Operator's Manual

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Figure10
TestingtheSeed
Distribution
ServiceInterval:Every100hours
Thequantityofseedsshouldbeadjustedforthe
correctoperationoftheattachment.SeetheSowing
Table(page10)foranindicationoftherequired
quantity.
Youwillneedthefollowingaccessoriesforadjusting
thequantityofseeds:
•Scale
•Trayforweighingtheseeds
•Enoughseedsforllingatleast30%ofthehopper
Performthefollowingstepsfortheseeddistribution
test:
1.Settheseed-sizegaugeto0.
2.Fillthehopperatleast30%withseedsandmake
surethattheseareevenlyspreadthroughout
thehopper.
3.Loosentheseed-trayknobandslidetheseed
trayoutofthemachine(Figure11).
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Figure11
1.Seedtray
4.Rotatetheseedtray90°andslideitbackinto
themachine(Figure12).
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Figure12
1.Flippedseedtray
5.Turnthewheel13rotationscounter-clockwise.
6.Slidetheseedtrayoutofthemachine—being
carefulnottospillanyseed—andemptythe
seedintoacontainerforweighing.
7.Weightheseedsinkilogramsandmultiplythe
outcomeby384.
Theresultingoutcomeistheamountofseedsin
kilogramsthatshouldbespreadperhectare.To
obtaintheoutcomeinpoundsperacre,multiplythe
resultingoutcomeby0.89.
Ifthecalibrationsettingisinahighposition,itmay
resultintoomanyseedsforthetraytocollect.Ifso,
thendividethe13rotationsintoseveralsmallersteps
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