1 opener shank pressure adjustment – Seed Hawk 30 SERIES 2015 User Manual
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SEED HAWK
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2015 30 SERIES OPERATOR’S MANUAL – DOMESTIC
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5.9.1 Opener Shank Pressure Adjustment
The hydraulic down pressure applied to the opener shanks is controlled by a
closed loop system that allows the operator to enter the desired operating
down pressure. Entering the desired amount of down pressure can be done on
the monitor as well. The monitor controls a down pressure valve that main-
tains the pressure setting on the opener shanks through the control module.
A pressure sensor measures the actual hydraulic pressure and feeds it back to
the control module. The control module adjusts the down pressure valve to
maintain the system setting. As the openers move up and down, with the terrain,
constant force is applied to all openers equally.
1. To set and change the shank pres-
sure, press any
Soft Key to bring up
the Soft Key Menu and press the
Soft
Key labeled “Shank”.
2. A horizontal bar graph display will
come up on the screen. Press the
Selector Knob to activate the ad-
justment and then rotate the
Selec-
tor Knob to increase or decrease
the system pressure.
3. Press the Selector Knob again to save the setting. When seeding, this
screen will show the system pressure setting and a triangular marker will move
up and down the bar graph to show the measured system pressure as com-
pared to the set pressure.
4. Press the ACK (Activate Clutch Key) on the monitor to disengage the
opener shanks.