Gearmore RT800, Operation, Service & Parts Manual

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4. MACHINE DESCRIPTION
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4.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The fertilizer spreader with centrifugal distribution is a machine
for agriculture that spreads in the
fi eld solid mineral fertilizer in
granular and powder form. It is pulled by and coupled to the tractor
by three points.
The fertilizer spreader consists of:
● A bearing chassis
● One hopper designed to contain the product to be spread
● Distribution components, driving and adjustment components
In the front side, the machine is equipped with a coupling
structure with three coupling points to the tractor.
The hopper in metal sheet has a truncated conical shape.
The fertilizer contained in the hopper goes through the dispenser
and, due to gravity, falls on the distributor - spreader system.
The dispenser is equipped with hydraulic controls to
open and close.
The distribution unit is located in the lower part of the hopper.
The unit consists of:
●
Agitator to break up clods
●
Adjustable dispenser of the quantity of fertilizer to be used
●
One distributor - spreader system, of single disk type
The fertilizer, by gravity, goes through 2 openings on the bottom
of the hopper and falls on the distributor-spreader system.