1D Swing Nozzle

1D Swing Nozzles: Movement and Connections

A 1D unit drives its jet through a programmable swing on a single axis. Individually that sounds modest; in a field of dozens it is the vocabulary of the classic musical fountain — the travelling wave that rolls across a basin, the chase that answers a drum line, the slow collective sway under a quiet passage.

Specifications vary by unit; confirm the exact configuration for your project before ordering. Position feedback is the line to notice: it closes the loop between program and water, so a field of 1D units holds its synchronisation through a whole performance instead of drifting into approximation.

Where 1D Fields Do the Work

Most of any musical show's minutes are 1D minutes. The swing field forms the body of the choreography — the zones that move constantly under the music — while costlier multi-axis units are saved for feature passages. That economics is why 1D selection matters: connection sizes against your pipework, the integrated lighting variant where the lighting plan wants light at the jet's base, and the dual/triple-nozzle variants where one drive should serve more than one pattern.

The design stage mixes the field deliberately, zone by zone. If you are specifying units for an existing basin, send the layout and the effects you want to add; the assessment maps swing arcs against basin edges and neighbouring jets before any unit count is proposed.

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Specifying a 1D Field: Counts, Zones and Spares

A 1D field is specified in zones before it is specified in units. Decide the travelling paths the choreography needs — the long wave across the basin, the ring chase, the answering pair — and the zone boundaries fall out of the music's geography. Unit counts then follow from spacing that keeps patterns continuous: close enough that a wave reads as water in motion rather than as separate jets taking turns, far enough that neighbouring arcs never collide at full swing.

Two practical lines belong in every 1D specification. First, the integrated-lighting decision: fields whose lighting plan wants light at the jet base should take the integrated variant from the start, because retrofitting light into a swing field is surgery. Second, spares: a field of working units in public water should carry spare units and a swap routine in its maintenance plan, so a failed drive is an afternoon's work rather than a hole in the show.

1D Swing Nozzle Questions