Lance,
as you already know, we do have often problems with pods in the soybean sample. The best way, under our conditions, is to run the machine in the first section of the threshing part with the concave from small grains, as you use normally in wheat ( small wire). You have to decrease the r-speed to 300 rpm, otherwise you will crack the beans. The first concave is normally followed by two corn concaves, in the seperating section the first one is a large wire concave followed by two slotted grates. This is to keep the the straw going out of the machine slightly to keep much material away from the shaker system.
Do you really have rotor losses in corn, are you shure that it isn't a shaker system problem?
We do a lot of very wet corn with yields up to 310 bu/ac, and its always the shaker system that makes problems. You also have to be sure that you won't break to much cobs in the rotor area, otherwise those little parts will cover the seperation areas in the rotor and will following overload the sieves. Please let me know, probably we'll talk about our experiences in our next phone call!!!
Cu
TOM
as you already know, we do have often problems with pods in the soybean sample. The best way, under our conditions, is to run the machine in the first section of the threshing part with the concave from small grains, as you use normally in wheat ( small wire). You have to decrease the r-speed to 300 rpm, otherwise you will crack the beans. The first concave is normally followed by two corn concaves, in the seperating section the first one is a large wire concave followed by two slotted grates. This is to keep the the straw going out of the machine slightly to keep much material away from the shaker system.
Do you really have rotor losses in corn, are you shure that it isn't a shaker system problem?
We do a lot of very wet corn with yields up to 310 bu/ac, and its always the shaker system that makes problems. You also have to be sure that you won't break to much cobs in the rotor area, otherwise those little parts will cover the seperation areas in the rotor and will following overload the sieves. Please let me know, probably we'll talk about our experiences in our next phone call!!!
Cu
TOM
