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Avatar SD 40 Owner's Manual Issued January 2019 Serial Numbers: Avatar SD40 SN 21361250 - 213612xx...
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Right hand and left hand are determined by facing the direction of forward travel respectively. HORSCH reserves the right to alter illustrations as well as technical data and weights contained in this manual at any time without notice.
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Warranty Guidelines 1. The period of warranty for material defects relating to HORSCH products will be 12 months. In the case of written deviations from the statutory provisions, these agreements shall apply. They shall become effective upon delivery of the machine to the end customer, unless the unit is stored during seasonal months, whereas the machine is not utilized.
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I hereby confirm receipt of the Owner’s Manual and Parts Catalog for the above-mentioned machine. I have been instructed and informed by a HORSCH factory trained Service Technician / authorized Dealer representative in the operation and functions of the machine, as well as in the safety requirements.
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I hereby confirm receipt of the Owner’s Manual and Parts Catalog for the above-mentioned machine. I have been instructed and informed by a HORSCH factory trained Service Technician / authorized Dealer representative in the operation and functions of the machine, as well as in the safety requirements.
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I hereby confirm receipt of the Owner’s Manual and Parts Catalog for the above-mentioned machine. I have been instructed and informed by a HORSCH factory trained Service Technician / authorized Dealer representative in the operation and functions of the machine, as well as in the safety requirements.
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Delivery Form: DEALERS’s Copy Serial Number: ………………………………….. At the time the machine is delivered, the following checklist is a reminder of information which should be conveyed directly to the customer. Check off each item as it is fully explained to customer.
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The Serial number, along with Model number of the machine, can be found on the Serial Number Tag. HORSCH, LLC has placed a Serial Number Tag (reference picture below) on the machine with the above-mentioned information. It is located on the main frame cross member tube directly behind the front hitch, just off center towards the left-hand side of each machine.
DANGER to the safety notes! Highlights a danger that will lead to death or HORSCH will not assume liability for any dam- severe injury if it is not avoided. age or malfunctions resulting from failure to comply with the operating instructions.
Service Warranty claim processing HORSCH Company would like you to be com- pletely satisfied with your machine and our Warranty claim forms must be submitted to services. HORSCH through your local HORSCH sales partner. If you encounter any problems, please feel free to contact your sales partner.
Safety and Spare parts Genuine spare parts and accessories from responsibility HORSCH have been specially designed for this machine. Spare parts and accessories which are not de- The following warnings and safety notes apply livered by us have not been tested or approved to all sections in these operating instructions.
The person has understood the operating ¾ sponding personnel must have been trained by instructions and is able to implement the in- service personnel from HORSCH. This refers to formation given in the operating instructions the following activities: accordingly. Loading and transport •...
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Personal protective outfit Clean soil from the folding areas before fold- ¾ ing up. Otherwise there could be damage to the mechanics. Missing or incomplete protective equipment If present: Secure the hydraulic cylinders on increases the risk of health damage. ¾...
¾ move coarse dirt and tighten loose screws). after receiving instructions by employees of Have damage that could affect safety and the authorized dealer or a HORSCH em- ¾ that cannot be rectified by you rectified by a ployee. qualified expert workshop.
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Support Hydraulics Operate the support only when the machine The hydraulic system is under high pressure. ¾ is secured against rolling away. Escaping fluid can penetrate the skin and cause serious injuries. In the event of injury, consult a Remember the kick-back of the crank when ¾...
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Jump away from the machine. Ensure a safe ¾ specially trained by HORSCH for this purpose. stand when jumping. Do not touch the outside of the machine. Overhead lines Move away from the machine with short step- ¾...
Fertilizer and dressed Use in the Field seed DANGER Inappropriate handling of fertiliser and dressed No passengers are allowed to ride on the seed can cause poisoning and death. machine! Follow the information given in the safety ¾ data sheet of the manufacturer. If necessary Check the area around the machine (for chil- ¾...
