum made up of air-energized droplets. The air inclusion is important in that it changes the physics of the spray droplet. Air-filled droplets tend to spread out or collapse on the leaf surface rather than just running off, like big, solid-liquid droplets do. Additionally, having air-filled droplets means that there are more droplets in the spray to hit the intended target.
TurboDrop® Venturi Nozzles for Golf Course Spraying
TurboDrop® nozzles maximize on-target performance. Even the best chemistry requires accurate placement. TurboDrop® nozzles minimize drift and provide uniform coverage for maximum chemical efficacy.
TurboDrop® nozzles help prevent striping. The metering orifice protects the life of the pattern orifice by taking most of the pressure. As conventional stainless nozzles wear, the pattern gets heavy in the center, producing a striping effect. Poly TurboDrop® nozzles outlast stainless steel fans two to one. Ceramic TurboDrops® outlast stainless steel about 6 or 7 to one.
TurboDrop® nozzles have been proven for over 12 years in the widest variety of golf course applications. Superintendents do not need a different nozzle for every type of application.
TurboDrop® nozzles eliminate the need for costly drift control additives that can alter the performance of the chemicals being applied.
TurboDrop® nozzles widen the spraying window. Applicators can get the job done more quickly, spraying faster, spraying in a wider variety of conditions and often spraying with less water.
TurboDrop® nozzles provide a more consistent, effective droplet size. The droplets are not as coarse as with flood nozzles and are not as fine as with extended range flat fan nozzles. The droplet size is more uniform, providing more useful droplets with fewer ineffective (wasted) droplets.
TurboDrop® nozzles produce air energized droplets. The air expands inside the droplets, accelerating them toward the target. The droplets spread on contact with the leaf surface. Air-filled droplets mean there are more droplets to hit the target.
TurboDrop® nozzles eliminate the need for cumbersome shrouds or boom covers that hide the nozzles and become covered with chemical contamination.
TurboDrop® TwinFan Nozzle for TURF (TDTW/TDCTW)
The TurboDrop® TwinFan was developed to provide additional coverage for products like foliar amendments, growth regulators and contact fungicides. This nozzle essentially allows you to spray the turf twice while passing over it only once. The two spray patterns, oriented 30° forward and 30° rearward, provide enhanced "two-sided" coverage of the vertical leaf blade. The TwinFan uses the same venturi technology to deliver air-energized droplets, with the drift control you expect from TurboDrop®. The standard TurboDrop® can be converted to a TwinFan TurboDrop® without replacing the whole nozzle.
Description: TurboDrop® TwinFan Nozzle for TURF
Multi-purpose medium pressure air injection TwinFan nozzle.
30-120 psi Overall pressure range
40-80 psi Optimal pressure range
16"-18" Boom height
Polyacetal Venturi body with TwinFan cap and tips. TDCTF has ceramic
metering orifice in Venturi body.
The Advantages: TurboDrop® TwinFan Nozzle for TURF
TurboDrop® TwinFan nozzles maximize on-target performance. Even the best chemistry requires accurate placement. TurboDrop® nozzles minimize drift and provide uniform coverage for maximum chemical efficacy. Other twin spray nozzles generate excessive drift.
TurboDrop® nozzles help prevent striping. The metering orifice protects the life of the pattern orifice by taking most of the pressure. As conventional stainless nozzles wear, the pattern gets heavy in the center, producing a striping effect. Poly TurboDrop® nozzles outlast stainless steel fans two to one. Ceramic TurboDrops® outlast stainless steel about 6 or 7 to one.
TurboDrop® nozzles have been proven for over 12 years in the widest variety of golf course applications. Superintendents do not need a different nozzle for every type of application.
TurboDrop® nozzles eliminate the need for costly drift control additives that can alter the performance of the chemicals being applied.
TurboDrop® nozzles widen the spraying window. Applicators can get the job done more quickly, spraying faster, spraying in a wider variety of conditions and often spraying with less water.
TurboDrop® nozzles provide a more consistent, effective droplet size. The droplets are not as coarse as with flood nozzles and are not as fine as with extended range flat fan nozzles. The droplet size is more uniform, providing more useful droplets with fewer ineffective (wasted) droplets.
TurboDrop® nozzles produce air energized droplets. The air expands inside the droplets, accelerating them toward the target. The droplets spread on contact with the leaf surface. Air-filled droplets mean there are more droplets to hit the target.
TurboDrop® nozzles eliminate the need for cumbersome shrouds or boom covers that hide the nozzles and become covered with chemical contamination.