MacDon C Series User manual

Table of contents
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1  Safety .............................................................................................. 5 
1.1  Recognize safety information .........................................................................5 
1.2  Safety label meanings ....................................................................................5 
1.3  Safety label placement ...................................................................................8 
1.4  List of active machine parts ............................................................................9 
2  Introduction.................................................................................... 10 
3  Designation, Operation, Function................................................... 11 
4  Identification, technical data........................................................... 14 
4.1  Identification .................................................................................................14 
4.2  Technical data, main parameters .................................................................15 
5  Shipping conditions........................................................................ 16 
6  Mounting the corn head on the combine........................................ 18 
6.1  Mounting the corn heads on the combine is described below. .....................19 
6.1.1  New Holland; Case AFX; MF 8680; 8780; Gleaner R; Gleaner C;............................... 19 
6.1.2  John Deere.................................................................................................................... 19 
6.1.3  Claas Mega, Claas Dominator, Claas Lexion ............................................................... 20 
6.1.4  MF32-40 S 52.153=> ................................................................................................ 20 
6.1.5  Case-IH 1000 - 2000..................................................................................................... 20 
6.1.6  Deutz-Fahr .................................................................................................................... 21 
6.1.7  Fiat-Laverda .................................................................................................................. 21 
6.1.8  ACROS.......................................................................................................................... 22 
6.1.9  RSM-181 ....................................................................................................................... 23 
6.2  Other steps following the securing of the adapter on the combine ...............26 
6.3  Connecting the electric snapping plate adjuster ...........................................27 
6.4  Connecting the hydraulic system (for folding corn heads) ............................28 
6.5  Mounting to a different type of combine........................................................29 
7  Setup procedure............................................................................ 30 
8  Setup procedure and adjustment of the corn head ........................ 31 
8.1  Frame ...........................................................................................................31 
8.2  Gathering auger............................................................................................31 
8.3  Drive system.................................................................................................32 
8.4  Snapping units..............................................................................................32 
8.4.1  Adjustment of the snapping rolls................................................................................... 33 
8.4.2  Distance between the snapping roll shafts ................................................................... 33 
8.4.3  Setting labyrinth seal..................................................................................................... 33 
8.4.4  Alignment ...................................................................................................................... 33 
8.5  Snapping plate settings ................................................................................34 
8.6  Adjustment of the cleaning knives (1, 2).......................................................34 
8.7  Setting the chain tension of the gathering chain...........................................35 
8.8  Gearbox-adjustment of the hex shaft and gear backlash .............................35 
8.9  Cardan shafts ...............................................................................................36 
8.10  Plastic snouts ...............................................................................................36 
8.11  Automatic header height control...................................................................37 
8.12  Installing the sunflower kit ............................................................................37 
9  Technical documentation for assembling the sunflower saver net . 40 
9.1  Drill the necessary holes on the upper beam: ..............................................40 
9.2  Assembling the central net: ..........................................................................41 
9.3  Assembling the adjustable net......................................................................42 
9.4  Mounting the outer holders...........................................................................43 
9.5  Fastening the side nets ................................................................................43 
9.6  Mount the parts and fasten them together through the oval holes................44 
9.7  The quantity of the used parts by header type:.............................................44 

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10  Harvesting ..................................................................................... 45 
10.1  Corn Head Automatic Header Height Control (AHHC) System.................... 46 
11  Maintenance and lubrication.......................................................... 48 
11.1  Frame........................................................................................................... 48 
11.2  Auger ........................................................................................................... 48 
11.3  Auger connecting clutches ........................................................................... 48 
11.4  Drive units .................................................................................................... 49 
11.5  Input gearboxes ........................................................................................... 49 
11.6  Drive connecting elements........................................................................... 50 
11.6.1  Cardan shaft...................................................................................................................50 
11.6.2  Chain clutches and other designed clutches .................................................................50 
11.7  Snapping unit ............................................................................................... 50 
11.7.1  Gearbox .........................................................................................................................50 
11.7.2  Snapping roll ..................................................................................................................53 
11.7.3  Gathering chain..............................................................................................................53 
11.8  Lubrication chart........................................................................................... 54 
12  Electrical schematics ..................................................................... 55 
12.1  JD electrical schematic ................................................................................ 55 
12.2  CNH electrical schematic ............................................................................. 56 
12.3  AGCO electrical schematic .......................................................................... 57 
12.4  CLAAS Lexion electrical schematic.............................................................. 58 
12.5  CIH 2000 electrical schematic...................................................................... 59 
13  Troubleshooting............................................................................. 60 
14  Winter storage of the corn head..................................................... 62 
15  Warranty, customer support, order of spare parts.......................... 63 
16  Environment protection.................................................................. 64 
16.1  The effects of operation on humans............................................................. 64 
16.2  Solid and other wastes................................................................................. 64 
16.3  Noise emission............................................................................................. 64 
17  Contact.......................................................................................... 65 
18  Inspections .................................................................................... 66 

