With a small and a larger bunker - franz-kleine.com

On simple soil producing relatively low yield one easily maintained a speed of about 8 to 9
km/h, as well as a revolution number of about 1300 to 1400 turns/min.
And even if a higher performance was demanded by a drive on closely woven stands of beets,
higher speeds and loading process into the bunker during the drive or ascents in a hilly area,
the engine only rarely mobilized its rated speed to the value of 1600 t/min.
The Compact is put up with a rigid frame known from the SF 10-2. The four wheel drive
enables an turning circle of 15 m on the utter wheel - with a small lock on the front wheels
where the tires 710/79 R are put on and a big lock with the rear wheels where the tires
750/50-30.5 are put on.
As the engine is diagonally positioned over the rear axle and the bunker in between the axles,
a balance of the weight on the axle is extensively the same in the operation process.
The Large equipped with the double articulated axle attains a maximum lock up to 75 degrees
and with approximately 13 m on the utter wheel; the machine is more flexible than the smaller
harvester.
The bunker is placed in the centre over the rear axle which has to carry most of the crops`
weight. So the front axle is employed the same way, as used in the Compact, whereas the soil
pressure at the back is spread out on the entire width of the vehicle. This is due to the fact that
the rear axle is equipped with four wheels, 620/75 R34 each. By means of this, compared to a
classic machine with two axles, belonging to this category, the Beetliner Large stands out
with a bigger surface about 18 % which contacts the soil. While using the machine, a slower
drive with axles moved towards the lanes that is common practice in this class of machines
and is used in order to enlarge the surface driven on.
The exact drive along the beet row is lead by a automotive steering, whereby the rear axle is
driven by the leaf sensor and the front axle is driven by the harvesting unit.
Both Beetliners work with the same topper and lifter unit, which can be moved 15 cm
from the middle
In the new Integral combi topper one can switch between the lateral leaf spreader of the beet
leaf and the “Inline”– storage between the rows while the machine is driven.
The revolution number of the chopper shaft can thereby be infinitely adjusted to the leaf and
weed conditions.
The depth control of the chopper is arranged by to hydraulically driven support wheels which
even carry this unit during transport on the road.
The modified scalper “Opticut” either provided with an automatic system for the beet head
thickness is adjustable from the cabin both in height and in thickness.
KLEINE has recently developed a standard lifting unit equipped with a single oscillator. If
requested the row width measuring 45 or 50 is firm and if required a hydraulic adjustment of
45 or 50 cm is either available. The vibrating share laterally swings to the exact row
adjustment up to 3,5cm and are hydraulically driven by an eccentric shaft. Both the revolution
number and the harvesting depth and the position to the beet can be adjusted from the cabin.
The hydraulic stone protection is new, in case there are too many stones in the soil, the lifting
unit can be lifted up.
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