IS 3906 : 2024 Crop Protection Equipment - Hand-Operated Knapsack Sprayer, Piston Type - Specification and Test Code

ICS 65.060.40

FAD 11

1 SCOPE

This standard specifies material, performance, constructional and other requirements of hand-operated knapsack sprayer, piston type used for spraying pesticides.

The sprayers of this type are normally used with an average working pressure of 300 kPa to 500 kPa (100 kPa = 1.019 7 kgf/cm2 = 1 bar).

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions, which through references in this text constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards.

IS No. Title
IS 292 : 1983 Specification for leaded brass ingots and casting (second revision)
IS 2643 : 2005/ ISO 228-1 : 2000 Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are not made on the threads - Dimensions, tolerances and designation (third revision)
IS 3624 : 1987 Pressure and vacuum gauges (second revision)
IS 7201 (Part 1) : 1987 Methods of sampling for agricultural machinery and equipment: Part 1 Hand-tools and hand-operated/animal-drawn equipment (first revision)
IS 8480 : 2023/ ISO 5681 : 2020 Equipment for crop protection - Vocabulary (second revision)
IS 10216 : 1988/ ISO 228-2 : 1987 Pipe threads where pressure tight joints are not made on the threads - Verification by means of limit gauges (first revision)
IS 11429 : 1985 Method for calibration of sprayer