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1. INTRODUCTION
Dear customer,
Congratulations on the choice of the product of Bomet®company.
The aim of this manual attached to each machine is to make a user acquainted with a
construction, operation and adjustment of the automatic conveyor planters. Its aim is also
warning about existing or possible threats. The manual also contains information on
preparation of the planter for operation and for transportation on public roads.
Strict compliance with recommendations included in the content of the manual will
ensure a long-term and non-failure operation and contribute to reduction of operating costs of
the machine.
Each section of the manual (according to the contents) presents proper issues in
detail. If there is any unclear information for the user, they can obtain exhaustive explanation
by writing to the manufacturer’s address (the address is on the cover) – you are asked to
give: exact address of the purchaser of the machine, machine symbol, serial number, year of
production, year and issue number of the manual.
Terms used in the manual: left side, right side, back and front –refer to the settings of
an observer with his face turned according to the direction of the machine drive.
Warranty proceedings regulations and rights resulting from them, are given in the
warranty card, attached to each planter.
2. INTENDED USE OF THE PLANTER
Automatic conveyor 3-row, 4-row and 5-row planters are intended to operate
exclusively in the agriculture. Using them for other purposes shall be understood as using
them against the intended use. Meeting requirements referring to operation of the machine,
its maintenance and repairs according to recommendations of the manufacturer and strictly
complying with them state the condition of using it according to the intended use.
The machine shall be employed and operated only by people acquainted with its
detailed characteristics and procedures in the field of safety. Regulations concerning accident
prevention and all the basic regulations in the field of occupational health and safety and also
traffic regulations should be always abided by.
Automatic vegetable planters of S290 series are multi-row planters mounted on the
tractor three-point suspension system. Planters should be aggregated only with 2N and 2
tractors classes with suspension category II, equipped with standard ballasts of the front axle
to keep the required controllability factor (s ≥ 0.2).
The machines are designed for planting vegetables such as garlic, broad beans or
spring onions in well-cultivated soil on plain terrain and on slopes up to 8.5. An automatic
planter can be used for planting garlic, broad beans and spring onions, after mounting
appropriate cups on the transport chain and setting the appropriate spacing of the planted
seeds.
In one work cycle the planter performs all the work associated with planting cloves or
vegetable seeds, i.e. plows furrows, automatically plants cloves and covers them with soil.
The planter allows to plant seeds in a minimum inter-row spacing of 12cm. The maximum
spacing possible to be obtained for a 3-row planter is 48cm, for a 4-row planter 32cm, and for
a 5-row planter, 24cm. By replacing the gear wheel in the chain transmission and changing
the ratio, it is possible to adjust the spacing by planting seeds in a row in the range of 9.5 cm
to 21.5 cm.
