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Bayer CropScience reserves the right to change specifications, models, components, or materials at any time without notice. For further detailed information, contact the Bayer CropScience technical representative for your area. Please have this operation manual available when contacting Bayer CropScience. Contact Information: Bayer CropScience 4895 12th Avenue East Shakopee, MN 55379 (800)634-6738 FAX: (952)445-8282 General Categories 4.0 - Installation, General Calibration & Seed Calibration Calibration 5.0 - Calibration & Priming the Pump Operation 6.0 - Operation Appendix 7.0 - Maintenance 8.0 - Service Tips, Pump Checklist & Troubleshooting 10.0 - Guidelines for Successful treating 12.0 - Limited Warranty USE CAUTION! Always use caution and common sense when working with any chemical. Read the product label and MSDS carefully and follow their instructions exactly as described. CF80© 2005 Gustafson Equipment RF M/120104/CF80/260KB 4.0 General Introduction The CF-80 treater is lightweight, which makes it easy to transport. It can be installed in any convenient location on a temporary or permanent basis. Steps for installation: 1. Choose a level location with access to a 110-volt power source. Allow enough room for feeding the seed hopper, calibrating the machine, bagging the seed and treater maintenance. 2. The treater is self-contained and includes a two-way bagger and one tank for liquid chemical application. 3. Liquid Application - The treater is delivered from the factory with the liquid tank installed. This system is capable of applying liquids, flowables or pour-on chemicals. General Calibration The CF-80 seed treater can be easily calibrated. Determine the type of seed to be treated. Although the CF-80 can treat up to 80 bushels per hour of soybean seed, other types of seed may not flow through the treater as freely; therefore capacity may vary. The seed gate opening can be adjusted to regulate seed flow from the hopper. An adjustment clamp can be found on the right front side of the treater, just above the power switches. To increase or decrease the seed gate opening, loosen the nut, move the adjustment clamp up or down, and retighten the nut. A good starting point is set to the seed gate approximately 3/4 open. Seed Calibration Before beginning chemical calibration, it is best to calibrate the seed flow. 1. Close the seed gate. 2. Place a known quantity of seed in the hopper. 3. Make sure a collection bag is placed below the CF-80’s two-way bagger to catch the discharged seed. 4. Set the seed gate adjustment clamp to 3/4 open (or locked at the desired opening). 5. Open the seed gate completely until it stops at the seed gate adjustment clamp and keep track of the time it took this known quantity of seed to empty out of the hopper. Example: 1 bushel of soybean seed was placed in the hopper. It took 1 minute for the seed to flow out of the hopper. You know your treating rate is 60 bushels an hour. (1 bushel per minute x 60 minutes per hour = 60 bushels per hour). Calibration 5.0 Calibration & Pump Priming 1. Read the entire chemical label and MSDS to make sure you under stand the usage and rates to be applied. Take special note whether the recommended application rate of the chemical is given in fluid ounces per bushel or in fluid ounces per cwt. of seed. If the application rate is given in ounces, you will have to convert cc’s. To do so, multiply ounces by 29.6 cc’s = cc’s of product to be applied. The rate must be known prior to treater calibration. Example: You have decided that the use rate of your chemical is 5 fluid oz. per cwt. of seed and you will be mixing it with 5 ounces of water. Your application rate is now 10 ounces of product. 10 ounces x 29.6 cc’s = 296 cc’s 2. Mix chemical for a short period of time. To do this, you must first shut OFF the ball valve. This will allow chemical agitation without pumping to your drum. Turn remote switch to ON position for mixing. Note: It is especially important to resuspend the chemical prior to the start of each treating day or before each treating period. 3. You are now ready to prime the pump. Open the ball valve on the premix tank. Disconnect the discharge hose from the fitting in the inlet transition and place it into the chemical tank. Run the pump manually for 2-3 minutes set at. Once you have primed the pump and warmed up the hose, you are ready to calibrate. Remove the hose from the tank and place the discharge hose in a measuring cup or calibrated beaker. Example: It has already been determined that your chemical application rate is 10 ounces (296 cc’s) fluid oz. per cwt., and you ran 60 pounds of seed in one minute. Therefore it is necessary to catch 177.6 cc’s of chemical in your measuring cup in one minute (296cc’s .100 = 2.96cc’s x 60 pounds = 177.6). 6.0 Calibration Calibration & Pump Priming If more than the required volume of chemical is obtained, adjust the speed control knob to a lower setting and rerun t...