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Eliminating malfunctions
OptiCut and rotor
Pick-up equipment
Problem
Cause
Solution
Page
Blockage in front of the rotor
Forward speed too high
> Reduce forward speed
Speed less than 540 rpm
> Increase the speed to 540
rpm
Implement set too low
> Align the implement
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Uneven crop flow
> Adapt the baffle plate
Implement power consumption
too high
Blunt knives
> Sharpen the knives
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Too many knives
> Remove one or more knives
High rpm
> Reduce the rpm to 540 rpm
Scraper frame contaminated or
incorrectly adjusted
> Clean or readjust
Problem
Cause
Solution
Page
Swath not picked up
Pick-up equipment set too high > Lower the pick-up equipment
or
> Adjust the pick-up equipment
wheels or chains
Overload protection activated
> Remove the blockage
> Pick-up equipment set too
low
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Drive chain slipping or jumping
out of chain wheel
> Check the chain, replace if
necessary
Forward speed too high
> Adjust the forward speed
Swath too small/thin
> Produce larger swaths
Pick-up equipment tines bent or
broken
> Straighten the tines
> Replace the tines
Irregular crop supply
Baffle plates set too low
> Set baffle plates higher
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Baffle plate seesaws
Baffle plate caught on swaths
> Set baffle plates higher
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Pick-up equipment blockage
> Remove the blockage
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Unusual noise from the pick-up
equipment
Foreign bodies in the pick-up
equipment
> Remove the blockage
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Bent tines
> Replace the tines
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