What is an Injection Sprayer?
What is an Injection Sprayer?
Does your lawn care or pest control business currently struggle to perform because of worn out, old equipment? Do you find that your sprayers are delivering inconsistent and frustrating results? If this is the case, an injection sprayer may be the solution for your business.
An injection sprayer uses flow from a water source, usually the customers outdoor water spicket, to power an injector which siphons chemical concentrate from its container. Once the chemical is siphoned, it mixes with the water to provide a uniform application for pest control and lawn care service businesses. The injection sprayer uses volumetric proportioning to ensure that the chemical mixture remains the same regardless of changes in water flow or pressure.
An injection sprayer mixes chemical on demand without the technician ever having to expose themselves to the chemical being used. As you likely have learned through your state licensing, the most dangerous point when dealing with chemicals is at the mixing stage – which can be eliminated by using an injection sprayer.
Setting the Dosing Percentage
It is easy to adjust the dosing percentage using the injection stem. All that is needed is to first unlock the adjusting sleeve on the stem, set the dosing percentage, and lastly lock the adjusting sleeve.
Cost Savings
The biggest advantage to using injection sprayers in your fleet is cost savings. The first advantage to using an injection sprayer is that it will help save on chemical costs as it eliminates any user error when mixing the chemical. With an injection sprayer, the technician sets the injector to the correct dosing percentage and forgets it. Additionally, on models where there is no holding tank, the fleet and fuel costs are significantly less. Since there is no tank, your business can use a compact truck or utility van, which often come with a smaller sticker price. Furthermore, the fuel expense of running a smaller utility vehicle without 100-to-300-gallons of mixed solution is much less.
Pest Control
Within the pest control industry, injection sprayers are mostly used on termite treatments as the technician is going to be onsite for an extended period time. Once the technician has trenched or drilled into the treatment area, they are ready to begin spraying. Since the sprayer is powered by water, there is no loud engine or electric pump needed to begin the spraying process. However, you might wonder what would happen if you were at a job where the water pressure is low or there is very little flow? In these instances, we would recommend that you order an injection sprayer model that has a 12 or 115-volt pump (depending on what works best for your business). These pumps range in flow from 2-5 gallons per minute and max out at 100 PSI which is plenty for termite treatments.
Lawn Care
Within the hyper competitive lawn care industry, an injection sprayer with a 100-to-400-gallon nurse tank is best since it is the most efficient. When the injection sprayer has a nurse or holding tank, the technician is not required to hook up the water to the customers water spicket. Since this type of injection sprayer has a tank, the landscape injection sprayer must use a pump to move the water from the holding tank through the injector to siphon chemical. Lawn care businesses are still able to enjoy the benefits of an injection sprayer by circumventing the risk of having technicians mix chemical. Injection sprayers are mostly used for fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide, and other similar treatments.
Durability & Maintenance
With an injection sprayer, there are fewer moving parts which means there is less to service. On your traditional termite sprayer, there is usually an engine and pump that require weekly, monthly, and yearly servicing. With an injection sprayer, the engine and pump are replaced by an injector which requires limited servicing. It is recommended that at the end of each job, the technician turns off the injector during the last 60 seconds of treating to rinse the injector with just water. Additionally, to ensure that the injector is accurately dosing, the injector needs to have its seals changed every 12 months which is typically done during down time (rainy days or off season).
Injector Lineup
SYSTEMS Environmental Products carries four injectors: TP22C (0.2%-2% injection), D25RE2 (0.2%-2% injection – low profile), D25RE5 (1%-5% injection – low profile), TP110C (1%-10% injection).