Structural changes and extensions must only maintenance plan, see chapter "Care and ¾ be made in an authorized workshop or by an maintenance". operator who has been trained by HORSCH. Only perform the work described in these ¾ Comply with country-specific instructions for ¾...
Danger zone Failing to pay attention to the danger zone can The area marked red indicates the danger zone result in severe or even fatal physical injuries. of the machine: Do not stand under lifted loads. Lower such ¾ loads to the ground first. Instruct persons to leave the danger zone ¾...
Safety stickers Safety stickers on the machine warn of hazards Clean soiled safety stickers. ¾ at dangerous points and are an important part Damaged or illegible safety stickers must be ¾ of the safety equipment of the machine. Miss- replaced immediately. ing safety stickers increase the risk of severe or Affix the specified safety stickers on spare ¾...
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Secure machine with wheel In order to prevent eye injuries, chocks before uncoupling or do not look directly at the beam parking. area when the radar sensor is switched on! 00380894 00381116 In case of a negative drawbar load the Remaining in the danger zone drawbar may jerk upward when unhitching! is only permitted when the lifting...
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Position of the safety stickers (depending on equipment) 00380054 00380894 00380134 00380055 00380953 00380133 00380252 00380294 00380896 00381116 00380896 00380299 00380299 00380134 00380953 00380953 00380134 00380953 00380135 00380135 00380299...
These work activities may be carried out only by The permissible dimensions and weights for ¾ persons trained by HORSCH for this purpose. transport must be complied with. The tractor must be large enough so that ¾...
• Deviations due to technical further development reserved. NOTE: • The weight of the implement depends on the equipment; data with minimum equipment • The permissible transport heights and transport width for road traffic may differ from country to country. Comply with the national registration regulations.
Sowing of main fruits in existing catch crops • Sowing on especially heavy and/or stony areas • Sowing in offset seedbed with reduced soil movement. • Avatar SD 40 1 Implement hitching adjustable drawbar 7 Single-disc coulter 2 Jack Support 8 Support wheels 3 Railing / steps...
Hydraulics WARNING Accidental hydraulic movements (e.g. caused by passengers or children) can lead to severe accidents and injuries! Secure or lock the control units on the tractor. ¾ Instruct persons to leave the slewing range of ¾ foldable machine parts. Switch all control units to the locked position ¾...
Lighting Aluminium clips The aluminium clips are placed on hydraulic cylinders depending on the operating states, see chapter Operation. Different Aluminium Clips The thickness of the clips differs according to colour: Colour 7-pin plug blue yellow black silver Rear-light, right 7 mm 10 mm 19 mm...
Instruction stickers Clean soiled stickers. ¾ Damaged or illegible stickers must be re- ¾ placed immediately. Apply the specified stickers to spare parts. ¾ Maximum tyre pressure 2.6 bar Retighten the wheel nuts / wheel bolts after 50 km or 10 hours. Retighten every day - see maintenance overview.
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Ensure leak tightness of seed hopper and If the return flow pressure exceeds 2 bar the entire pneumatic system to avoid leaks. replace the filter and change the oil. Leaks will cause sowing faults. Air losses reduce the placing quantity; this could even drop to zero.
Operation Connecting Whenever working on the machine DANGER pay attention to the associated safety Serious accidents caused by the machine roll- notes in the chapter "Safety and ing away! prevention of accidents" as well as When connecting machines with pneumatic ¾...
Transport position Make the following adjustment in addition before road transport: 1. Fold the machine in completely, see section WARNING Folding. Danger of accident caused by uncontrolled 2. Switch off the E-Manager. unfolding of the machine 3. Check the rest of the wings in the transport Secure control units against unintended op- ¾...
Parking 7. Unplug the brake lines, ISOBUS and lighting and hook in the bracket. Attach the cover caps if so equipped. The machine can be parked in a hall or under a roof either folded or unfolded. 8. Unhitch the machine. Machines with drawbar eye: DANGER - Release the bolt and move the machine...
Folding WARNING Dropping or lowering machine parts can cause severe crushing injuries etc.! Instruct persons to leave the danger zone. ¾ Comply with the accident prevention instructions. ¾ The folding process must be repeated or, in case of fault, manually completed in the "Ser- vice"...
