Moisten paper, mist produce, compost piles of crushed products
Misting nozzles create a very fine mist or fog. Droplets are typically small enough that buoyancy is significant compared to gravity, allowing drops to appear to float. In actuality, in the absence of upward airflow particles are simply falling very slowly.
Common Designs and Specifications:
Common Misting nozzle geometries include pigtail / spiral, impingement, small diameter orifice with a whirl chamber, and air mixing / atomizing.
- Small Opening: Shear liquid by forcing it through tiny openings.
- Impingement Nozzles: Scatter liquid by impacting it on a pin immediately upon exiting the nozzle, causing deflection onto the surface of your choice.
- Air Atomizing: Uses compressed air to break up liquid creating a fine suspension. Air atomizing nozzles can produce many different spray patterns.
- The higher the pressure, the smaller the droplets. In cases of lower pressure, a larger number of smaller flow nozzles may be required.
- Preferred BETE models: PJ, XA, MicroWhirl
- Our experienced engineers can help determine which nozzle is best for your application.
- Mist and coating of supermarket produce (especially fruit and vegetables) and other foodstuffs
- Moisten paper, water plants
- Compost piles of crushed products
- Produce fog effects for theatrical productions
- Spray oil mist for coating and lubricating bearings
- Mist onto concrete to facilitate curing
- Metals: 303 Stainless Steel, 316 stainless, Brass
- Plastic: polyacetal
- Any low viscous fluids under 10 centipoise (water is most common).
- Above 10 centipoise you may see diminished atomization.
- Some clogging can generally be prevented by filtering suspended solids where necessary.
- Virtually any temperature can be accommodated.
- Misting nozzles are used in below-freezing temperatures as nucleating nozzles for snow-making.
- These super fine droplets freeze immediately and act as the core on which large snowflakes are built.
- Misting nozzles are used in hot applications where the very fine droplets evaporate immediately.
- Contact us to discuss superheated fluids.
Typical operating conditions for this application are listed for each one of the below Misting nozzles
0.37 - 16.4 gph