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Summary of Contents for PIEROBON TD 21 Series
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The operator should get acquainted with safety rules as well as current transport laws. Pierobon S.A. will not be responsible for breakages or damage caused by alterations or changes carried out without its previous authorization. The company reserves the right to introduce necessary changes to the equipment due to technical or commercial reasons, thus not implying any kind of obligation on its part.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page Safety Information Environment care Safety alert symbol Follow safety and operating instructions Avoid injury hazards For your protection Keep riders off machine Use safety lights and warning devices Transport machinery safely Practice safe maintenance Avoid high pressure fluid hazards Handle chemicals properly CHAPTER II...
CHAPTER I E) For your protection To avoid injury while working under the machine, always SAFETY INFORMATION use hydraulic cylinders safety locks. A) Environment care Disposing of waste is harmful to the environment. Oils, fuels, filters, batteries, etc, spilled onto the ground affect ecology.
I) Practice safe maintenance Refer to service procedures before doing work. Keep service area clean and dry. Never lubricate or adjust machine while it is moving. Keep hands, feet and clothing away power-driven parts while in motion. Securely lower opener disks to ground to carry out Follow these safety rules strictly.
CAPITULO II GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS The following technical specifications and general features information are useful and simple guidelines for operator´s instruction. A) Equipment features: Picture 1 Chassis Lifting system It is built with highly resistant structural tubing, which Hydraulically operated by four double-acting cylinders makes a strong frame to support the other implement and flow control valve in each module (Picture 1-D).
Box for solid granular fertilizer Drive wheel Made of stamped metal sheet and featuring great capaci- There is one (6.00 x 16 “- 6 PR) drive wheel per module ty. It is protected by epoxy paint in the inside and its which is situated at the rear part of the equipment.
C) Row unit Opener disk: FILAM System opener set: conical stam- Optional: a seed press wheel can be attached. (Picture 4-C). ped, centered double disk with inner blade - 15.5” Ø and Furrow closing and ridge shaping are carried out by a set 5 mm thickness of notched closing disks.
This machine is equipped with an exclusive design “FILAM System”, which has been awarded “Silver Medal” to Farm Machines Innovation by Ternium Siderar. It features disks with internal edge and metal-lipped gauge wheels. This system highly improves the traditional double-disk row units as regards functionality, durability and maintenance.
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Internal-edged disks and metal-lipped gauge wheel. Improved system over traditional double disk row units as regards functionality, durability and maintenance. HALF RIM WITH METAL CLEANER EDGE TO ENABLE SEMI-PNEUMATIC TIRE DISK CLEANING, CONVERGENT RELIEF New shape to improve avoid stubble inlet and performance ANGLE TO DIG increase tire useful life...
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Internal-edged disks - metal-lipped gauge wheel Traditional system – not worn out disks – not worn out disks Opener disk, Opener disk, sunk in the sunk in the center. center. Decompacted Compacted soil area. soil area. Contact area. No contact between disks decreasing performance...
CHAPTER III ADJUSTMENTS� � A) Operating guidelines 1- Use tractor with the following features: Features Models TD21-18 TD21-24 TD21-30 TD21-36 TD21-48 Minimum power required (approx.) PTO 85 - 95 hp 100 - 120 hp 130 - 150 hp 165 - 180 hp 200 - 240 hp Hydraulic circuit minimum flow-considering 55 liters/minute...
C) Closing seeds outlet to block operation at alternate To block row units, proceed as follows: the row units, seeding rows: which are not going to be used, will be lifted onto a espe- • Be sure to cover the seeds outlets which correspond to cially designed plate for the machine (Picture 17-A).
WARNING LOCKING ROW UNITS The seeds and fertilizer discharge outlets that are blocked, must correspond to the raised row units. In this way, the row units that are not going to be used and the planter configuration are as follows: NUMBER MODEL OF ROWS...
Examples: SEEDS RATE FERTILIZER RATE LUCERNE RATE To obtain speed 20- LOW, To obtain speed 20- LOW, To obtain speed 20- LOW, set handles in the following way: set handles in the following way: set handles in the following way: LEFT LEFT LEFT...
L) Row unit adjustment WARNING WARNING Place locks in all hydraulic cylinders before repairing To carry out this operation, or adjusting openers machine must be in raised (Picture 2-Page 1). position. If the hydraulic system fails while someone 1) Depth adjustment of the front no-till coulter is done by is under the machine, removing the pin and matching the hole in the vertical bar openers will fall rapidly,...
TD Seeders models chart Picture 24 Picture 25 MODEL NUMBER OF MODULES NUMBER OF ROWS SPACING (A) DIST. (MM) TD 21 x 18 1995 TD 21 x 24 2625 TD 21 x 30 3255 TD 21 x 36 3885 TD 21 x 48 5145 Important: Always measure from the last row unit to the marker disk.
N) Wheels position for end-wise transport TD 21 (two lateral tandem modules): In this case, (TD 21 One Module): To transport machine properly, the wheels (A, B, C, D, G and H) must remain unlocked, while wheels placed next to the transport hitch (A and B) must wheels (E and F) must be locked .
P) Safety “r” clips position in wheels locks clip will be placed at upper part of the rod (Picture 34). Keeping wheels locked either in working or transport In this way, the ball found at the rod end will perform as a position, with locks rods in their housing (fork bottom), “R”...
