Owner's manual

SEEDHAWK®AIRCARTOPERATOR’SMANUAL29
4.7 METERINGROLLER 
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The metering roller, Figure 25, is provided in each compartment.There are four different
rollersectiontypes:canola,helical,straightfluted(bean)andchickpea.However,thecanola
rollerisonlyavailableonhydraulicdriveequippedaircartmodels.Thehelicalrollersectionis
designedtoaccommodatethemajorityofseedingproductsincludingsmalloilseeds,cereals,
and granular fertilizer. The straight fluted (bean) roller is used for small pulses and granular
fertilizer. The chick pea roller should only be used for very large pulses such as garbanzo
beans.
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Figure25
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Figure26
Thesearesectionsthatmakeuptherollerwhichcanbereplacedifdamageoccurs.Ifthereis
adamagedsectiontheproductgateabovetherollercanbeclosed ifthereisstillproductin
thetank.Themeterrollercanthenberemovedandrepairedwithoutproductspillageor
the
needtounloadthetank.
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NOTE:Ensurerollergateisreopenedtocommenceseeding.
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Therearetwocoloredrollersectionsonsomemeters,asseeninFigure25.Theredsections
havelessdisplacementthantheblacksections.Whenamachine’sairdistributionsystemhas
towerheadswithdifferentoutletstheheadswiththelowernumberofoutletsarefedbyred
rollersectionstoensureevendistribution.
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