Fransgard DM-2450 User manual

Manual
GB
Disc mower
DM-2450
Ab serial # : 57350006 →

Fransgård Maskinfabrik A/S
Fredbjerg
DK - 9640 Farsø
Phone: [phone]
www.fransgard.dk
[e-mail]

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LIST OF CONTENTS Page
Technical Specifications................................................................1
Safety Precautions ........................................................................2
Assembling instruction...................................................................2
Working position............................................................................2
Overload release...........................................................................3
Transport position..........................................................................3
Ordering spare parts......................................................................4
Lubrication and Maintenance.........................................................4
Transport chain..............................................................................5
Mounting of Disc with hat...............................................................6
Mounting / assembling instruction ........see www.fransgard.dk
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Working width................................................................2,40m/7'9".
Transport width..............................................................1,90m/6'3".
Working speed, max.......................................6-15km/h 3,5-9 mph.
Power Requirement.....................................................50HP/37kW.
Power Take-off..........................................................540 revs./min.
Number of discs............................................................................6.
Number of blades .......................................................................12.
Weight ................................................................524 kg / 1.155 lbs.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
All screens must be correctly positioned and checked before
starting the machine. Take care for stone fling. It is not advisable
to remain in the working area of the machine while working parts
are rotating.
The machine is made to work in grass and strawcrops, and must
not be used for anything else.
The machine must only be oberated by qualified operator.
Machine lubrication, adjustment may only takeplace while the
machine is not in use and while the power take-off is switched off.
In transportposition with the cutterbar in vertical position must the
safety chain be mounted.
Tighten bolts and check settings after approx. 5 hours of use.
Bladebolts and disc bolts must be correct tightent.
If blades are changed, make sure they are proper mounted.
The machine must only be started when it is lowered.
The rpm. of the PTO. must not exceed the recommended PTO.
speed.
The field must be cleared for foreign objects.
The main cover can be weared and has to be changed in time.
Only use original Fransgård spare parts.
Read instructions for use carefully before starting.
ASSEMBLE INSTRUCTION
Bolts, nuts and special pins etc. are mounted on the machine
where you need it.
See the mounting / spare parts drawings on the following
pages.
Tilt the Carryingframe (pos.38 page 8) roundand mount the three-
point hitch by means of the suspension fork pos.19. Mount the
carrying frame pos.12 page 14 on the gearbox and mount the
bracket pos.7. Mount the bracket and the canvas pos.1 and 19.
Mount the swath deflector pos.16 and 18. Mount the stabilizer
pos.31 and 32 page 8 into the suspension fork pos.19 together
with the unloading device pos.26, the lock pos.17 and the spring
pos.21. Mount the release bracket as follow, the spring must face
cutterbar and must be near the carrying frame.
Adjust the spring under the unloading device as follow, the
transport lock must be unlocked and the suspension fork must be
to the right into the slide, then tighten the spring by means of the
eye bolt pos.22 just as much as the spring start tighten up.

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WORKING POSITION
Dismount the safety chain and release the transport lock (A).
Lover the cutterbar until there is about 20mm. in free of the slide
(B) see the illustration.
Adjust the tractor´s depth stop, if the tractor´s depth stop is in bad
condition, then use enclosed bracket, and tighten the safety chain
into the top bar bracket on the tractor, so the machine can be kept
in place.
The hydraulic cylinder must be floating.
Tilt the protection guard forward.
Adjust the cutting height by using the top bar.
OVERLOAD RELEASE.
The overload release near the three-point lift is a safety guard
which allow the cutterbar swing backward if it hit's into the ground,
when it happens then stop the PTO. and drive backward and the
overload release are going to lock again.
TRANSPORT POSITION
Change-over from working position to transport position is as
follows:
Lift the machine from the ground. Tilt the front swath guard
backwards and drag the canvas free of the brackets, so it not are
getting damaged.
Drag the cutterbar up into vertical position by means of the
hydraulic cylinder and lock it by means of the safety chain.
Turn the transport lock (A) on, in the left side.

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ORDERING SPARE PARTS
The spare part order must contain the following information:
1. Machine type.
2. Spare part number and description-possibly dimensions and number of parts.
LUBRICATION AND MAINTENANCE
Lubricate PTO shaft after every 10 hours of operation and lubricate the indicated lubrication points
as and when required.
Retighten bolts.
Correct tighten of knife bolt –100 N
Correct tighten of disc bolt - 170 N
Check the V-belts before every start, when the V-belts is proper tightened it can be pushed appr.
20mm. in the middle between the pulleys.
The V-belts conditions has to be checked by dismount the cover.
Is a V-belt defect, exchange the whole set.
Is the machine put away for the winter, the V-belts has to be released.
At regular intervals, and at least twice a week, check the cutterbar for dirt and clean if required.
An unbalance will reduce the life of the bar.
Check the oil level in the gearbox, by means of the level indicator under the plug on top of gearbox
the cutterbar must be horizontal.
The gearbox is filled with 0,7 litres of SAE 80/90 W gear oil. It should be checked daily and topped
up if necessary.
Check oil level on the cutterbar when it is in vertical position, on the disc side there is one plug, for
controlling oil level and filling oil into the bar.
Under the cutterbar in the bottom is one plug (A) for taking oil of the bar.
The cutterbar is filled with 2,7 litres of SAE 80/90 W gear oil. It should be checked daily andtopped
up if necessary.
Change oil after approx. 10 hours of use, and then every 100 hours at least once a year.

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Transport chain for K & DM- disc mower,
And chain for less pressure on the lift arms

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Mounting of Disc with hat.
Remove the nut, small disc and protection bushing from
the shaft. Mount the Disc with hat, as shown on the
picture, with the small disc and nut. Mount the plastic
cover on the top.
(You shall not use the protection bushing)