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Palax KS45s Translation 1-2017
5.3. Dropping plate, Fig. 5.1
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In particular, when short pieces of firewood are
processed from large logs, the logs are frozen or very
knotty, it is possible that the billet drops or jumps
onto the bottom of the chute in a wrong position, and
the splitting cannot be started until the position of
the billet has been corrected.
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The Palax KS 45 is equipped with a specific dropping
plate that helps to transfer the billet being controlled
into the splitting chute after the cut-off operation.
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The dropping plate can be switched either to
automatic operation or completely out of operation.
The operating mode of the plate is selected via the
ON-OFF lever 2 on the control panel, Fig 3.1.
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When the dropping plate is in use, it automatically operates synchronously with the crosscut
saw-bar. If the plate is not in use, the cut-off billet falls straight onto the bottom of the
splitting chute.
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In the automatic mode, the plate comes up during the cutting operation and receives the cut-
off billet. When the crosscut saw-bar is raised via the control lever, the dropping plate goes
down first and drops the billet into the splitting chute before the saw-bar starts going up again.
This allows the billet to settle in the splitting chute before the automatic stroke is launched.
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The dropping plate can be operated manually via the control lever 5, irrespective of the
position of the ON-OFF lever 2.
NOTE! When you saw large trunks or knotty trunks with diameter near the maximum
allowed, we recommend that you disable the dropping plate to prevent the pusher from
pushing the log being split against the dropping plate and breaking it.
5.4. Disturbances during the splitting operation and their remedy
A stuck log:
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If the logs are big and have big branches, the force of the pusher may not be sufficient.
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If the log sticks to the wedge, reverse the pusher using the control lever.
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Raise the splitting-wedge and retry splitting the billet by launching the stroke manually.
Changing the position of the billet often helps.
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If the log does not split, turn the splitting lever to the right to reverse the cylinder and enable
safe removal of the billet.
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Open the protective net and hit the stuck wood loose using another piece of wood.
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If the log has a big branch, make the branch split by turning the log and pushing it towards the
wedge with the root end first. Doing it this way requires the least power..