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Panspacingforsmallgranulematerials
1.Spreadermovingtoward
pans
4.Rightcollectionpans(no
gapbetweeneach)
2.Centercollectionpan
5.L1andR1collectionpan
gap(spreadaparttoallow
machinetopassthrough)
3.Lestcollectionpans(no
gapbetweeneach)
6.Graduatedmeasuring
cylinder
3.Movethemachinefarenoughawayfromthe
testarea(wherethecollectionpansarelocated)
toensurethatthemachinetravelsatthedesired
spreadingspeedbeforereachingthesite.
4.Determinetheapplicationrateandtherelated
drop-ratecamsetting;refertoSpreadingCharts
(page30).
5.Rotatethedropratecam(Figure25)tothecam
settingyoudeterminedinstep4.
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1.Dropratecam
6.Fillthehopperapproximatelyhalf-fullwiththe
desiredmaterial;refertoFillingtheSpreader
Hopper(page27).
DeterminingtheDistributionPattern
1.Setthespreaderpatterncontroltothemiddleof
itstravel;referto.
2.Settheimpellerspeedtotheappropriate
broadcastingrate.
3.Drivethemachinetowardthetestsiteatthe
appropriatespeed.
4.Asyouapproachthecenterpan,pullthewide
distributiongranulargatecontroltotheopen
position,anddriveoverthecenterpan.
5.Closethegatecontrol,movemotion-control
levertotheNEUTRALposition,shutoffthe
engine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,remove
key,andengageparkingbrake.
6.Labeleachgraduatedmeasuringcylinderto
correspondwiththedistributionpans(suchas
L2,L1,Center,R1,R2);refertoFigure23and
Figure24.
7.Oneatatime,takeacollectionpananddump
thecontentsintothecorrespondinggraduated
cylinder.Recordtheamountofmaterial
collectedandreturnthepantoitslocation.
Repeatthisuntilallpancontentshavebeen
emptied.
Note:Repeatbroadcastingoverthetestsite
severaltimes,movinginthesamedirection
eachtime,untilenoughmaterialisdispensedto
thecollectionpantohalfllagraduatedcylinder.
8.Withthegraduatedmeasuringcylinderinthe
samestraightlineasthepans,evaluatethe
volumeofmaterialineachcylindertodetermine
thequalityofthedistributionfromthespreader.
9.Toadjustthespreaderpattern,refertothe
AdjustingtheSpreaderPattern(page31).
10.Fillthehopperhalf-fullofthedesiredmaterial
andrepeatsteps1through9untilyouachieve
auniformpattern.
DeterminingtheEffectiveSpreadingWidth
Usetheeffectivewidthtodeterminetheuniform
distributionofthematerial.
Note:Thespreadingwidthrangeis6to8m(20to
25ft).
1.Afterthespreaderpatterniscorrectlyadjusted,
evaluatetheamountofmaterialinthecenter
graduatedmeasuringcylinder.
2.Locatethe2graduatedcylinder,oneeachside
ofcenter,thatcontain1/2themeasuredamount
ofthematerialthatyouobservedinthecenter
graduatedcylinder.
3.Gotothetwocorrespondingpans.Startingfrom
theouteredge,measurethedistancebetween
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