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Rogers Sprayers Inc., a Canadian-based company in Saskatchewan, Canada, builds and sells enclosed drift-containment spray booms and sprayers to the golf and turf industry. These innovative devices enable customers to be both cost-effective and environmentally safe when spraying chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides or track-able iron, on turf. All of the company’s sprayers are equipped with a drop-stop curtain, which seals the shroud to the turf’s surface.

Rogers Sprayers offers two types of boom sprayers—the Windfoil ™ and the Falcon ™—which both use iglide ® plastic plain bearings from igus ®. Each boom employs as many as 30 iglide R and iglide J bearings at various pivot points to prevent metal-on-metal contact. The company made the switch from nylon bearings to iglide for a number of reasons. Rogers Sprayers needed a bearing that could withstand continuous exposure to both water and chemicals, which are prevalent during the spraying process. Iglide R and iglide J were the cost-effective, maintenance-free solution the company was searching for.

Both iglide R and iglide J boast extremely low moisture absorption and a low coefficient of friction. In addition to their maintenance-free, vibration-dampening and corrosion-resistant properties, iglide requires no lubrication. With grease eliminated from the equation, the bearings can operate on dusty, dirty outdoor terrain without incurring build-up or failing.

Aesthetics also played into Rogers Sprayers choice to use iglide. One of the top priorities for its customers is to keep the turf—on golf courses for example—clean. With iglide, customers never have to worry about unsightly grease stains while operating a boom.

“Iglide is a cost-effective, off-the-shelf solution for us,” said Merv Bilinski, owner and president of Rogers Sprayers. “The bearings come in contact with dirt, water and chemicals, and still deliver a superior performance to other solutions we’ve tried. We also like the fact that iglide isn’t an eyesore—it looks good on our machines.”

Both the Windfoil and the Falcon are available with various attachments for a wide-array of turf-treating jobs. To learn more about Rogers Sprayers and its entire line of drift-containment products, visit www.rogerssprayers.com.