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CENTRIFUGAL SALT SPREADER
Mod. P-PRO
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Read the Operator's manual entirely before using the machine

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  • Page 1 CENTRIFUGAL SALT SPREADER Mod. P-PRO OPERATOR’S MANUAL Read the Operator’s manual entirely before using the machine...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INDEX INTRODUCTION ....................................3 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................3 USING THIS MANUAL ................................3 INFORMATION ON THE MACHINE ............................4 NAME PLATE ..................................4 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MACHINE ..........................4 IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS ..........................5 TECHNICAL DETAIL ................................5 SAFETY INFORMATION .................................. 6 GENERAL ADVICES ................................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION The SALT spreaders are machines used for the distribution of solid, in the field. They can be used whether with tractors of small/medium power. It is recommended to carefully read this operator’s manual of use and maintenance and follow the recommendations to help ensure safe and efficient operation with and on the machine.

  • Page 4: Information On The Machine

    INFORMATION ON THE MACHINE The models introduced in this manual have been designed and made exclusively allowing the distribution of salt. The machine is not indicated for being used in different sectors from the agricultural one. These machines are usually used during the day. If it is required the nocturnal use or with poor visibility, it must use the lighting system of the tractor or of the equipment to which the machine is connected.

  • Page 5: Identification Of Components

    The strength of the welded steel frame, combined with the considerable durability of the stainless steel hopper, allows to obtain a very high overall quality level in the category to which the distributors of carried SALT spreader. The SALT spreader P-PRO model has a distributor completely in stainless steel equipped with a spreader disc with four adjustable vanes in four different positions, in order to obtain the maximum spreading precision and uniformity in the distribution.

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    WEIGHT 54/119 58/128 DIMENSIONS 950x950x950 1050x1050x1050 (W/OUT PTO SHAFT) SPREADING WIDTH 1-14 m / 3.46 ft MINIMUM HP 20 CV/HP SAFETY INFORMATION THE FOLLOWING SAFETY RECCOMENDATIONS ARE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INCOLUMITY THEREFORE IT IS NECESSARY TO READ THEM CAREFULLY, MEMORIZING AND ALWAYS APPLYING THEM. The present warnings in this manual regard exclusively the allowed uses and reasonably foreseeable.
  • Page 7 • The manual must always be handy , so as to consult it, in order to check working cycle and safety information. In case of loss or damage, it will be necessary to ask for a substitutive copy. ATTENTION! Any work of maintenance, regulation and cleaning must be done with the machine on the ground (in stable conditions), turning off the tractor engine and...

  • Page 8: Connection Of The Machine To The Tractor

    • If during cleaning operations it is used air or water with pressure, it is necessary to wear glasses and safety masks keeping away possible persons or animals from the machine. • Before connecting the machine to the tractor or to other self-moving means check that this is in good conditions and that brakes work correctly, especially if you work on sloping grounds.

  • Page 9: Operation On The Machine

    • When the machine is not linked to the power unit, the PTO shaft must be placed on the appropriate support. • The presence of the machine can influence the manoeuvrability of the tractor, in particular during transport. ATTENTION! Do not come, for any reason, between the tractor and the SALT spreader when the engine is running and the power take-off is on.

  • Page 10: Transfer On The Road

    TRANSFER ON THE ROAD ATTENTION! Please follow scrupulously the Highway code in force in the Country of use. During transport on public roads, it is obligatory to empty the hopper. • Remember that during moving on public roads, special attention must be done, besides to possible and special regulations noted on the registration book of the tractor, choosing an appropriate speed especially when the street is crowded, winding or sloping.
  • Page 11 The safety signals on the machine supply the most important indications: their observance helps your safeness. ATTENTION! Before making any operation on the machine, stop the engine of the ATTENTION! DANGER! of tractor or of the self- moving means, entangling and dragging. Do not put remove the key, put on the parking hands near the running gear box.