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Fold the railing and confirm in E-Manager before Watch the wings when folding. These must the wings are folded. Risk of damages! move evenly. CAUTION Danger of damage to the machine. Fully fold in the wings before placing them down. The locking bolts must be directly above the catching hooks (transport lock).
When driving with this speed, the symbol for The display reminds you of the speed of ¾ ¾ the axle adjustment changes to black. The 2 - 10 km/h when extending the axle. alert for the speed disappears again. Press the axle adjustment button ¾...
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Lift both wings out of the transport racks and ¾ completely unfold the wings. At 75° the symbol to lower the attachment ¾ block changes to black. Press the button for lowering. The symbol ¾ becomes shaded green, and the block can be lowered: At 50°...
Adjusting the drill unit Drill shoes The seed shoes open the seed furrows and keep DANGER them clear for the placement of the seed. Lowering machine parts can cause severe crush- The drill shoes also keep the coulter discs and trap rollers free of dirt.
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Trap rollers Closing rollers The trap rollers firm the seed in the seedbed and Depending on the field conditions, the required press it gently down. pressure may adjusted in different steps: Under moist conditions and sticky soils the trap rollers may pick up residues. In this case, the trap rollers should be directed up or disabled: Let the lever on the torsion spring (a) engage ¾...
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Depth guidance wheels Angle of attack In the basic setting the two markings on side The depth guidance wheels shall rest against panel and bearing journal are aligned: the coulter discs while they can still be turned easily by hand. The distance of the coulter disc can be adjusted by adding or removing shims.
Depth setting The drilling depth, in addition to the basic set- ting of approx. 46 cm (on both coulter rows) is determined by the depth guidance rollers. The depth guidance rollers are mounted eccen- trically to the coulter discs. By adjusting the lever (b) the position of the depth guidance rollers to the coulter body (c) and thereby the working depth is changed:...
Support wheels Move the support wheels up Slightly lift the machine. ¾ The support wheels stabilise the seed bar and Remove clips from area (1). ¾ ensure uniform working depth over the entire Lower the machine. ¾ working width. Reinsert the clips in area (2). ¾...
Load gear NOTE To lift and lower the machine ¾ Push in the crank until the gear engages (c). Adapt the height of the support wheels to ¾ ¾ Slightly turn the crank, if necessary. the respective ground conditions and tractor used.
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Use in the field Coulter pressure The coulter pressure can be set in the E-Manager. Unfolding and lowering the machine, see ¾ chapter Unfolding. Set the brake pressure regulator on the brake ¾ valve to the Field symbol: Pressure gauge - coulter pressure To make the adjustment, increase the pres- ¾...
Position of control units during use in the field Floating position Locked position Supply Position Control unit Working hydraulics Checks Pneumatic system The quality of drilling work essentially depends on settings and checks. Before starting sowing you should therefore Is the hydraulic fan connected to a pressure- ¾...
Pneumatic system NOTE Fan setting, seed transportation and seed ¾ The pneumatic system consists of placement must be checked on all coulters • when starting sowing, and also at regular intervals when working on large areas. Hopper • Metering unit •...
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The fan speed is adjusted via the oil quantity on the flow control valve in the tractor. The hydraulic pump must deliver sufficient oil to prevent the fan speed from dropping, even when the tractor speed drops or other hydraulic functions are activated.
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Oil cooler Retightening the fan flange An optional oil cooler is available for the fan. The air in the pneumatic system is heated by The clamping taper fixates the fan wheel an the dissipated heat. This allows pre-drying of additionally clamps on the drive shaft. fertiliser, which facilitates prolonged use at hu- The clamping taper on the fan drive may mid conditions.
Hopper Twin hopper Various options for sowing are available with The hopper is designed as twin hopper the twin hoppers: Platform Seed or fertiliser in both hoppers • Seed and fertiliser each in a separate hopper • (Grain & Fertilizer) DANGER Both metering quantities are merged before Severe accident by falling down!