Safety
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1 Safety
1.1 Recognize safety information
WARNING!
This is the safety – alert symbol.
When you see this symbol on your machine or in this manual, be alert to the poten-
tial for personal injury. Carefully read all safety messages in this manual and on
your machine safety signs, and respect them fully to avoid accidents leading to se-
rious injury or death!
WARNING!
Keep safety signs in good condition. Replace missing or dam-
aged safety signs. Replacement safety signs are available from
the manufacturer. It is PROHIBITED to remove safety signs
from your machine!
WARNING!
Before installing the machine read the operator’s manual care-
fully, learn how to operate, control and keep your machine in
good condition. Do not let anyone operate it without instruction.
1.326.700
Keep your machine in proper working condition. Unauthorized and non-professional
modifications to the machine may impair the function and safety and affect the ma-
chine life.
1.2 Safety label meanings
The function of the labels is to give, easy to understand safety instructions for those
who are staying close to the machine, in order to minimize the risk of accidents. It is
therefore important that these labels always be easy to read, and in complete condi-
tion.

Safety
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a. Before beginning any maintenance or lubricating, stop the
engine of the combine and remove the key!
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b. If you stop the combine while the header is lifted, secure the
loose working cylinder with the help of the device - dive in-
hibitor - fixed to the hydraulic working cylinder of the com-
bine to avoid the accidental crash of the header.
1.326.701
c. Always stay clear of moving elements during operation! Al-
ways disengage header drive, shut off the engine and re-
move key before servicing or unclogging header.
1.315.438
d. Always keep your distance from the rotating parts of the
machine. The header’s snapping rolls and other moving
parts can’t be covered completely due to their functions. Do
not feed crop material into machine by hand or attempt to
manually unplug machine while it is running. The stalk rolls
can feed the crop material in faster than you can release
your grip on it. To avoid personal injury or mortal accident
always stop engine before unclogging.
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e. Never attempt to open or remove shield while the engine is
running. Keep every shield in its place. Avoid direct contact
of your hand, leg, any part of your body or cloth with rotat-
ing, moving machine parts, elements! Before approaching
any moving parts wait for them to completely stop!
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f. Avoid bruise!
The loose and non-fixed header can unexpectedly crash
down, so stay away from loose and non-fixed machine!
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g. Movable, fixable parts can cause pinching in; these places
are signed with this symbol. Do not touch these risky zones
until their proper fastening is guaranteed!
1.315.590
h. If the engine is still operating, the combine can accidentally
start. Never step between the header and the combine if the
engine is not shut off!
1.326.706
i. Machines equipped with chopper are more dangerous be-
cause of objects thrown out unexpectedly. Do not stay close
to operating machine. Follow the instructions on use and
maintenance of chopper knives!
1.315.440
j. When we are talking about foldable machines there's a pos-
sibility that the wing frames can suddenly fold. Do not stay
under and around the wing frames!
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1.326.707
k. On some types of corn heads you can find high-pressure
hydraulic system. In case of a pressurized system, the pip-
ing system must not be disturbed or exposed to any exter-
nal effects of the damage.
1.332.254

Safety
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l. The drive shaft rotation.
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m. The total length of the combine with the header on the trailer
can exceed the allowed 12.0 or 18.75 meters together,
therefore these are oversized vehicles. These oversized ve-
hicles with greater length than the allowed can only enter
the road traffic with special permit from the road operator’s.
1.332.251
1.3 Safety label placement
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Foldable

Safety
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WARNING!
Attention! The figure shows only the labels plotted on one side
of the header, but in reality the machine must be placed sym-
metrically on both sides!
If any of the labels are damaged or missing they must be re-
placed immediately!
1.4 List of active machine parts
No.
Dangerous machine part Danger
1. Snapping units, chains Snatch, nip, entanglement
2. Gathering auger Cutting, nip, entanglement
3. Outside shields Nip, bruise
4. Side drive, chain drive Snatch, nip, entanglement
5. Cardan shafts Entanglement
6. Inner space between combine and corn head Brunt, snatch, crush
7. Stalk shredder Cutting, impact from unexpected flying objects
8. Shields, snouts Gliding, stumbling
9. Lifted machine Gliding, stumbling
10. Hydraulics High-pressure fluid injection
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Introduction
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2 Introduction
Dear CUSTUMER!
Thank you for buying our product. We would like to give you some useful infor-
mation and assistance for the optimal operation of the adapter. You bought a corn
head with a universal frame, constructed according to up-to-date technology.
Please carefully read the operator's manual before handling.
The operating manual contains instructions for both flute roll and knife roll gearbox-
es. These instructions, in the absence of special specification, apply for both mod-
els.
The corn heads comes in: 6, 8, 12-row fix. and 6, 8, 9, 12-row foldable frames and
are produced with or without shredder.
WARNING!
Every corn head has CE-sign; it means that it meets the Euro-
pean Standard Requirement the safety regulations, and takes
the market consideration into account. With this indication the
product can be marketed in any country of the European Union.
WARNING!
The manufacturer is not liable for damage and/or injury
caused because of not following the instructions contained
in the Operator’s manual.

