Material Rate User Manual

16 1625AHD/AHL Table of Contents Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
411-020B Table of Contents 2014-03-17
Meter Pressurization (U.S. customary units)
Corn: Reading a Pressure Chart (below, next page)
1. Pick the chart based on seed shape (flat, round).
Example: large round corn
2. Pick a line based on seed size (large, small).
Example: the right line below
3. Find the seed density on the bottom scale.
Example: 1260 seeds/pound
4. Read the suggested starting pressure on the left
scale, where the line (example shown as dotted
gray) intersects the density.
Example: 3.4 inches of water
Initial seed inlet Shutter for corn is: 3
Initial Meter Pressurization: Canola
1.5 inches of water (any seed density)
Initial seed inlet Shutter: 1.5
Initial Meter Pressurization: Cotton
1.5 inches of water (any seed density)
Initial seed inlet Shutter: 2
Initial Meter Pressurization: Milo
1.5 inches of water (all disks, any seed density)
Initial seed inlet Shutter: 1.5
Initial Meter Pressurization: Soybeans
2.0 inches of water (84 cell disk, any seed density)
3.0 inches of water (168 cell disk, any seed density)
Initial seed inlet Shutter: 2
Initial Meter Pressurization: Sunflower
Disk: 817-851C SUNFLOWER OIL LARGE
8500 seeds/pound (or fewer)
8500 - 7000 seeds/lb
7000 - 5500 seeds/lb
5500 s/lb and fewer
1.25 inches of water
1.75 inches of water
2.25 inches of water
Adjust pressure as needed for desired population.
Initial seed inlet Shutter: 2