Akron EXG 400 X, User Manual

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EXG 400 X GRAIN BAG UNLOADER
4) Clear the area below the tube.
5) Lift the tube to its operating position using the
tractor’s hydraulic system. Check that no person
or equipment interferes with the tube in order to
prevent dangerous trapping or hitting risks.
6) 6) Activate the “Roll” control when it is
necessary to start operating.
WARNING: During operation and
transport, keep away from and avoid
travelling on the machine.
Figure 5.7 Switch valve lever into “ROLL” position.
5-f. Grain Bag Preparation
If it is possible to choose, it is always more
convenient to start extracting grain from the end
of the grain bag where the storage was finished,
since there is enough bag left in this end to fix to
the machine’s roll.If this option is not available,
the operation can also be started from the initial
end of the grain bag (see the paragraph 5-b.
“Recommendations to make extraction easier”).
In both cases, starting from the initial or final
end, the grain bag has to be opened as
explained below. However, when the extraction
starts from the initial end, some grain will have
to be removed manually until enough grain bag
material is left to fix to the extractor’s roll. Follow
the instructions given in title 6-e. “Extraction at
the end of the grain bag” for manual grain
extraction
1) The bag must be opened with extreme care,
since any longitudinal slash on the bag’s top, the
most stretched part of it, could result in the bag
opening completely. To avoid such risk, it is
advisable to work according to the following
procedure:
1.1) Make a short transversal cut, about 20 cm long,
about 2 m from the end of the bag. This cut will be
more or less at the same height as the extractor’s
cutting blade.
1.2) From the middle of the previous cut, slash the
grain bag longitudinally up to its end.
1.3) Open this last cut to the sides, so that the
cereal shows.
2) If there is not enough material to fix the grain
bag to the extractor’s roll, it is convenient to
extract some of the cereal manually, using
shovels, until enough plastic is available. Most
of the times, this operation will be unavoidable
when the extraction starts from the same end
where the storage was started.
3) Make sure there are no people or gear around
the area in order to avoid any kind of damage.
Reverse the machine using the tractor until the
cereal starts to cover the horizontal augers.It is
important to avoid exerting too much pressure
on the cereal mass, since this may result in
excessive, unnecessary efforts on the extractor.
4) Make sure that the machine’s cutting blade is
aligned with the cut previously made by hand.
The cutting blade’s cover will have to be lifted to
this effect.
TRANSVERSAL
CUT
GRAIN BAG
20 cm
2 m
LONGITUDINAL
CUT
GRAIN BAG
2 m
OPEN
GRAIN BAG
Figure 5.6 Switch valve lever into “TUBE” position.
Figure 5.8 Bag transverse cut
Figure 5.9 Bag longitudinal cut
Figure 5.10 Bag opening