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If twin hoppers are used to transport fertiliser Mechanical version over longer or bumpy distances, the fertiliser Lever (d) adjusts the valve (e) so that seed/ may solidify inside the hopper. fertiliser is each introduced into the air flow on This may cause heavy starting of the metering the side opposite the lever (f): unit coupled with the risk of seed bridging in...
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Tram line with half-width shut-off Mechanical half-width shut-off If a tram line is required with section shut down enabled, one must consider the installation posi-tion The side to be shut off is allocated to a distributor of the valves. tower. No seed or fertiliser may flow through the Hoses may need to be replugged or the control hose leading to this distributor tower.
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Electric half-width shut-off Switch off the desired section in the terminal. ¾ Both wings will be adjusted - the display flashes. The valve is adjusted with the positioning The seed and fertiliser quantity is halved. mo-tors on the metering units. In the ¾...
Metering unit Rotors The HORSCH metering unit consists of only A large number of rollers is available for the a few individual parts and can be dismantled different seed types with numerous geometrical without tools. shapes and grain sizes, as well as fertilisers in form of powders or granulates.
Roller change Roller change with gate valve After choosing a rotor from the table it must be installed in the metering unit. Changing the roller while the hopper is full is easier if a gate valve is provided above the Empty the seed hopper, if possible, before ¾...
Roller change at full hopper Adjusting the sealing lip without gate valve NOTE A defective sealing lip or incorrectly assembled supporting plate cause metering errors during sowing. The sealing lip must not be torn or damaged. ¾ Replace the sealing lip at least 1 x per year. Insert the side cover with the sealing lip into ¾...
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Removing or installing a fine seed Rotors for fine seeds roller The rollers for fine seeds consist of cell discs, The anti-rotation locks must be turned spacers and drive shaft. towards the recess in the housing in order to install and remove the rollers. In order to avoid malfunction when sowing fine seed, the cell rollers are completely pre- assembled at the factory.
Rape brushes The spacers are equipped with bearings. Depending on the manufacturing tolerance shims are added to avoid any friction between cell discs and spacers. The rape brushes clean the cell discs in the rollers for fine seeds. After the assembly of all parts the remaining gap to the lock washer is filled up with shims.
Maintenance of the Metering unit with injector fall sluice metering unit The metering units in machines with normal hopper and injector fall sluice are equipped with a lid (V2A) with machined recesses. The metering unit does not require any special maintenance.
Calibration Calibrate the machine (see E-Manager in- ¾ structions). Close the flap / covering. Ensure air tightness! ¾ CAUTION Twin hopper: Perform calibration for both ¾ metering units. Risk of crushing on the metering unit Do not reach into the rotating metering unit. ¾...
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The valves have a small identification mark on the underside of the shaft, which shows the position of the valves. This enables checking the rotary motion of the valve and its end position. Marking of tram line valve (position open) If the tram line distribution box is equipped with a track width change-over, the track width must only be changed when the valves...
Drain valve workshop or by an operator, who has been Spring brake cylinder 1 Anschluß Bremse gelb specially trained by HORSCH for this purpose. 2 Anschluß Vorrat rot Connecting 3 Rohrleitungsfilter 4 Anhängerbremsventil...
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The machine always needs to be secured with NOTE the parking brake (1), to prevent it from rolling away in case of a pressure loss in the service With the air reservoirs fully filled the brake can brake. also be released manually and the seed wagon For this purpose pull the parking brake but- ¾...
Hydraulic brake The hydraulic line controls the brake power to the brake cylinders. The brake inlet pressure must not exceed 150 bar. Connecting When hitching up connect the hydraulic brake line with the brake line on the tractor. Fasten the release rope for the breakaway pro- tection on a suitable point on the tractor.
Unhitching Parking brake Parking the machine; Apply the parking brake with the crank handle DANGER ¾ and block the wheels. Uncontrolled rolling of the machine can cause Place wheel chocks under the wheels. ¾ severe injuries by crushing or rolling over. Disconnect the brake line and unhitch the ¾...
