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4.3. Feeding and sawing wood
The in-feed conveyor feeds the wood into the firewood processor. Turn joystick F (Figure 10) to the right
to feed wood into the machine. The feed can be cancelled by turning the joystick to the left.
When feeding wood into the machine, make sure that it does not present a risk of your clothes, hands or
other parts getting caught in the machine, such as due to the shape of the log. Do not use your hand to
guide the log into the cutting section. Adjust the wood measuring device to the desired length and make
sure that the speed of the out-feed conveyor belt is suitable by adjusting it.
1. Choose the log to process. Note that the maximum log diameter is 43 cm. The knottiness and
shape of the log can increase the diameter.
2. Use joystick F to feed the log into the machine with the in-feed conveyor.
3. When the log stops in the hydraulic measuring device for cutting, cut the log by pressing button C
(Figure 11) on the joystick. This will activate the cutting chain and sawing cycle automatically.
4. Return the saw bar to the upper position by releasing button C (Figure 11).
Note! Do not operate the feed during sawing or when the saw bar is not fully in the upper position.
4.3.1.
The Hakki Pilke 43 firewood processor is equipped with a feed assist mechanism, which helps you process
logs of equal length by automatically feeding logs forwards whenever the machine's splitting beam moves
forwards. By using the mechanism, you do not have to feed logs with joystick F (Figure 10). You can turn
the feature on/off as necessary by using switch B (Figure 10).
The in-feed conveyor's speed can be adjusted with adjuster A (Figure 10). For example, the adjuster is
turned towards the closed position when producing shorter logs and vice versa. Turning the adjuster
towards the closed position causes the feed assist mechanism to feed the log at a slower speed and make
a shorter feed motion.
4.3.2.
The Hakki Pilke 43 firewood processor is equipped with a hydraulic log press, which always automatically
presses the log against the in-feed conveyor when the log is being cut, i.e. when the saw bar is lowered,
the log press presses the log downwards. Thanks to this mechanism, the operator only needs to make
sure that the log being fed does not collide with the log press when a new log is being fed into the cutting
section by lifting the log press to the upper position by pressing button A (Figure 11).
For maintenance purposes, the machine is delivered with (in the tool box) a long bolt that is used to keep
the log press in the upper position, as shown in Figure 17.2. This makes it easier to perform maintenance
measures (such as removing the in-feed conveyor's maintenance hatch).
Hakki Pilke 43 Pro
Feed assist mechanism
Hydraulic log press
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