Sola PROSEM K BASIC Series - 8 Filling and Emptying the Hoppers; Seed Hopper

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Fig. 8.1
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B
FILLING AND EMPTYING THE HOPPERS
8. FILLING AND EMPTYING THE HOPPERS
CHECK THAT THE PLANTER IS EMPTY, CLEAN AND DRY.
DO NOT DEPOSIT EXTERNAL ELEMENTS INSIDE THE HOPPER. BEFORE FILLING IT CHECK THAT IT
CONTAINS NO OBJECT AND THE SEED OUTLET IS NOT BLOCKED.
8.1 SEED HOPPER
The planter is equipped with a 50 L capacity seed hopper for each metering unit.
To FILL the seed hoppers, rst check that there is no seed residue inside the hoppers and, next,
ll them all with certied seeds.
FILL ONLY THE HOPPERS OF THE METERING UNITS WHICH ARE TO BE USED.
To EMPTY the metering units’ hoppers, follow these steps:
1- Manually turn the emptying gate to its open position (A, Fig. 8.1).
2- Once the hopper has been emptied, return the emptying gate to its closed position (B,
Fig. 8.1).