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What is a swirl nozzle?

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Swirl nozzles inject the liquid in tangentially, and it spirals into the center and then exits through the central hole. Due to the vortexing this causes the spray to come out in a cone shape.

Source: Wikipedia searched nozzles. Look under spray nozzle.

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