Cleaning the conveyor section

Interval

  • all 10 Operating hours

    or

    Daily

The air drawn by the fan can contain fertiliser dust or sand. These impurities can accumulate on the fan rotors and cause imbalance of the fan. This can destroy the fan.

REQUIREMENTS

  • The implement is coupled to the tractor

  1. To unlock the calibration bucket,

    remove the linch pin 1 from the holder.
  1. Take the calibration bucket 1 out of the holder.
  1. Slide the calibration bucket 2 into the guide rails 1 so that the calibration bucket is positioned underneath the metering unit.
  1. Open the calibration flap 1.
  1. Clean the suction cage 1.

  2. To wash the deposits from the fan rotors 2,

    direct a jet of water into the suction opening.
  1. Loosen the four knurled screws 4.
  2. Remove the cover 1.

  3. To remove the deposits,

    aim a water jet into the seed outlets 3 and into the corrugated tube 2.
  4. Install the cover.
  5. Tighten the four knurled screws by hand.

  1. When most of the water has escaped through the calibration opening,

    Close the calibration flap with the lever 1.
  2. Run the fan for 5 min.

The air supply is blown dry.

  1. Switch off the fan.
  1. Take the calibration bucket 2 from the guide rails 1.
  2. Empty the calibration bucket.
  1. Put the calibration bucket 1 in the parking position.

  1. To lock the calibration bucket,

    attach the linch pin 1 onto the holder.