2.
Chipper Chute (Inlet)
The Chipper Chute on the side of
your
equipment
lets you process into "chips" larger materials that the
Shredder can't handle. The Chipper Chute
is
shown
in
aclose-up in Photo 3-3. Branches fed intothe chute are
turned into "chips" by a revolving blade mounted on a
flywheel.
We
recommend that branches and vines from
%,'-to-2" in diameter be fed intothe ChipperChute. Cut
your
materials into manageable lengths before pro-
cessing them.
A DANGER
Internal
Chipper/Shredder
Chamber
"Cutaway View"
4.
Discharge Area
The Discharge Area is located near the bottom of
yourequipment. This
is
where all chipped and shredded
materials exit once they've been processed.
See
Photo
3-5
for
a close-up view of the Discharge Area.
The holes
in
the Discharge Screen
not
only
provide
an
exit
for
processed materials, but hole size deter-
mines
how
finely materials are shredded. Shreddings
can't
be
discharged until they've been reduced to less
than the hole size
in
the screen. The Discharge Screen
supplied with
your
equipment is a general-purpose
screen designed to handle many kinds of materials
efficiently - it has
%" diameter holes which let all but
wet and green materials exit quickly. Also supplied with
your
machine is a Wet Material Baffle Attachment that
thoroughlyprocesses wet, heavy material with minimal
clogging.
It
must be used in place
of
the standard
screen when processing wet leaves, half-rotted com-
post, gone-by vegetables, and similar wet materials.
Access Via Service Door
__
Regular
%"
Discharge Screen
(Photo 3-4)
Shown
above is the
combination
chipper
fly-
wheel/shredder
cylinder
assembly. The flywheel holds the
chipper
blade - feed material
into
the
chipper
chute
and
the
chipper
blade will process
it
into
chippings.
Or
feed
other
material
into
the shredder
hopper
and
the rotating
cutting
blades will process
it.
(Photo 3-5) Close-up
of
the general-purpose Discharge
Screen.
Chipped
and
shredded
materials
exit
through
the
holes in the screen. A special
Wet
Material Baffle
Attachment
for
processing wet, green materials is also provided. The
Wet
Material Baffle
Attachment
is used
in
place
of
the Discharge
Screen when
you
want to
shred
wet, heavy materials like wet
leaves,
and
gone-by
vegetables.
3.
Chipper/Shredder Chamber
CONTACT WITH INTERNAL ROTATING
CUT-
TNG
BLADES WILL CAUSE SERIOUS PER-
SONAL INJURY.
DO
NOT
PUT HANDS, FACE,
FEET, OR
CLOTHING
INTO THE SHREDDER
HOPPER,
CHIPPER
CHUTE,
DISCHARGE
OPENING, OR NEAR THE DISCHARGE AREA
AT ANYTIME.BEFORE DOING MAINTENANCE
OR SERVICE, PUSH SHUT-OFFTAB (On Top Of
Engine) AGAINST SPARK PLUG AND HOLD
THERE
UNTIL
ALL
MOVING
PARTS HAVE
COME
TO
A COMPLETE STOP. DISCONNECT
THE SPARK PLUG WIRE. AFTER
ALL
MOVING
PARTS HAVE STOPPED COMPLETELY, USE
ONLY A WOODEN STICK
TO
CLEAR JAMMED
MATERIAL.
Inside the steel mainframe chamber of
your
equip-
ment
is
a flywheel/cylinder-assembly that
is
bolted
directly to the engine PTO shaft. The round flywheel
has a chipper blade attached to it. The cylinder assem-
bly also holds the shredder flail cutting blades that do
all the shredding. When your engine is running, the
chipper blade and the shredder cutting blades revolve
at the same time - making either chipping
or
shred-
ding available to you. See Photo 3-4
for
a view inside
the mainframe chamber showing the chipper blade
and shredder cutting blades.
(Photo
3-3)
The
Chipper
Chute is for processing larger,
heavier branches ('/2"-to-2" in diameter).
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