Strautmann Verti-Mix SF - Pick up Silage from the Bunker Silo

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Verti-Mix SF / Verti-Mix Double SF Version 06.12
8.3.2 Pick up silage from the bunker silo
 Take the silage from the silo stack of a bunker silo from top to
bottom.
 Set the manual throttle lever to full load such that the diesel
engine powers the machine at rated speed.
The highest driving power for the pick-up milling cutter is
reached when the diesel engine is powered at rated speed
(1900 min
-1
).
 Select the driving speed of the mixing auger(s) such that the
mixed fodder components keep their structure. Set a driving
speed between 10 and 14 min
-1
for the mixing auger(s).
When lowering the cutter arm at the silo stack via the multi-function
joystick, the automatic milling system controls the lowering speed of
the cutter arm.
1. Select "Charging" mode. Observe the
information in the chapter "Charging mode",
page 111.
2. Open the protective device of the pick-up
milling cutter.
3. For the first cut, position the pick-up milling
cutter at the silo stack (Fig. 132) such that
the top edge (1) of the silo stack is within
the range (2) between the centre (3) of the
pick-up milling cutter and the milling hood
(4).
This prevents silage from being conveyed
onto the silo stack during first cut.
4. Switch the pick-up milling cutter on.
Observe the information in the chapter
"Switch pick-up milling cutter and elevator
conveyor on and off", page 152.
 The symbols "Fill pick-up milling cutter"
(Fig. 133/left) and "Fill elevator conveyor"
(Fig. 133/right) appear in the terminal.
5. Switch the mixing auger(s) on (driving
speed between 10 and 14 min
-1
or 14 min
-1
(Verti-Mix Double SF)). Observe the
information in the chapter "Switch mixing
auger on and off", page 161.
6. Set the manual throttle lever to full load.
 The diesel engine is powered at rated
speed and the pick-up milling cutter runs
with maximum power.
Fig. 132
Fig. 133
7. Move so close to the silo stack that the
scraper bar (5) tightly fits to the silo stack.
This allows the silage to be conveyed into
the conveyor duct of the elevator conveyor
without substantial losses.