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3. Functional description
a) Working without automatic pot dispenser
When there is no pot dispenser installed then empty pots are
loaded by one person on the turntable located on the right side
of the machine when it is viewed from front side.
The turntable is driven by a worm drive mechanism and is
moved intermittently in counter clockwise.
The pots are forwarded under the elevator.
Plates are fixed on endless chains located in the elevator
housing which take the soil from the hopper. When the plates
reach the upper turning point the soil falls into pot being there.
A controlled conveyor belt is installed into the soil hopper which
forwards the soil always towards the elevator.
The turntable is inched and a drilling motor being synchronous
with the inching mechanism drills a hole into the soil
that’s
inside the pot by means of a replaceable drill.
One or several person(s) standing around the machine may
plant plants into the pots. Plant holding trays may be located
either beside the machine or in a separate storing place or on
top of the turntable.
A pot take-off is installed to remove the planted pots from the
turntable and to push them on a conveyor belt connected to the
machine.
Warning!
When there is no automatic pot dispenser installed, special
care shall be taken on section 2 „General safety
instructions”.
