Operator’s manual
Double-sided disc mowers
with central suspension
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Contents
page
1.
IDENTIFYING THE MACHINE ....................................................................... 3
2.
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 3
3.
PROPER AND INTENDED USE ........................................................................ 4
3.1.
Technical data ........................................................................................................................... 5
3.2.
Design and working principle .................................................................................................. 7
3.2.1.
Double-sided disc mowers without swath conditioner/rollers .......................................... 7
3.2.2.
Double-sided disc mowers with tine conditioner .............................................................. 8
3.2.3.
Double-sided disc mowers with roller conditioner. .......................................................... 9
3.2.4.
Belt conveyors ................................................................................................................... 9
3.3.
Standard equipment and spare parts ....................................................................................... 10
4.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................. 12
4.1.
General safety rules and regulations ....................................................................................... 12
4.2.
Conditions of mounting mower on tractor ............................................................................. 14
4.3.
Transport................................................................................................................................. 14
4.3.1.
Putting the mower onto another vehicle for transport ..................................................... 14
4.4.
Working parts ......................................................................................................................... 16
4.5.
PTO shaft ................................................................................................................................ 16
4.6.
Hydraulic assembly ................................................................................................................ 16
4.7.
Safety curtains. ....................................................................................................................... 17
4.8.
Residual risk ........................................................................................................................... 17
4.8.1.
Danger of machine entanglement .................................................................................... 17
4.8.2.
Danger of cutting injury .................................................................................................. 17
4.8.3.
Danger of injury from liquid ejection out of hydraulic system ....................................... 18
4.8.4.
Forbidden actions ............................................................................................................ 18
4.8.5.
Residual risk assessment ................................................................................................. 18
4.9.
Safety labels and their meaning .............................................................................................. 18
4.10.
Design and operation of safety breakaway device ............................................................... 23
5.
OPERATION ....................................................................................................... 24
5.1.
Attaching the mower to the tractor ......................................................................................... 24
5.1.1.
Connecting hydraulic hoses ............................................................................................. 25
5.1.2.
Mounting PTO shaft ........................................................................................................ 26
5.2.
Control panel .......................................................................................................................... 27
5.2.1.
Setting mower in transport position on headlands .......................................................... 28
5.2.2.
Setting mower in vertical transport position ................................................................... 28
5.2.3.
Starting the conveyer’s belt ............................................................................................. 29
5.3.
Preparing the mower for transport .......................................................................................... 29
5.4.
Preparing the mower for transport on public roads ................................................................ 30
5.5.
Moving from transport to operating position ......................................................................... 31
5.6.
Preparing mower for operation – mower with hydro-pneumatic support .............................. 31
5.7.
Preparing the mower for work ................................................................................................ 32
5.7.1.
Regulation of cutterbar's pressure on the ground by means of support springs .............. 33
5.8.
Operation (mowing) ............................................................................................................... 34
5.8.1.
Essential information concerning mowing ...................................................................... 34
5.8.2.
Mower clogging .............................................................................................................. 35
5.8.3.
Taking turns on headlands. .............................................................................................. 35
5.9.
Storing .................................................................................................................................... 36
6.
MOUNTING AND ADJUSTMENTS ............................................................... 36
6.1.
Mounting and timing of the knives ........................................................................................ 36
6.2.
Replacing the knives............................................................................................................... 37
6.3.
Adjusting the cutterbar ........................................................................................................... 37
