IS 3906 : 1995 Crop Protection Equipment - Hand-operated Knapsack Sprayer, Piston Type - Specification

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes material, performance,constructional and other requirements of hand-operated knapsacksprayer, piston type, used for spraying pesticides.

1.1.1 The sprayers of this type are normally used with anaverage working pressure of 300 kPa (100 kPa = 1.019 7 kgf/cm² = 1 bar).

2 References

IS 292 :1983Leaded brass ingots and casting

IS 2643 : Part 1 : 1975 Dimensions for pipe threadsfor fasteningpurposes : Part 1 Basic profile and dimensions

IS 3652 :1995 Crop protection equipment - footsprayers

IS 7201 : Part 1 :1987 Methods of sampling for agriculturalmachineryand equipment : Part 1 Hand tools andhand-operated/ animal-drawn equipment

IS 8480 :1977Glossory of terms related to crop protectionequipment

IS 10134 :1994Method of tests for manually operated sprayers

IS 11429 :1985Methods for calibration of sprayers