Designation, Operation, Function
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3 Designation, Operation, Function
The corn-head adapter can be assembled on any type of combine, depending on
type it serves to harvest ripe corn sown between 50.8 and 76.2 cm (20-30”) row dis-
tance.
The detachment of corns from the stalk is carried out by adjacent snapping units.
On the illustration below the snapping function of the unit is
shown. The stalk (4) getting between the (1,2) snapping cyl-
inders-turning facing one another, situated between the (3)
snapping rolls-is pulled down by the (1,2) snapping cylinders.
Meanwhile the (5) corn arriving on the (3) snapping rolls
crashes and detaches from the stalk. Afterwards it gets into
the (7) gathering trough with the help of (6) gathering
chains-moving above the snapping rolls-where the (8) gath-
ering auger transports it to the center of trough and passes
it towards the feeder of the combine. After the detachment
of (5) corn the (4) stalk gets under the snapping units.
If the corn-head is equipped with shredder then the stalk
getting under the snapping unit is cut up and chopped into
pieces by the chopper (9) situated under or behind the
snapping unit.
WARNING!
The adapter in itself is non-functional, it can only fulfil its function
if assembled on a combine, attached to it. To work safely whit it,
it is essential to respect the instructions on the use of the adapt-
er and the operation of the corn combine. It can only be operat-
ed by a well-qualified person.

Designation, Operation, Function
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The adapter of the corn head receives drive from the passing axle of the feeding
house of the combine through universal drive shaft or chain shaft coupling. The
shaft driven by the combine drives the snapping units directly through a chain drive.
The snapping units use chain shaft coupling to transmit drive (to each other).
The adapter cannot be overburdened thanks to the security switch built into every
snapping unit, the switches are built into the passing axles.
The drive of gathering auger is chain transmission as. In the 6 and 8-row machines
the auger receives drive from the passing axel of the outer left snapping unit. In the
12 row machines the auger receives drive from both end of the adapter. The worm-
gearing is protected from overburden. It is supplied with a separate security switch
built in the sprocket on the auger axle. As the adapter in itself is non-functional, its
operation, fitting to the combine and the accomplishment of the necessary adjust-
ments -similar to the grain cutting-table -happens in the operator box of the com-
bine.
After putting into operation the adapter is suitable for harvesting which you should
start by taking into consideration the followings:
1. After a short sound signal start the engine of the combine!
2. After checking that no one is close to the adapter, lower it down in a way that
the sliding thrust of the snapping unit should be at about 8-15 cms from the
ground - in case of appropriate adjustment the divider points touch the ground
– and then turn on the adapter drive!
WARNING!
It is only allowed to drive the corn header in the specified har-
vesting position.
3. Start the harvesting in the sowing direction of the corn!
4. Drive the adapter with the recommended harvesting velocity (7-8 km) in the
row!
Emergency stop:
During harvesting unexpected events may take place when you have to stop the
adapter suddenly (shut off the drive and stop the machine).

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For example:
- accident,
- alien substance in the stock (irrigation tube, gas tube, etc.) which got into the
adapter,
- overburden (the safety switches get released),
- clogging, blockage,
- other breakdown, machine fault,
WARNING!
The adapter has no specific emergency stop system, its emer-
gency stop is activated from the operator box of the combine.
Respect by all means the instructions on combine related to
emergency stop of the adapter!
During operation of adapter it is FORBBIDEN to leave the oper-
ator box!
Non-conform use:
- The direction of harvesting does not correspond with the direction of sowing:
The adapter is only suitable for harvesting in the direction of sowing (row de-
pendant). In case of incorrect use (direction of sowing and harvesting not the
same, row distance of corn is not suitable) the harvesting parameters deterio-
rate greatly (increasing loss of grains, on-adequate quality of shredding).
- The adapter passes too high during harvesting:
The shredder is fixed too stiffly to the adapter so if the distance between the
skid plate and the ground is more than 15 cm, the shredding function is deteri-
orating greatly (high stubble-field).
- The adapter is not used to harvest corn:
In case of harvesting other plants (e.g. sunflower) the consequence is a great
loss of grains and a negative effect on the lifetime of the machine. (The adapt-
er becomes capable of harvesting sunflower with greatly decreased negative
effects if it’s equipped with a sunflower kit.)
- Excessive harvesting velocity:
The normal harvesting velocity of the adapter is 7-8 km/h, without any trans-
formation it can operate with 11-13 km/h velocity. Higher speed results in grain
loss and non-adequate shredding.

