Fransgard DM-2850 User manual

Fransgård
Manual
GB
Disc mower
DM-2850
From serial number : 57450001 →

Fransgård Maskinfabrik A/S
Fredbjergvej 132
DK - 9640 Farsø
Phone: [phone]
www.fransgard.dk
[e-mail]

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LIST OF CONTENTS Page
Technical Specifications........................................................1
Safety Precautions................................................................2
Assemble instruction.............................................................2
Working position....................................................................2
Overload release...................................................................3
Transport position. . . . ..........................................................3
Ordering spare parts .............................................................3
Lubrication and Maintenance................................................3
Mounting of Disc with hat......................................................4
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Working Width.....................................................2,80m / 9'3".
Transport Width...................................................1,90m / 6'3".
Working speed, max.............................6-15km/h / 3,5-9 mph.
Power Requirement...........................................60HP / 45kW.
Power Take-off................................................540 revs. / min.
Number of discs ...................................................................7.
Number of blades...............................................................14.
Weight.........................................................550 kg / 1212 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 straw crops, and
must not be used for anything else.
The machine must only be operated by qualified operator.
Machine lubrication, adjustment may only take place while the
machine is not in use and while the power take-off is switched
off.
In transport position with the cutter bar in vertical position the
safety chain must be mounted.
Tighten bolts and check settings after approx. 5 hours of use.
Blade bolts and disc bolts must be correct tightened.
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.
pages.
TilttheCarryingframepos.38page4andmountthethree-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 thebracket and thecanvas pos.1 and 19.
Mount the swath deflector pos.16 and 18. Mount the stabilizer
pos.31 and 32 on page 4 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 cutter bar 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.
WORKING POSITION
Dismount the safety chain and release the transport lock (A).
Lover the cutter bar 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.

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OVERLOAD RELEASE.
The overload release near the three-point lift is a safety guard
which allow the cutter bar 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
is getting damaged.
Drag the cutter bar 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.
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 - 10 kpm.
Correct tighten of disc bolt - 17 kpm.
Check the V-belts before every start, when the V-belts is proper tightened it can be pushed approx. 20mm. in the
middle between the pulleys.
The V-belts conditions have 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 cutter bar 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 cutter bar
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 cutter bar 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 cutter bar in the bottom is one plug (A) for taking oil of the bar.
The cutter bar is filled with 3,2 litresof SAE 80/90 Wgear oil. It should be checkeddaily and topped 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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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)