Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Table of Contents Introduction..............................3 Hydraulic Schematics.............................5 Hydraulic Schematic Symbols........................5 Main Table Hydraulic Circuit.........................6 Split Reel Lift Circuit with Double Reel Drive ....................7 Grain Belt Plus – Cross Auger Assembly......................8 Lubrication and Maintenance ........................9...
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2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Introduction Over the last year, Honey Bee Manufacturing has made a number of improvements to our Grain Belt Plus Headers. Unfortunately your operator's manual does not reflect these changes. This supplement has been created to educate you on the major updates and changes we have instituted in your equipment.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Lubrication and Maintenance Other Lubrication Maintenance: Knife: If knife is gumming, soak with water first, as alternative soak with diesel fuel. • Gear Box - Speed Increaser: Gravity filled from hydraulic tank. Check daily that no •...
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Reel Split-Reel Lift Hydraulic Circuit Pressure from the combine feeds the barrel end of the left cylinder. As the barrel rises, oil on the bottom side of the piston is forced out of the rod end port, into the rod end port on the center cylinder.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Center Feed Auger Auger Drive Assembly Eaton Variable Power is transferred from the combine to the header Pump via the header drive shaft. As the drive shaft turns, power is transferred through the gear box, to the Eaton variable pump assembly.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Cutting System Overlap Kit The overlap kit is used on all Grain Belt Plus headers, and is a necessary item with double knife drives. The knives overlap at the center of the table.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Pneumatic Cutter Bar Floatation Grain Belt Plus headers are equipped with a pneumatic cutter bar suspension. This system is designed to assist the cutter bar with flotation in low crop cutting situations.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Grain Belt Plus Header Height Control Installation and Adjustment The header height control option uses a sensor assembly to measure changes in the vertical displacement of the leaf springs (caused by varying terrain).
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement 7. This type of sensor is not adjustable. Non-Adjustable Sensor 8. This type of sensor is adjusted by loosening the set screw on the sensor arm locking collar, and moving it until equal travel up and...
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement 10. With the header fully raised, the sensor arms on both sides of the subframe should be resting lightly against the upper stop. If this is not the case, loosen the lock and pivot bolts and adjust.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Setting Header Height Control in the Field If significant adjustments are made to the cutting angle and float of the header, it will be necessary to re-calibrate the header height control. Sensor arm assemblies are located on either side at the base of the sub-frame.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Manually Adjusting the Sensors The following steps are best performed with two people – one in the cab of the combine, and one on the ground with the header height control sensors.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Scenario 1: The flotation restrainer pins are set too high and need to be either lowered, or removed altogether and placed into the storage hole, to allow a full range of flotation.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Tips for smooth operation of the Header Height Control Sensors. As discussed in Note of Scenario 2, ensure that the sensor arm is in it’s mid (horizontal) position, and that the sensor rod and sensor arm are parallel with each other when tightening the rod locking coupler nut.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement If the sensor arm is too close or rubs on the sensor mount, it may be necessary to install one or more spacers (washers) behind the rod locking collar. Do this by first loosening the bolt...
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Automatic Reel Height Control The automatic reel height control may cause the reel to move unexpectedly on start-up. Ensure everyone is, and will remain well clear before turning the ignition key.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Up and Down input signals are transferred to the Up and Down outputs according to the controller logic, but a Down request will be blocked if it would cause the reel to go lower than the Safety Set Point.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Setting the Automatic Reel Height (Safety Set Point) The Safety Set Point can be programmed when the control system is in Manual Mode. To program the Safety Set Point, select Manual Mode using the Control Mode button.
Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Adjusting Cutter Bar Sensors for Reel Height Control In certain situations, it may be necessary to adjust or re-align the cutter bar sensors for the reel height control. Should these sensors become misaligned or require adjusting, proceed as follows: 1.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement 4. If the distance needs to be adjusted, do so by loosening the lock nut on the front or rear bolt on the suspension paddle, as required, and turn the adjustment bolt to attain the required distance.
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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd. 2007 Grain Belt Plus Supplement Cross Auger Assembly The Grain Belt Plus Header is available with a cross- auger. This option is beneficial when harvesting light, or bulky crops that tend to bunch up on the table due to their bushy texture.
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