  • Page 12: Assembly And Set-Up

    ASSEMBLY AND SET-UP Before coupling the machine to the 3-point hitch, positioning the safety devices to the tractor, so that it is not possible the involuntary and/or accidental raising and lowering of the arms. The 3-point hitch of the tractor and of the machine must coincide or must be adapted. In proximity of arms rods of the back lifter of the tractor, there is the danger of wounding, because of crushing and cutting points.

  • Page 13: Connection To The 3-Point Hitch Of The Tractor

    i = Tractor wheelbase (cm) d = Distance between front axle and ballast center of mass (cm) T = Weight of tractor + operator (75 kg) Z = Ballast weight (kg) M = Spreader weight + roller weight (if included) (kg) s = Distance between rear axle and implement center of mass CONNECTION TO THE 3-POINT HITCH OF THE TRACTOR ATTENTION!

  • Page 14: Driveline Installation

    DRIVELINE INSTALLATION Before using the PTO shaft, please consult the use and maintenance manual attached to the pto shaft. In case that the PTO shaft, supplied with the machine, is not used, please check that the cowlings of the machines and of tractors are overlapped to the PTO shaft’s shield of 5 cm., at least. For a correct and safe operation of the machine, please use exclusively PTO shafts with CE mark.

  • Page 15: Salt Spreader Use

    SALT SPREADER USE ATTENTION! Before use, please check that gears are adequately greased. ATTENTION! During the use of the machine, please be sure that for a radius of 50 meters there are not any person or animals. If somebody comes up, please stop immediately the tractor engine.

  • Page 16: How To Adjust The Spreading Vanes

    HOW TO ADJUST THE SPREADING VANES In order to assure an homogenous distribution on both sides of the centrifugal spreader, depending on the different specific weight of the used SALT, the distributor vanes on the disc can have different positions. When all the vanes are placed in position 1 (as shown in the picture), the distribution of the product is increased towards left, compared to the way of the tractor moving.
  • Page 17 Before using the spreader make sure that the shutters could close the holes completely with lever in “closed” position. Otherwise adjust it through the nuts. In order to spread from both sides (ref. I), “A” and “B” levers must be in the same position, connected through grip handle “C”.

  • Page 18: Hopper Load

    HOPPER LOAD It is advised not to carry out the hopper loading manually but using a lifter or suitable mechanical means. ATTENTION! The hopper must be loaded only after having hitched the spreader to the tractor. Do not drive for very long distances with a full load and do not put full bags on the fertiliser loaded in the hopper during the transport to the field or during the working, in order not to overload the capacity of the machine and to compress the SALT.
  • Page 19 LARGHEZZA SPAGLIO REGOLAZIONE POSIZIONE Spreading width/ Largeur d’épandage/ Ancho de Position/Position/Posición/Position trabajo/ Streubreite mm.40 240 mm mm.50 480 mm Tutto aperto/Full open/Tout ouvert/ mm.100 Todo abierto/ voll geöffnet Q.tà Kg/m Q.tà Kg/m Q.tà Kg/m APERTURA Q.ty Kg/m Q.ty Kg/m Q.ty Kg/m Q.té...

  • Page 20: Spreading Chart And Professional Limiter Spreading Adjustment

    SPREADING CHART AND PROFESSIONAL LIMITER SPREADING ADJUSTMENT LARGHEZZA SPAGLIO REGOLAZIONE POSIZIONE Spreading width/ Largeur d’épandage/ Ancho de Position/Position/Posición/Position trabajo/ Streubreite POS.1 2,5 m POS.2 3,5 m POS.3 5,0 m POS.4 8,0 m Tutto aperto/Full open/Tout ouvert/ POS.5 Todo abierto/ voll geöffnet Q.tà...

