Combines 2nd report CDF reverse bars

[NowGleaner7]

tbran, Do you have the helical wedge in as well as the steep pitch helicals over the thresherIJ Are you saying you have to have the sep. grate squeezed up to between 4 and 6 to eliminate rotor loss and yet no horsepower loss. What are the yieldsIJ TIA Dave

 

[T__langan]

Thanks for the report, tbran. We look forward to hearing more about these new rotors. Interesting what you are finding with the reverse bars. Does this mean that the reverse bars we welded together to make a mailbox post may need to be cut apart for future useIJ I'm sure there are a bunch of them out there being used as boat anchors as well!

 

[D_Mayes]

Tim, what you are saying about the smaller stars can be done with the P1 cylinder with P3 stars and use P1 bars.I have a N5 with the high low cylinder should I try taking the spacers out of the high barsIJ Then I could double stack all the helicals. Just a thought.

 

[RamRod]

Tbran, what are your samples looking likeIJ 350 RPMs sounds like lots of fines. Thanks for your insights. Clarify concave grate setting - 4 to 6 is tight for soybeans and you are that tight for cornIJ Is that due to the 24 inch dia. rotorIJ

 

[tbran]

No more fines than normal, high wire grates, remember as the diameter shrinks so does the striking force of the outter edge, thus perhaps the greater rpm allowedIJ Anyway this is from just under to just over 1_2" at the upper grate and the NEW setting for the lower adjusting eyebolts and lower concave is .6" rather than the old .4 " so we are not as close as we think intially.

 

[tbran]

I think I am doing all the thinking I am capable of you have an excellent idea. Wish I had the time ...

 

[tbran]

lets put it this way, agco will not get any orders for reverse bars..... if anyone needs any we are blessed.

 

[tbran]

yes, helical extention and steep pitch over the thresher, regular pitch over the separator, one machine has the steep pitched helicals shimmed out to .125 closer, can't tell any difference but this was for anticipation of green stem sopybeans, will let you know. And I posted above the new setting for the CDF is .6 at the bottom rather than .4 for the regular cylinder. In talking to service (Keller) it seems this setting still yields whole cobs about everywhere in all yields. We are in yields of 100 to 180 bu. The machines do much better the higher and more uniform the yield. Finally not the separator grate, we tried that and it did not work at all, but rather the threshing grate at a setting from .4 in poor corn to .6 in good corn. Run the grate as close as possible to yield as many whole cobs as possible for maximun capacity and the least loss.

 

[tbran]

yes, helical extention and steep pitch over the thresher, regular pitch over the separator, one machine has the steep pitched helicals shimmed out to .125 closer, can't tell any difference but this was for anticipation of green stem sopybeans, will let you know. And I posted above the new setting for the CDF is .6 at the bottom rather than .4 for the regular cylinder. In talking to service (Keller) it seems this setting still yields whole cobs about everywhere in all yields. We are in yields of 100 to 180 bu. The machines do much better the higher and more uniform the yield. Finally not the separator grate, we tried that and it did not work at all, but rather the threshing grate at a setting from .4 in poor corn to .6 in good corn. Run the grate as close as possible to yield as many whole cobs as possible for maximun capacity and the least loss.

 

[NowGleaner7]

tbran, I am not exactly sure what you mean by the .4"and .6". I usually set my lower grate to the mid section or slightly closer to max. If I understand you correctly you mean the front concave grate clearance @ .4 or .6. which would be almost half way between mid and max. Have patience with an old Case ih man. TIA Dave