Micro-granulate facility For machines with twin hopper granulate (e.g. pesticide, fertiliser) fine grains can be placed in addition with the micro-granulate facility. The maximum possible placing quantity is 30 kg/ha at 10 km/h working speed. NOTE The granulate must be more of a granular com- position.
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NOTE NOTE For fine seeds use only the chamfered me- Perform calibration with the left metering ¾ ¾ tering screws. For reasons of differentiation screw viewed in travel direction. these metering screws are marked with an "R" preceding the size. Remove the rear hose and attach the calibra- ¾...
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Clearing stars The depth setting of the clearing stars needs to be adjusted when changing the drilling depth. Damages may occur if the clearing stars are set too low. Adjust the clearing stars therefore that they only roll lightly along the ground or lightly touching it. Depth setting Loosen the nut and change the distance (a) ¾...
Troubleshooting Malfunction Possible cause Remedy Drill shoe blocked Drill shoe worn Readjust or replace drill shoe Coulter disc does not turn Bearing damage Replace bearing Rock jammed between coulter disc and rim of the Remove rock depth guide wheel Coulter disc does not turn Rock jammed between coulter disc and rim of the Remove rock depth guide wheel...
Care and Maintenance intervals maintenance The maintenance intervals are determined by many different factors. For example, the different operating conditions, weather impact, travel and working speeds, dust CAUTION accumulation and type of soil, seed, fertiliser Please observe the safety notes on care and and dressing used, etc.
Storage Lubricating the machine If the machine is to be shut down for a longer The machine should be lubricated at regular period of time: intervals and after washing with a pressure cleaner. If possible store the machine under a roof. This ensures operability and reduces repair ¾...
Maintenance overview Avatar SD 40 Maintenance location Work instructions Interval After 10 operating hours Retighten all screw and plug-in Even firmly tightened screw connections can come loose (e.g. once connections as well as the hydraulic because of material settlements or paint residues between the connections.
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Maintenance location Work instructions Interval Ball-and-socket coupling Before connecting: Clean ball and spherical cap. Daily Replace the foam ring if damaged and/or heavily soiled. Daily Place the foam ring. Daily Check ball and spherical cap for wear. The wear limit has 40 h been reached when the gauge rests fully on the ball or enters the spherical cap.
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Maintenance location Work instructions Interval Drawbar eye Fastening Check mounting screws for firm seat (560 Nm) 40 h Designation Nominal Wear dimension (mm) 40 h dimension (mm) ø eye 58.0 60.0 Length of eye 64.0 66.5 Height of ring 45.0 42,5,0 Width of ring 40.5...
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Maintenance location Work instructions Interval Wheels Check for damage (cracks, etc.) Daily Wheels Check fastening / retighten wheel nuts - see above see above Check air pressure Daily • Undercarriage: 520 / 85 R 38: 2.8 bar • Support wheels: 15.0/55 - 17 10 PR: 2.6 bar Secure the machine properly before changing tyres.
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Lubrication points (Lubrication grease: DIN 51825 KP/2K-40) - Number of lubrication points in brackets Support wheels lubricate (2) 40 h Undercarriage joint lubricate (2) 40 h Parking brake lubricate (1) 40 h Undercarriage bearing journal lubricate (4) 40 h Support lubricate (1) First after 3 years,...
Attention must be paid to all valid regulations. Decommissioning and waste disposal must only be carried out by operators who have been trained by HORSCH. Contact a waste disposal company, if this should be necessary.
Appendix Tightening torques NOTE The tightening torques only serve as guidelines and are generally valid. Actual data given at the • corresponding points in the operating instructions have priority. Screws and nuts must thereby not be treated with lubricant, since this would change the friction value. •...
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Inch screws Tightening torques - inch screws in Nm Screw Strength 2 Strength 5 Strength 8 diameter No marks on head 3 marks on head 6 marks on head Inch Coarse Fine thread Coarse Fine thread Coarse Fine thread thread thread thread 12.2...
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