  • Page 21: Spreading Mistakes

    0,576 (576 for Km) 0,432 (432 for Km) 0,288 (288 for Km) 0,984 (984 for Km) 0,738 (738 for Km) 0,492 (492 for Km) SPREADING MISTAKES MISTAKES OF USE • Drive speed; • Incorrect spreading width; • The spreading disc is not in a horizontal position compared to the land; •...
  • Page 22 A good ordinary maintenance keeps the operating costs of the machine low and provide an integral exploitation of its potentialities. ATTENTION! Whichever work of maintenance, regulation and cleaning must be carried out with the machine on the ground (in stable conditions), engine turned off, handbrake set, key of ignition off and removed from the ignition board.

  • Page 23: Lubrification

    LUBRIFICATION Before every use and after every 8 hours of effective work, carry out the greasing of the machine. It is a good use that the greasing nipples are well cleaned up from mud or other residuals before using them for inject lubricating grease.

  • Page 24: Long-Term Storage

    LONG-TERM STORAGE It is a good use not to wait for using the machine to carry out repairing and maintenance. To repair and to replace the parts that are broken or damaged before the storage, in order to have always the machine ready for being used.
  • Page 25 • The customer, at the delivery, must control that the machine has not got damages during the transport, that is in compliance with the one ordered and that is complete with all the accessories got from the purchase contract. On the contrary, he must send a written claim within 8 days from its reception. •...

  • Page 26: Parts Breakdown

    10 PARTS BREAKDOWN 10.1 GENERAL VIEW...
  • Page 27 CODE DESCRIPTION 613.090 FRAME MOD. P-PRO GEARBOX 322.029 STAINLESS HOPPER 180 609.100 609.101 STAINLESS HOPPER 300 633.001 LIFTING PIN 300.183 STAINLESS HEXAGON SOCKET HEAD CAP SCREW M8X16 ISO 4762 305.001 HEAVY DUTY SPRING PIN 8X40 ISO 8752 305.003 HEAVY DUTY SPRING PIN 5X40 UNI 8752 610.119 STAINLESS STEEL SPREADER DISC WITH DISTRIBUTOR VANES 619.002.19...

  • Page 28: Gear Box - 322.029

    10.2 GEAR BOX – 322.029...

  • Page 29: Spreader Disc With Distributor Vanes - 610.119

    CODE DESCRIPTION 314.001 LOWER SHELL 314.002 UPPER SHELL 323.008 INPUT SHAFT 304.002 OUPUT SHAFT COWLING 329.011 SPACER 316.003 BEVEL GEAR 326.003 PARALLEL KEY FORM A 8X7X20 DIN 6885 RETAINING RING FOR SHAFT 25X1.2 DIN 471 313.011 309.001 OIL SEAL 323.010 OUTPUT SHAFT 313.010 RADIAL CIRCLIP FOR SHAFT...

  • Page 30: Salt Agitator - 620.108

    10.4 SALT AGITATOR – 620.108 CODE DESCRIPTION 619.018 AGITATOR 300.106 STAINLESS FULL THREAD HEXAGON HEAD SCREW M10X50 ISO 4017 301.077 STAINLESS NYLON INSERT HIGH HEX LOCK NUT M10 ISO 7040...

  • Page 31: Standard Limiter - 620.122

    10.5 STANDARD LIMITER – 620.122 CODE DESCRIPTION 620.065 SALT STANDARD LIMITER 620.176 ADJUSTMENT BRACKET 620.072 ADDITIONAL LIMITER BRACKET 620.177 BRACKET SUPPORT 302.003 LOBE KNOB 300.092 STAINLESS FULL THREAD HEXAGON HEAD SCREW M8X16 ISO 4017 300.107 STAINLESS CARRIAGE BOLT M8X16 ISO 8677 301.064 STAINLESS HEX NUT M8 ISO 4032 303.056...

  • Page 32: Right Lever - 618.026

    10.6 RIGHT LEVER – 618.026 CODE DESCRIPTION 605.005 RIGHT SHUTTER 602.001 RIGHT TIE ROD 301.017 ZINC THIN HEX NUT M10 ISO 4035 303.015 ZINC FLAT WASHER 10X20 ISO 7089 604.005 RIGHT LEVER...