R) Working hitch TD21 (one-module machine): one-module machines have a single hitch that can be folded upwards manually in a practical way. It is assisted by a spring and can be operated by only one person (Picture 37). TD21 (two-module machines): two-module machines have a strengthened hitch that can be folded upwards hydraulically by means of a cylinder.
S) Maintenance Jobs 2) Adjusting Opener disks hubs with bearings. 1) Adjusting front cutting coulter side gap: a) Remove the cutting coulter by taking out the central bolt. b) Remove the hub cover, , take out the conical (Picture 39-A) WARNING bearing and proceed to remove all shim...
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2) Cleaning seeds and fertilizer boxes: At the end of the seeding season and with the machine still on the field, seed and fertilizer boxes should be cleaned following these steps: WARNING • Open discharge outlets and drop all seeds and fertilizer to ground.
WARNING Check oil level in all gearboxes every 200 operation hours or whenever there is any leak. After the first 200 operation hours, it is recommended to empty and wash gearboxes and refill them with new oil. WARNING In dusty, sandy or dry soils lubrication periods should be shortened to half the specified time.
CHAPTER V Troubleshooting PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION High residue in seeds Use clean seeds Machine pulled bacwards with Do not pull machine backwards with Seed tubes openers in contact with the ground openers touching the ground plug Openers are lowered when machine Lower openers while machine is not moving forward is moving forward...
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PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION Adjust gauge wheel for deeper operation. Hard ground conditions. Increase down pressure. Post-crop residue. Too much or unevenly Carry out harvest in good Poor openers spread residue. soil conditions. penetration Spread residue evenly across field. Adjust spring and openers depth. Springs and / or openers not adjusted properly.
CHAPTER V PLANTER WORKING CAPACITY FORMULA TO CALCULATE WORKING CAPACITY Qty (hect./h) = Ww(m) x Sp(km/h) x Cx0,1 References: Qty: It’s the planted surface calculated in hectares per hour. Ww: Effective working width of machine calculated in meters (number of rows x row spacing in meters). Sp: It’s the effective working speed calculated in kilometers / hour.
CHAPTER V 1- Identification plate SEMBRADORA PARA GRANOS FINOS 2- Safety decals In case any of the decals is damaged, it can be replaced by ordering it under its spare part number. DANGER TO AVOID INJURY OR DEATH Place locks in the seeder lifting cylinders before transporting, servicingor adjusting...
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WARNING CAUTION DO NOT Transport position. - Stand or climb on machine when operating. - Allow riders on implement. WARNING AVOID MACHINE CAUTION EXTRA HEAVY WORK Empty the machine Tighten bolts after before transport. the first eight hours’ work. Check periodically. WARNING WHEN ATTACHING SEEDER TO TRACTOR CAUTION...
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WARNING DO NOT TURN WHILE OPENER DISKS ARE IN FULL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND during seeding operation. I-8212 WARNING WHEN CLEANING BOXES Do not use water. Clean them with a brush or compressed air. WARNING Transport maximum speed. WARNING HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT To ensure correct operation and durability of hydraulic valves and cylinders, filter and clean...
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PIEROBON S.A. reserves the right to modify the products introduced in this manual due to technichal or commercial reasons, thus not implying any kind of obligation on its part.
WORK HITCH W/HYDRAULIC LIFTING – MODEL TD21, 30ROWS N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION 2064 TORNI 1/2"x1.3/4"EXAG.RW-Z 4404 RES*CLAV.Nº38-3½ mm.L=92-Z 2158 TUERCA CASTILLO 1.1/4" UNF 2320 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x2" UNC 2284 TORNI AC G5-3/4"x8" UNC 2374 ARANDELA PLANA 5/8"E=3,2-Z 2326 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x5"...
WORK HITCH W/HYDRAULIC LIFTING – MODEL TD21 X 36 AND 48 ROWS 49 44 N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION 2017 TORNI 5/16"x3/4" EXA.UNC-Z 302 L ROSCA 7/8" C/GRAMPA REGISTRO RIENDA 2064 TORNI 1/2"x1.3/4"EXAG.RW-Z 320 S ROTULA Di=3/4" C/ROSCA 1.1/8" L=170 REGI 2158 TUERCA~CASTILLO 1.1/4"...
REAR CATWALK N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION 1417 M-TAPON PLAST.MAZA C/TROMP 4064 SUJETADOR GRUESO DE PLATAFORMA 1760 GI-GRAMPA 5/8"A=178-LP=152 4065 BASE C/GUIA DE BARANDA INFERIOR 2064 TORNI 1/2"x1.3/4"EXAG.RW-Z 4066 PLATAFORMA DESPL.L=4200 TD21X24 2313 TORNI AC G5-3/8"x1.1/4"UNC 4234 PLATAFORMA DESPL.L=3240 TD21X18 2320 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x2"...
ROW UNIT ANCHOR N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION N˚ CODIGO DESCRIPCION 2061 TORNI 1/2"x1" EXAG.RW-Z 8650 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x3.1/4"UNC 2171 TUERCA UNC 5/8" EXAG=27-Z 2320 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x2" UNC 2321 TORNI AC G5-5/8"x2.1/4"UNC 4418 RES*CLAV.P/PALETA REMOVE-Z 2359 ARANDELA GROWER M-16 2374 ARANDELA PLANA 5/8"E=3,2-Z 3717 TUERCA*UNC-5/8"AUTOFRENA-Z 4238...
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