[farmeromus]

i am looking at a new sprayer and have been told the aim command system from case is the way to go. Any one have any good or bad comments?

 

[thorpy]

I hope it is the way to go.... Just bought a unit with aim as well. Have no idea how to use it, on a rain delay from seeding today so time for some homework!

 

[bcf]

I like my aim command works really well for cut up fields with lots of sloughs where your speed varies a lot. It is a lot easier on your sprayer you can slow down to go over rough spots without sacrificing rate and pressure. As far as drift control not completely sold it is the best system out there. Think aim command pro would be the way to go if I were to buy a new sprayer.

 

[farmeromus]

Does Aim Command pro have a low drift style tip?

 

[WilgerIndustries]

Wilger tips are typically the drift reduction tips for AIM systems.

You can't use air induction drift reduction tips with AIM, as there isn't a constant flow of air going into the little air port into the tip.

The Wilger tips have a different technology, but gives the same kind of drift reduction results as air induction tips. Wilger makes 4 series of tips, 3 of which have drift reduction.

To make it easy to look into it:
ER (standard flat fan) - no drift reduction, so higher drift
SR (flat fan with drift reduction) - cuts down drift ~50% from ER. Still keeps smaller droplets for better coverage
MR (flat fan w/ drift reduction) - cuts down drift ~30% from the SR (so ~75-80% from ER). Droplets are getting to be ~coarse, but still give good coverage
DR (flat fan w/ drift reduction) cuts down drift ~20-25% from MR (so ~85-90% from ER). Droplets get coarse pretty quick with larger tip sizes (-05 tip size and up).

For Saskatchewan, you'd probably be looking at an SR or MR series tip.

If you do end up needing help picking tips, let me know and I can give you a hand working through the whole thought-process with AIM.

Also, if you had like 45 minutes, maybe watch the webinar Case IH/Capstan and Wilger put together reviewing and answering questions about AIM.
https://archive.org/details/SprayingTechWebinar

 

[sasksodbuster]

If you are looking at a new sprayer I would skip AIM Command and go directly to AIM Command Pro. AIM Command Pro uses the same sprayer tips as AIM Command but instead of sectional control it will have individual nozzle control with compensated turn control and the ability to vary your rates any where on your boom. For example you may want to put 20% more chemical behind your sprayer wheels or spray 50% more chemical on the first 20' around the perimeter of your field.

 

[case]

When we can afford and do buy a self propelled sparyer, it will either have AIM or AIM pro

 

[nicemustang]

AIM is good, I really like it. I have lots of obstacles to slow down and go around in my area so it's nice. We don't have a single square quarter. As for tips, a Wilger SR is good all around tip for decent conditions, if you live in a breezy area or have too many acres to do and you always need to be going, have a set of MR is a good idea. When it comes to high coverage though, a dual nozzle is best and I like the teejet turbo twin jet (non air induction) that has reasonable droplet size and excellent coverage. I use these for most of my spraying except for pre/post glyphosate and when it gets over 20 km/hr winds. TeeJet - Turbo TwinJet® Twin Flat Spray Tips


One thing to watch is pressure drop, is more relevant on AIM sprayer and ensure you understand how that works.

 

[WilgerIndustries]

One thing to watch is pressure drop, is more relevant on AIM sprayer and ensure you understand how that works.

Definitely a good point. If you were used to running tips at minimum 20-25PSI, probably best run those tips at 30PSI as a minimum.

As with any boom/system, there will be pressure drop from what the monitor says to what is at your tip. With AIM, they just have the bottleneck/pressure drop right at the solenoid which is just at the tip so the pressure drop is greater than regular.

With the flexibility of the system, you don't have to be worried about the pressure drop, it is more of a thought that when you are picking your pressures that you want to remain constant, keep those pressures above 30PSI.