  • Page 33: Left Lever - 618.027

    10.7 LEFT LEVER – 618.027 CODE DESCRIPTION 605.006 LEFT SHUTTER 602.002 LEFT TIE ROD 301.017 ZINC THIN HEX NUT M10 ISO 4035 604.006 LEFT LEVER 303.015 ZINC FLAT WASHER 10X20 ISO 7089...

  • Page 34: Optional Parts Breakdown

    11 OPTIONAL PARTS BREAKDOWN 11.1 GENERAL VIEW CODE DESCRIPTION 613.301 WHEELS KIT 620.163 STAINLESS PROGRESSIVE LIMITER KIT 613.350 SHOVEL SUPPORT KIT 620.187 LIGHTS AND SUPPORTS KIT 642.040 BLADE FOR CUTTING BAG 619.111 HYDRAULIC OPENING SYSTEM...

  • Page 35: Wheels Kit - 613.301

    11.2 WHEELS KIT – 613.301 CODE DESCRIPTION 613.300 CART STRUCTURE 304.058 NYLON WHEEL 301.092 SLOTTED ROUND LOCKING NUT GUK 04 M20X1 300.089 STAINLESS FULL THREAD HEXAGON HEAD SCREW M10X25 ISO 4017 303.052 STANILESS FLAT WASHER 10X20 ISO 7089 301.077 STAINLESS NYLON INSERT HIGH HEX LOCK NUT M10 ISO 7040 303.053 STAINLESS WIDE FLAT WASHER 10X30 ISO 7093 303.116...

  • Page 36: Lights And Supports Kit - 620.187

    11.3 LIGHTS AND SUPPORTS KIT – 620.187 CODE DESCRIPTION 620.119 LIGHTS KIT 613.320 SUPPORT PLATE 620.048 RIGHT LIGHT SUPPORT 620.166 7P SOCKET SUPPORT 300.140 STAINLESS HEXAGON SOCKET HEAD CAP SCREW M5X35 ISO 4762 301.104 STAINLESS HEX NUT M5 ISO 4032 300.107 STAINLESS CARRIAGE BOLT M8X16 ISO 8677 303.056...

  • Page 37: Stainless Progressive Limiter Kit - 620.163

    11.4 STAINLESS PROGRESSIVE LIMITER KIT – 620.163 CODE DESCRIPTION 620.153 STAINLESS PROGRESSIVE LIMITER 300.092 STAINLESS FULL THREAD HEXAGON HEAD SCREW M8X16 ISO 4017 300.107 STAINLESS CARRIAGE BOLT M8X16 ISO 8677 301.064 STAINLESS HEX NUT M8 ISO 4032 303.056 STAINLESS WIDE FLAT WASHER 8X17 ISO 7093 303.051 STAINLESS FLAT WASHER 8X24 ISO 7089 302.014...

  • Page 38: Hydraulic Opening System - 619.111

    11.5 HYDRAULIC OPENING SYSTEM – 619.111...

  • Page 39: Shovel Support Kit - 613.350

    CODE DESCRIPTION 623.021 DOUBLE EFFECT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER 620.278 GRADUATED RULER 300.179 STAINLESS HEXAGON SOCKET BUTTON HEAD SCREW M3X10 ISO 7380 301.103 STAINLESS NYLON INSERT HIGH HEX LOCK NUT M3 ISO 7040 301.087 STAINLESS NYLON INSERT HIGH HEX LOCK NUT M12 ISO 7040 STAINLESS FLAT WASHER 12X24 ISO 7089 303.060 300.119...
  • Page 40 Via Laghi di Avigliana 117 - Busca 12022 - CN - Italy Phone +39 0171 946654 - fax +39 0171 946723 E-mail: imcosmo@cosmosrl.com - www.cosmosrl.com...

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