Self-inspection of sprayers and seed treatment machines in Poland – proposal of instruction manual

Autor/innen

  • Grzegorz Doruchowski INHORT - Research Institute of Horticulture – Dept of AgroEngineering, Skierniewice
  • Artur Godyń INHORT - Research Institute of Horticulture – Dept of AgroEngineering, Skierniewice
  • Ryszard Hołownicki INHORT - Research Institute of Horticulture – Dept of AgroEngineering, Skierniewice
  • Waldemar Świechowski INHORT - Research Institute of Horticulture – Dept of AgroEngineering, Skierniewice

Abstract

The long period of 5 years between the purchase of plant protection equipment and the first mandatory inspection, and then 3 or 5 years between the follow-up inspections, as practiced in Poland, may result in considerable deterioration of technical condition of the machines, and in consequence in the increased risk for the operators and the environment. This risk may be mitigated by regular selfinspections of such equipment performed by the users themselves. In order to promote such good practice and help the operators to carry out their own inspections of sprayers and seed treatment machines two dedicated manuals were developed and approved by relevant authorities. In these manuals the procedures of self-inspection are outlined in form of check-list of control points followed by relevant illustrations and comments on evaluation criteria. Only basic tools and a calibration kit are needed to carry out the self-inspection. The manuals also include a lot of additional information making them valuable training materials.

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2018-09-12