Combines bin sample

[Kaye2]

What model machine, is it rotary or conventionalIJ

 

[James]

Its a 94 R-62 rotory every other wire out in the concave and cage concave is at 12 air 7 cylinder speed 250-400

 

[NDDan]

How are cylinder bars and helical barsIJ Any degree of hyperizing done as per hyper mod site or discusion hearIJ How many reverse cylinder barsIJ Close chaffer down and if that cleans it up but causes loss then hyperize front few louvers of chaffer. R62 has large P3 processer so keep that in mind when researching. Good luck

 

[tbran]

NO offense, but if all you are getting is cobs, your problems are larger than my mother in law. You need on site help from a qualified tech person as you have something major broke or you need a different variety of corn or some water earlier in the year. If you meant to say "I have too much cob in the sample" then keep in mind that cob break up is generally greater at low cyl rpm. Set the concave at the diameter of the ave size cob, drop the front of the concave 1 or 2 marks to max, and make sure the grate is level , also make sure helicals are not WORN OUT in the transition area and the grate under the chopper and or impeller is not broke out. Make sure fan, air choke, and splitter and air ducts are to spec. After the material passes through the accel rolls anything that is the same size and weight as a kernal of corn, such as cobs and cob tips, is going in the bin. lighter material should be separated by air blowing the MOG out. Close the top screen -chaffer- and sieve down to the opening equal to the corn kernal and slowly start harvesting IF you are still getting too many cobs refer back to the first paragraph. If the sample is better keep opening the top chaffer to increase capacity to an acceptable compromise in your unusual condition.

 

[tbran]

Hey Dan, I ran into a real problem last week. Customer used a non roundup ready bean and had some type of niteshade or groundcherry type of weed. (I made an A in this class at MSU but I ain't never seen anything like this!) Customer tried to creep through this mess and the combine harvested the weeds with the berries (gentle harvesting!) but they went through the chaffer but not through the sieve and went to mush in the tailings elevator and eventually locked it down. (We still have not had a frost or freeze!) Customer left the tailings plugged overnite and the berries and green stems swelled, fermented and stuck so that we had to use a fork lift to pull the chain and mash out the top. Tip is this! If one is going to HAVE to run this type of weeds through the machine it will take the wet stuff but OPEN THE TAIlINGS DOOR and accept the few beans that are lost and keep on going. His neighbor would not even pull his combine in this field.

 

[MN_DEAN]

Do not let this stuff dry in the combine! take out the sieve and chaffer and preasure wash them, the shoe, and the elevators as well as any other areas you can. This stuff turns to concrete and will take years to wear off. Also the weed seeds are in the residue so you will be planting them as long as you own the machine.

 

[tbran]

good point!