Safety Operation; Controls; Operation - Farmi Forest Corporation VALBY HF 160 Operation, Maintenance And Spare Parts Manual

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HF 160
OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE

7.SAFETY OPERATION

Prior to every procedure
IMPORTANT!
always recall the general
safety instructions given
in chapter 1.
Feeding wire and barbed
wire into the
might pull in the operator.
Do not reach inside the
feed
DANGER!
movements
stopped!
Pour water down the feed chute, if
the chipper starts smoking.
If a wood jams inside the chipper,
cut the engine, remove the keys and
wait for all movements to stop
before reaching inside the feed
chute.
Look out for flying debris!
Before feeding, make sure that the
material is free from stones, nails
and all other materials that are not
wood, paper or plastic. Also avoid
chipping woods that are frozen
solid, as they will not self---feed well.
Do not stand in front of the feed
chute when feeding. The feed roller
might jerk the wood up or to the
right.

7.1. CONTROLS

The safety / control bar of HF160 has 3 positions:
1. FEEDING
The feed roller rotates inwards and the wood
can be fed. The safety / control bar will lock in
this position.
2. STOP
The feed roller is not rotating and the feeding
is stopped. The safety / control bar will lock in
this position.
chipper
chute until all
have
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3. REVERSE
The feed roller rotates outwards and the
wood is released from the feeder.
Fig. 7. Controls

7.2. OPERATION

1. Ensure that the feed chute is empty. Engage
the hydraulics.
2. Check the material to be fed.
3. If needed, adjust the rotation speed of the
feed roller to match the speed of the disk, re-
fer to chapter 7.3.
4. Put the safety / control bar into FEEDING po-
sition. The feed roller will start rotating when
there is no air left in the hydraulic circuit.
5. Push the wood into the feed chute.
IMPORTANT! Let go of the wood as soon
as the feed roller gets hold of it.
D When the tractor power is insufficient for
chipping large wood, the tractor rpm's might
decrease too much. Interrupt the feeding by
pushing the safety / control bar to STOP
position. When the rpm's have increased
enough, continue feeding by pushing the
safety / control bar into FEEDING position.
D If you have to remove the wood from the feed
chute during chipping, push the safety / con-
trol bar to REVERSE position and keep it
there until the feed roller release the wood.
Let go of the safety / control bar, which auto-
matically returns to STOP position.
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