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UPDATES AND KITS/AFS
Bring Your Older Grain Header Up-to-Date (cont.)
Case IH is continually improving all their agricultural equipment.
Check with your Case IH dealer to see what optional equipment
or improvements will help make your machine operate
more efficiently.
• Diamond Sta-Sharp™ and Super Sta-Sharp™
Knife Sections
• Cutter Bar Rebuild Kits for 1-1/2" and 3" knife systems
• Auger Stripper Extensions
• 3" Double Heat-Treated Guard
Runners and Skid Shoe Improvements for:
• 1020 Headers
• AHHC (Auto Header Height Control) Cable
Replacement Linkage
• Knife Back Reinforcing Kit
• Bottom Skid for 1010 Headers
• Deflector Fingers–1020 header end divider
• New cutter bar poly–1052, 2052, and 2062 headers
AFS
There are two kinds of power that enhance productivity in today’s
agriculture-the power you find in new, modern equipment,
and the power of information you harness with Case IH AFS
Precision Farming systems
(see figure 28.1).
Five basic components work together to capture harvest
information as the combine moves through the field.
• The flow sensor measures grain volume
• The moisture sensor measures the grain moisture and
temperature
• A ground speed sensor and programmed header width
determine coverage area
• The yield monitor combines all crop and area data to
populate the touch screen display with instantaneous and
historical yield information in terms of dry bushels per acre
• Information is stored on a memory card that transfers data to
desktop software, helping you manage your farming
operation, using the outcome of your past year’s crop in
future cropping plans
• Add a DGPS receiver and record a data point every 1, 2, or
3 seconds as you travel through the field, to fully realize the
power of information
Since the dawn of time, and man’s first tools, one thing remains
the same—if not used correctly, a tool’s full potential is seldom
realized. With that thought in mind, some simple guidelines
may help you make AFS operation simple and second nature,
meeting the full potential you expect from your investment.
Some simple adjustments and maintenance, as well as
conscientious component calibration, are necessary to assure
accuracy.
To understand the need for system calibration, consider that
AFS operates using electronic components that translate
ground speed, header position, grain moisture, and grain
volume data into electrical signals.
• Many variables would make “set-at-the-factory” accuracy
impossible, the operator must calibrate the system once
in the field, using scales and moisture testers with known
accuracy to verify the weight and moisture of the grain
• The operator manually enters the actual numbers, and
the AFS system makes adjustments so future harvest data,
as well as the calibration load and prior harvest data,
accurately reflects the moisture and weight of the grain
being harvested
System inputs that require calibration:
• Header stop height (turns counting on and off)
• Distance (used to calculate ground speed)
• Grain Temperature
• Grain Moisture
• Grain Weight
Figure 28.1
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