spraybar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spray +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspreɪ ˌbɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

spraybar (plural spraybars)

  1. A device consisting of a bar or pipe with multiple openings or nozzles, designed to distribute a fluid, such as water, insecticide or fuel, over a specific area or surface.
    • 1942, Mobile Pugmill Mixing Plant (War Department; TMS5-1280)‎[1], Barber-Greene Company, page 67:
      If this valve is open to the spraybar, the bitumen passes into the spraybar, the bitumen passes into the spraybar is prayed out through the nozzle into the pugmill.
    • 1980 Feb, Y.A. Demirjian, D.R. Kendrick, M.L. Smith, T.R. Westman, MUSKEGON COUNTY WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Progress Report 1968 through 1975, Muskegon, Michigan 49442: Muskegon County Department of Public Works, page 54:
      The spraybar of the Enresco rig should be completely redesigned with special attention devoted to nozzle size and spacing.
    • 2009 November 16, Geoffrey E. Blight, Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities, CRC Press, pages 9-136:
      When this was discovered, the spraybar system was abandoned and cyclones were introduced to produce the required outer shell of coarse pervious material.
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