Identification, technical data
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4 Identification, technical data
4.1 Identification
The corn head is universal, so it can be assembled on some type of combine with a
separate kit. These readjusting kits are bolted to the corn head when a machine is
ordered. A data plate is provided located on the left side of the machine's upper
support.
The machine serial number, is next to the data plate in a white box, as shown.
The data plate indicates the following:
The address and name of the producer
Type of header: Year of production:
Type of combine:
Serial number: Weight:
(in kg)
The type signal may refer to the followings:
Number of rows: Combine:
Build:
foldable

Identification, technical data
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4.2 Technical data, main parameters
Net weight*
(kg)
2140
2180
3130
4160
2250
2330
3300
3740
4400
Lubricants: SAE 80W-140 and EP-00 grease
Pitch of the gathering auger: 560mm
Input shaft speed of the snapping unit drive: 550/min
Length of chopped stalk: average 50 mm, depending on crop condition
Adjustment of the snapping plate: central electric or hydraulic adjustment from the cabin
*The full weight of the adapter may vary from the value written in the chart, the difference changes based on the mounting kit!
In shipping condition
Height
(mm)
2430
2430
2430
2430
2430
2430
2430
2430
2430
Length
(mm)
1100
1100
1100
1100
1100
1100
1100
1100
1100
Width
(mm)
4299
4609
6135
9180
3040
3226
3226
3988
4750
In operating condition
Height
(mm)
1410
1410
1449
1449
1584
1584
1584
1584
1584
Length
(mm)
2970
2970
2970
2970
2970
2970
2970
2970
2970
Width
(mm)
4299
4609
6135
9180
4299
4609
6135
6895
9180
Type
6R FIX frame 70cm
6R FIX frame 76.2cm
8R FIX frame 76.2cm
12R FIX frame 76.2cm
6R foldable frame 70cm
6R foldable frame 76.2cm
8R foldable frame 76.2cm
9R foldable frame 76.2cm
12R foldable frame 76.2cm

Shipping conditions
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5 Shipping conditions
All your delivered corn heads are filled with oil, and are mounted on a shipping skid.
Check the lubricant level before you take over the corn head!
WARNING!
The corn head can be lifted with a suitable crane and fork lift.
When you choose the elevating equipment you should consider
the weight detailed.
When elevating with fork lift the corn head becomes movable if placing the elevating
forks under the metal delivery support under the machine. Be careful to place the
elevating forks symmetrically to the central line of the machine. The exact place of
elevating points is shown by the label on the illustration.
When elevating with crane the elevating cable is to be fixed in the elevator retainers
situated on the elevator strip clamping mounted on the skid plate of snapping units.
The elevator points are signed with the label on the strip clamping.
When you elevate with crane the cable angle should be max. 90° (according to the
illustration).
The minimum "l" cable length for keeping the max. 90° angle:
The 6-8-row fix and foldable machines: 2150 mm
The 12-row fix and foldable machines 11250 mm (in case of 4 pieces of cables)

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The cable length should be the same both side!
WARNING!
Only a cable - which meets the weight of the machine - can be
used!
When lifting a 12-row corn header use four cables as shown in the photo below!
max. 90º

Mounting the corn head on the combine
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6 Mounting the corn head on the combine
After taking off the transport skids:
• Cut off the shrink-wrap,
• Cut the clamping, snouts must be taken down from the machine.
Remove the parking stands (and snouts if attached to corn head) from their stored
shipping position and install parking stands in their retracted (transport) position.
Carefully lower the machine to horizontal position with a cable attached to lifting
hooks.
Remove the shipping skid after the machine is resting securely in horizontal posi-
tion!
WARNING!
After the above operation and because the manufacturer al-
ready attached the specified mounting kit to the Corn Head, en-
gage and securely attach the Corn Head to the combine accord-
ing to Combine Manufacturer’s instructions. Engage the feeder
lift cylinder safety stop and secure the lower latches!
In case of foldable machines remove the screws which secured
the wings (on both sides) to the mainframe!

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6.1 Mounting the corn heads on the combine is described below.
6.1.1 New Holland; Case AFX; MF 8680; 8780; Gleaner R; Gleaner C;
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Adjust the position of the latch retainer (1) to ensure that the feeder house lever is
fully engaged. If the proper position is not attainable, change the original arm of the
feeder house with the arm supplied as an attachment.
Attention! In case of the Case AFX adaptation a
perforated plate must be removed from the roof
of the hood!
6.1.2 John Deere
Insert the spring pivot pin (2) of the feeder house into the hole of the retainer plate
(1) which is assembled on the lower support. If required, adjust the pin alignment.