Agriculex Inc.
Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.guelph.org
1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4
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7.
Maintenance
Maintenance of the counter includes:
clean detecting unit
clean the main valve
clean feeder
7.1 Clean detecting unit
The seed counter should be periodically cleaned to ensure the precision and accuracy of
the counter. The chemical powder or dust accumulated on the
‘windows’
through where
the sensor sees will affect the accuracy and precision of the counter. It is imperative to
clean the chemical powder rested on the inside of the detecting unit and containers to
prevent the untreated seed from contamination.
7.1.1 Clean the dust throughout each channel
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Use an air gun to blow each channel while simultaneously opening the end valve
so that the dust, beeswing, powder or any trash can be blown out.
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After cleaning, drop a seed into each channel for testing. The control box should
respond to each channel accordingly.
If you are still not satisfied with the accuracy or you are going to count untreated seed
after counting the treated seed, you need to first clean the chemical powder out from the
detecting unit.
7.1.2
Clean acrylic window tubes
Unplug or disconnect the seed counter from power source.
Unplug the number 2, 3, 4 and 5 cables at the back of the base unit.
Remove the feeder unit from the top and place it at a secure table top.
Remove 4 screws which anchored the distributor and pull out the seed
distributor from the detector unit.
Seed distributor detecting unit
Screws
Screw
