
Operator’s manual
Double-sided disc mowers
with central suspension
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Contents
page
1.
IDENTIFYING THE MACHINE ............................................................................................. 3
2.
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 3
3.
PROPER AND INTENDED USE .............................................................................................. 4
3.1.
Technical data ........................................................................................................................... 5
3.2.
Design and working principle .................................................................................................. 6
3.2.1.
Double-sided disc mowers without swath conditioner/rollers .......................................... 6
3.2.2.
Double-sided disc mowers with tine conditioner .............................................................. 7
3.2.3.
Double-sided disc mowers with roller conditioner. .......................................................... 8
3.2.4.
Double-sided disk mowers with swath conditioner and conveyors .................................. 8
3.2.5.
Double-sided disk mowers with swath rollers and conveyors .......................................... 9
3.2.6.
Double-sided disk mowers with hydro-pneumatic support ............................................. 10
3.3.
Standard equipment and spare parts ....................................................................................... 10
4.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................................... 12
4.1.
General safety rules and regulations ....................................................................................... 12
4.2.
Qualifications of operator ....................................................................................................... 14
4.3.
Conditions of mounting mower on tractor ............................................................................. 14
4.4.
Transport................................................................................................................................. 14
4.4.1.
Putting the mower onto another vehicle for transport ..................................................... 15
4.5.
Working parts ......................................................................................................................... 17
4.6.
PTO shaft ................................................................................................................................ 17
4.7.
Hydraulic assembly ................................................................................................................ 17
4.8.
Safety curtains ........................................................................................................................ 18
4.9.
Residual risk ........................................................................................................................... 18
4.9.1.
Danger of machine entanglement .................................................................................... 19
4.9.2.
Danger of cutting injury, abrasion and damage of skin .................................................. 19
4.9.3.
Danger of injury from liquid ejection out of hydraulic system ....................................... 19
4.9.4.
Forbidden actions ............................................................................................................ 19
4.9.5.
Residual risk assessment ................................................................................................. 19
4.10.
Safety labels and their meaning ........................................................................................... 20
4.11.
Design and operation of safety breakaway device ............................................................... 25
5.
OPERATION............................................................................................................................. 25
5.1.
Attaching the mower to the tractor ......................................................................................... 26
5.1.1.
Connecting hydraulic hoses ............................................................................................. 26
5.1.1.1.
Double-sided disk mowers without swath conditioner/rollers and conveyors ... 27
5.1.1.2.
Mowers fitted with controller ............................................................................. 28
5.1.1.3.
Mowers without controller ................................................................................. 28
5.1.2.
Mounting PTO shaft ........................................................................................................ 28
5.2.
Control panel .......................................................................................................................... 29
5.2.1.
Setting mower in transport position on headlands .......................................................... 31
5.2.2.
Setting mower in vertical transport position ................................................................... 31
5.2.3.
Starting the conveyer’s belt ............................................................................................. 32
5.2.4.
Changing language version of control panel ................................................................... 32
5.2.5.
Service mode ................................................................................................................... 32
5.3.
Simplified control panel ......................................................................................................... 32
5.3.1.
Setting pressure in unloading system .............................................................................. 33
5.3.2.
Lifting of cutterbars to headlands .................................................................................... 34
5.3.3.
Locking cutterbars in lifted position ............................................................................... 34
5.3.4.
Lifting cutterbars to transport position ............................................................................ 34
5.3.5.
Description of errors ........................................................................................................ 35
5.3.6.
Work parameter overview ............................................................................................... 35
5.3.7.
Controls testing ................................................................................................................ 35
5.4.
Preparing the mower for transport – version without controller ............................................ 36
5.5.
Preparing the mower for transport on public roads ................................................................ 38