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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
NTA607/2007HD
166-283M
04/09/2019
Diverter Vane Adjustments
Refer to Figure 68 (and Figure 52 on page 54)
On dual-hopper drills, where the material in each hopper
may differ substantially, the meters may require substan-
tially different air flows. Dual pressure gauges, and a
diverter vane
are provided for setting unequal flows.
An example of a situation likely to need unequal flow is:
small light seeds in hopper
I
, and
dense dry fertilizer in hopper
II
.
The need for unequal flows may be observed only during
actual field operation, as material must be entering the
airflow and generating air demand.
Diverter Operation
The vane (not shown) inside manifold is attached to a
rod with a handle
on the bottom end, and a nut (not
shown) at the other end of the rod on top of the manifold.
The factory setting for the handle is pointing straight for-
ward, providing balanced flow to each meter. Decals, on
manifold top and bottom, show the approximate angle of
maximum effect.
To adjust the vane:
• Loosen the top nut.
• Turn the handle to point
toward
the side where
reduced
flow is desired, and
away
from the side where
increased
flow is desired.
• Tighten the top nut.
Diverter Tuning Steps
1. Start with:
2. Begin field operations. Watch for delivery issues that
might be remedied by an uneven flow, such as block-
age, pressure alarms and seed cracking/bounce.
3. Adjust fan rpm up and down until you discover the
upper and lower rpms that represent the optimal
working range for each meter. Note the upper and
lower the manifold pressures for that operating
range. The ideal (median) pressures for each meter
are likely to be different.
4. If there is no single fan speed that puts both meters
comfortably within their ideal operating range, set the
fan to an averaged median rpm, and begin adjusting
the diverter vane. The goal is to bring both pressure
gauges to levels within their optimal range similar to
those determined at step 3.
5. After the final vane setting is made, some fan rpm
adjustment may be needed to bring both gauges to
the median readings in the optimal range.
• moderate fan speeds (see page 82)
• balanced manifold air flow - set/leave the diverter
vane handle straight forward.
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Note: Vane is not present on single-hopper drills.
Note: If applying a single material on a single-shoot drill,
Great Plains recommends loading the material
into both hoppers and using half rate (see Seed
Rate manual for details). Set vane for equal pres-
sures to each meter.
Note: If applying a single material on a double-shoot drill,
use a single hopper. Set the vane to divert the max-
imum flow to the used side (this does not complete-
ly shut off air flow to the unused hopper, which
needs some airflow to avoid nuisance alarms).
Figure 68
Diverter Vane Location
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Figure 69
Equal Manifold Pressure
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