McHale Fusion 2 electronic control system section
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McHale Fusion 2 round baler wrapper technical service manual
Issue 1: 0208
Film layers
The selected number of rotations is displayed on right side of the screen. On the left
side of the screen the number of completed wraps over the target number of wraps
is displayed when the wrapper is rotating.
Net indicator
The net indicator rotates when net is being applied. This stops rotating when the net
knife trips to cut the net.
Bale counters
The bale sub total is displayed on the right side of screen. The Expert Plus Series
control box contains ten different bale counters (A - J) which can be reset and a
grand total counter which can not be reset.
Voltage monitor
The Expert Series control box monitors its operating voltage and displays it on the
lower right side of the screen. If the voltage falls below a safe level the LOW BATT
symbol is flashed on the display. This is an image of a battery. The usual causes of
low voltage are a bad battery or a defective charging circuit, loose or corroded
connections or fuses or a faulty power lead to the control box.
Dispenser speed RPM
The wrapper ring rotation speed in revolutions per minute is displayed over the
wrapper of the fusion image on the screen.
Knives
The left soft key operates the knives in auto. If the knives are up there is a tick in the
box with the image of the knife. If the knives are down there is an X in the box with
the image of a knife. The knives can be dropped at any time during a cycle by
pressing the soft key for the knife and the X will appear. If the knives are down the
soft key can be pressed at any time during the cycle and the tick will appear but the
knives will only come up during the next bale transfer. If manual mode is selected
the are two soft keys active for the knives. The left key lowers the knives and the
second soft key from the left raises the knives.
Manual wrapping
The second soft key from the right will reverse the wrapping ring when manual
mode is selected. The right soft key will rotate the ring forward in manual mode, the
first press of this key is slow speed rotation. Release and immediately press this
button again and the ring will rotate at full speed.