Check and Adjust Net Pan Pressure

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A - Net Pan Angle

B - Outside Belts

C - Channels

Belts must be tight before checking and adjusting net pan pressure.

Always adjust belt tracking at No. 9 roll (lower front gate roll) by adjusting No. 8 roll (lower rear gate roll), before checking or adjusting net pan pressure.

Lack of net pan angle (A) and channel (C) contact or pressure can cause net not to be applied (wraps rubber roll) or partially applied to the bale. Net pan angle (A) must contact both outside belts (B) and at least two of the four center belts.

Excessive net pan angle (A) or channel (C) contact or pressure, can cause net feeding difficulties, holes worn in the pan angle, or channels, or the net slitting if heating weakens net.

1. Park tractor and baler on lever surface. Shut off engine and remove ignition key.

2. Remove crop debris inside the gate, near No. 8 and No. 9 rolls, and net pan.

3. Start tractor. With the empty baler, gate lock lever unlocked, and gate closed, engage PTO and move tractor SCV lever to close gate and tension belts.

4. Disengage PTO, shut off the tractor engine, and remove key.

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   A - Net Pan Angle

   B - Clearance

   C - Outside Belts

   D - Cross-tube

   Check that net pan angle (A) is contacting both outside belts (C) and at least two of the four center belts.
   • If net pan is contacting both outside belts and at least two of the four center belts, proceed to Step 6.
   • If clearance (B) exists between the net pan angle (A) and any belt, adjust the cross-tube (D) higher until both outside belts contact and at least two of the four center belts contact. Maintain 22—44 N (5—10 lb) net pan pressure on both sides.
   • If net pan pressure is 22—44 N (5—10 lb) and either one or both outside belts (B) do not contact the net pan angle (A), the net pan angle is bowed too much and should be straightened. (See Check and Straighten Net Pan Angle in this section.)
   
   

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   Gate Partially Open for Illustration

   A - Scale Hook

   B - Bend in Net Pan

   C - Net Pan Angle

   D - Cross-tube

   With a spring scale, engage scale hook (A) at bend (B) in the net pan angle (C).

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7. Force must be 22—44 N (5—10 lb) to move net pan away from outside belts.

   • If force is less than 22 N (5 lb), move left-hand side of cross-tube (D) up until force is correct. Repeat on the opposite side.
   • If force is more than 44 N (10 lb), move left-hand side of cross-tube (D) down until force is correct. Repeat on the opposite side.
   • If the cross-tube (D) is in the lowest position and force is more than 44 N (10 lb), adjust net pan pressure. (See Check and Adjust Net Pan Pressure in this section.)