Marchesan Implementos e Máquinas Agrícolas “TATU” S.A.
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DCA² 2500, 5500, 7500 & 10500 MC
Adjustments and operations
PROBLEM
CAUSES
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
Product does not
fall on the discs
or it falls less than
necessary.
- Closed gate.
- Open in the correct adjustment.
- Conveyor is off.
- Repair it.
- Defective conveyor.
- Strange objects inside the
bin.
- Verify and clean the output.
Product is in the bin
but it does not flow.
- Tunnel formation.
(Wet product).
- Change the product.
- Break the tunnel with a stick.
Deposition is not
uniform.
- D i s t a n c e b e t w e e n
d i s t r i b u t i o n b a n d s i s
excessive.
- Reduce distance as recommended.
- Incorrect position of the
fins.
- Place the fins in the correct position.
- Strong wind.
- Wait wind to reduce.
Vibration and noise.
- Cardan shaft assembly.
- Assembly the cardan properly.
- Loosen mechanisms.
- Tension the belts and conveyor.
- Worn universal joints.
- Replace them.
- Roller bearings are loose
or damaged.
- Retighten the bearings or replace them.
- Strange objects inside the
bin blocking the flow.
- Verify and remove them.
- Poor maintenance.
- Carry out maintenance as recommended.
- PTO rotation speed.
- Keep constant at 540 rpm.
Higher dose than
recommended.
- Dosing mechanism.
- Reduce flow.
- Working speed below the
recommended one.
- Work at recommended speed.
Dose recommended
not achieved.
- Dosing mechanism.
- Increase flow.
- Working speed above the
recommended one.
- Reduce speed.
Deposition range
too narrow.
- Position of fins.
- Check the position of the fins.
