{"id":3081,"date":"2025-02-22T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyazsis.alpx.com.tr\/tarim\/?post_type=product&p=3081"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:26:00","slug":"frost-protection-thermal-fogger-machine-sm700","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/whitefog.com\/agriculture\/product\/frost-protection-thermal-fogger-machine-sm700\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost Protection Thermal Fogger Machine – SM700"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Agricultural frost control, pest control, fungi control, and liquid fertilization applications, machine can be used for four different purposes.<\/p>\n

Reflector effect with artificial cloud technology:<\/strong> With its three-dimensional curtain feature, artificial cloud technology<\/a> provides protection from radiation frost damage that occurs during clear and windless weather. It maintains the current temperature of the land and reflects the radiation energy (heat) back to the ground. It acts as a thick blanket drawn over the field protecting the heat of the ground.<\/p>\n

Anti-freeze effect with moisturizing oil vapor:<\/strong> The sprayed artificial cloud is the vapor form of an oil solution. It temporarily creates a very thin layer of oil over the blossoms. Penetrating between water molecules that tend to crystallize and freeze, it increases resistance to cold and provides an anti-freeze effect<\/a>. It also delays and prevents conduction damage caused by the red-colored radiation energy occurring at sunrise.<\/p>\n

Protection effect with inversion:<\/strong> The cold air mass that causes inversion<\/a> is heavier than the atmosphere and tends to sink toward the ground. The sprayed artificial cloud curtain is lighter than the atmosphere and tends to rise upward. Due to the physical principle that cold and hot air cannot mix, the artificial cloud curtain prevents the cold air mass accumulated over the land from descending to the ground on the crops.<\/p>\n

Other applications:<\/strong>
Thermal fogging<\/a> machines can also be used for pest and fungus control. For pests that become active in hot weather and are difficult to combat\u2014such as red spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, psyllids, codling moth, tuta, whiteflies, thrips, gray mold, powdery mildew, leaf spot disease, and others\u2014thermal fogging machines offer allows the operator to save money and time. Oil-based spraying is 12 times more effective compared to water-based spraying and can reach much longer distances. Since there is not a single spot left untouched by the smoke particles, contact-effect pesticides can easily reach and neutralize fungal diseases or pests. This increases both the harvest amount and quality of crops.<\/p>\n

Advantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2714 <\/strong><\/span>One SM700  should be allocated per 10 ha in calm weather and per 5 ha in windy weather.
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> Licensed by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> Eligible for grant support under Rural Development Projects by the government depending on each country.
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> More economical than frost fans and other frost fighting methods, and provides much greater area coverage, protects the land up to -7 degrees.
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> Being vehicle-mounted and portable, it can easily be transported to different areas.
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> Offers spare parts and service advantages. 
\u2714<\/strong><\/span> With a minimum lifespan of 15 years, it is advantageous in terms of amortization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The protection capacity of the SM700 device should be 10 ha<\/strong> in calm weather and 5\u00a0ha<\/strong> in windy weather.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In fighting agricultural frost, time is of the essence.<\/span> When the air temperature is around 1\u202f\u00b0C, every point of the land must be covered with a thick layer of smoke within 30 minutes.<\/span> If a thermal fogging machine is used on an area beyond its capacity, sufficient fog density cannot be achieved; the smoke becomes sparse and the protective effect significantly decreases.<\/span><\/p>

Smoke can remain in the air for up to 6 hours in fully closed greenhouses; in calm open fields, this duration is around 3 hours on average. However, over time, the density of the smoke decreases. Therefore, even in greenhouses, it is recommended to fog again every 3 hours<\/span> to refresh the density.<\/p>

Conditions in open fields are more sensitive.<\/span> Even the slightest wind can disperse the smoke, reducing its effect or carrying it to another area. Therefore, each machine must be able to create a dense and thick artificial cloud curtain within half an hour<\/span> in the area it is responsible for\/ parcelled for. Because the thicker and more uniform the smoke, the higher its protection against frost damage to the blossoms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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How Thermal Fogging Protects Against Agricultural Frost<\/strong><\/p>

Thermal fogging machines are not heaters \u2014 they don\u2019t raise the surrounding air temperature. Instead, they protect crops by preserving the heat that\u2019s already there.<\/p>

Think of them like a blanket on a cold night: a blanket doesn\u2019t create heat, but it traps your body warmth and keeps the cold air away. Similarly, a thermal fogging machine creates an \u201cartifical cloud\u201d that reflects plants\u2019 and ground’s own heat back to them.<\/p>

The artifical fog also delays ice formation in two additional ways:<\/p>

  1. Antifreeze effect:<\/strong> A thin oil-based coating on flowers stops water molecules from clumping into ice crystals, so even at \u201310 \u00b0C, frost won\u2019t form.<\/p><\/li>

  2. Inversion effect:<\/strong> It is already explained that the artificial cloud acts like an emergency aliminium foil blanket, reflecting thermal radiation back toward the plants and slowing cooling. Inversion effect: as in the law of physics, the lighter artificial cloud rises and pushes away the heavier cold air which tries to sink on the plants. The fog curtain works asa shield, prevents the cold air from reaching and damaging the crops by pushing it away.<\/p><\/li><\/ol>

    Note that most damaging frost in agriculture isn\u2019t caused by low air temperature alone, but by radiation frost<\/strong> \u2014 happens on windless and cloudless sky. In such calm nights earth’s heat escapes upward and the ground cools rapidly. Wind and clouds help prevent frost:<\/p>