Canola Front

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Complete Draper Belt Pick-Up Front

Smale Farm Equipment's Draper Pick-up is a proven performer which offers high capacity and simple operation and the versatility to be converted to work with different headers.

The pick-up has a single row of belts which work together with the Smale designed Accelerator Feed Roller to provide a consistent and positive feed of material in a wide variety of conditions. The Accelerator Feed Roller has been fitted as standard to all fronts since inception in 1994.

Principal Features

Smale Draper Pick-up

• Belt Width 12ft (3.650m) or 16ft (4.880m)
• Easy-set Accelerator Feed Roller with Wide Adjustment Range
• Direct Hydraulic Drive for Accelerator Roller
• Direct Hydraulic Drive for Rear Draper Belt Roller
• Rubber Sleeved Belt Rollers
• Self-Adjusting Belt Tensioning
• 12ft - 3 Grain Saving Belts with 6ft (1.800m) Wide Centre Belt
• 16ft - 4 Grain Saving Belts of Equal Width
• Side Deflectors to Minimise Seed Loss
• Adjustable Pick-up Height
• 6.00 x 9” Swivel Wheels

Smale Auger Front

• 26" Diameter Table Auger with 5” Flight, Serrated in the Centre Section
• Throat Extension Hood
• Taper-fit Sprockets
• Interchangeable Throat Adapters and Drives, Convertible to Fit Most Headers

Feeding System

Smale's unique feed-system, with Accelerator Roller, maintains a constant, even flow of material to the large Table Auger. The Accelerator Roller evens out lumpy windrows and also prevents elevation of crop material above the Table Auger by guiding the flow of material under the Table Auger for positive feed without the need for a rear conveyor belt.

The Accelerator Roller and Flexible Belts have individual hydraulic motors driven in series from the one hydraulic circuit. The speed of the Belts is controlled from the cabin using the standard header reel circuit. The speed of the Accelerator Roller is set in relation to the Belts with an adjustable Variable Speed Flow Control Valve. The Roller is typically set up to spin slightly slower than the Belt speed, and will then vary accordingly with adjustments in Belt speed. This ratio once set is usually maintained but can be altered manually via the Vari-Speed valve on the rear of the Canola Front body.

The 4-way positioning adjustment of the Accelerator Roller combined with its Vari-Speed Hydraulic Drive enhances the operation of the system by precisely matching crop volume and conditions.

The SMALE CANOLA FRONT combines the Accelerator Feed Roller, Flexible Draper Belts, Self-Adjusting Belt Tension and Rubber Sleeved Belt Rollers for maximum efficiency of the Draper Belt drive.

Versatility    

The Front has an interchangeable Throat Adapter Frame which means it can be fitted to most headers available. At any time the Adapter Frame can be unbolted and replaced with a new Frame to suit the appropriate header. Depending on the width of the new Throat the sheet metal at the rear of the body, on the left and right of the Frame may have to be adjusted. The PTO drive shaft may also have to replaced depending on the width and type of connection on the new header.

Other Uses   

The front is commonly termed a canola front as this is its most frequent application however it is correctly a draper windrow pick-up and is suitable for use with any windrowed crop.

The front has been used successfully in windrowed cereal and legume crops.

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