Trade Mark
COSMO s.r.l.
Via Laghi di Avigliana, 117
12022 BUSCA – Cuneo – ITALY
Tel. +39 0171 946654/946655
Fax +39 0171 946723
www.cosmosrl.com imcosmo@cosmosrl.com
PENDULAR SPREADER
PDC 400 - PDV 500 – PDV 600
PDHV 800 – PDHV 1000 – PDHV 1250
OWNER’S MANUAL
Read the Operator’s manual entirely before using the machine
16-07-15
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INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 4
2. GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 4
2.1. U
SING THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................ 4
2.2. I
NFORMATION ON THE MACHINE ........................................................................................................ 5
2.2.1. Name plate ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.2. Characteristics of the machine ......................................................................................... 5
2.2.4. Terminology ........................................................................................................................ 7
2.2.4. Technical Data .................................................................................................................... 7
3. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 8
3.1. S
AFETY SIGNALS ............................................................................................................................ 12
4. ASSEMBLING AND CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................. 13
4.1.
CHECK THE RAISING ABILITY OF THE TRACTOR .................................................................................... 13
4.2.
CONNECTION TO THE 3-POINT HITCH OF THE TRACTOR ........................................................................ 14
4.3.
DRIVELINE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................ 15
4.4.
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL) .................................................................................. 15
5. FERTILIZER SPREADER USE ........................................................................................................... 16
5.1. A
DJUSTMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 16
5.1.1. Spreading width adjustment ........................................................................................... 16
5.1.2. Spreading rate adjustment .............................................................................................. 17
5.1.3. Easy setting of the application rate ................................................................................ 19
5.1.4. Spreading charts...............................................................................................................20
5.2. H
OPPER LOAD ............................................................................................................................... 21
5.3. S
PREADING OF THE FERTILIZER IN THE FIELD ..................................................................................... 21
5.3.1. Spreading mistakes ......................................................................................................... 22
6. GENERAL MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................ 23
6.1. L
UBRICATION ................................................................................................................................. 24
6.2. P
ENDULUM REPLACEMENT ............................................................................................................. 24
6.3.
STORAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 25
6.4.
SPARE PARTS ................................................................................................................................ 25
7. WARRANTY ...................................................................................................................................... 26
8. PARTS BREAKDOWN ....................................................................................................................... 27
COPYRIGHT BY COSMO
The technical information of this manual are ownership of Cosmo S.r.l. and
must be considered strictly reserved.
It is forbidden text and illustration’s reproduction.
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Trade Mark
COSMO s.r.l.
Via Laghi di Avigliana, 117
12022 BUSCA – Cuneo – ITALY
Tel. +39 0171 946654/946655
Fax +39 0171 946723
www.cosmosrl.com imcosmo@cosmosrl.com
CLAIM OF CONFORMITY
The company COSMO s.r.l.
based in Busca, via Laghi di Avigliana, 117 – CUNEO - ITALY
CLAIMS UNDER ITS OWN LIABILITY THAT THE MACHINE:
TYPE: PENDULAR SPREADER
MODEL:
SERIAL NUMBER:
YEAR OF MANUFACTURING:
is in conformity with the European Directive 98/37/CE (abrogating and including the
Directives 89/392/CEE, 91/368/CEE, 93/44/CEE and 93/68/CEE)
For the adjustment of the machine, the following Harmonized Regulations have been
adopted:
UNI EN 1553 – UNI EN ISO 4254-1 - ISO 4254-8 - UNI EN 14017
as well as the technical specification:
ISO 11684
Busca (CN), on the (date)
The owner: __________________
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1. INTRODUCTION
The pendular spreaders are machines used for the distribution of solid, granular
fertilizers and seeds in the field. They can be used whether with tractors of small/medium
power.
It is recommended to carefully read this operator’s manual of use and maintenance and
follow the recommendations to help ensure safe and efficient operation with and on the machine.
This manual has been written, in order to give the customer all the information and safety rules on
the machine, as well as use and maintenance instructions that let to make good use of the
potentialities of the machine.
The manual must always be handy, so as to consult it, in order to check the operational cycle. If it
gets lost or damaged, it will be necessary to ask for a substitutive copy.
In case of some difficulties of interpretation on texts or tables, or if the drawings/sketches are not
clear enough, please get immediately in touch with the manufacturer or dealer of the machine for
having all the clarifications through the experts in the working/maintenance or through the person
who wrote the manual.
We are completely available for a real collaboration, in order to improve the understanding of the
whole manual.
2. GENERAL INFORMTION
2.1. USING THIS MANUAL
This manual gives all the information for the use and maintenance of the machine. The good
working and its life depends on the good maintenance and to the attention during the use.
Some pictures in this manual show details or accessories that could be different from those of your
machine, some components could be removed, in order to assure the clearness of the pictures.
Some signal words are put on the machine and the operator shall see to keep them in a perfect
visual condition, replacing them when they are not readable anymore..
SAFETY SIGNALS
This symbol is used in this manual to draw your attention on the safety and
good work of the machine. Therefore, it is necessary to observe all the
written rules in order to prevent any accident or damages.
We recommended to use the original spare parts and accessories.
The not original parts, besides to decline the guarantee, could be dangerous reducing the length
and the performances of the machine.
.
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2.2. INFORMATION ON THE MACHINE
The models introduced in this manual have been designed and made exclusively allowing the
distribution of solid, granular fertilizers and of seeds in the field. The machine is not indicated for
being used in different sectors from the agricultural one.
These machines are usually used during the day. If it is required the nocturnal use or with
poor visibility, it must use the lighting system of the tractor or of the equipment to which the
machine is connected.
A different use, like the above mentioned one is considered improper.
Any arbitrary modification made to this machine relieve the manufacturer from any responsibility for
damages or lesions, also serious, that can be caused to the operators, to third parties or to things.
2.2.1..
NAME PLATE
On the hopper of every machine, a name plate is fixed showing the model, the number of series and
the year of construction of the machine.
When some spare parts are required, it is always necessary to refer to the type of machine, to the
serial number and to the manufacturing year.
Location of the name plate on the machine
2.2.2.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MACHINE
The great spreading precision of these kind of fertlizer spreaders lets them to be used in different
applications, both for specific cultivations and in golf courses.
The Cosmo series of pendular spreaders can rely on a huge range of models adaptable with tractors
of any power.
The upper parts of the gear box are made in polyethylene in order to increase its long life to the
corrosion.
The standard spout allows to get a spreading width from 8 m to 14 m that can be modified according
to the needs and the type of fertilizer used.
The gear box can be set to 3 reduction spreading patterns (see par. 5.1.1) by turning the width
adjustment key.
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Beside the standard spout, several pendulum items are available for different applications, such as
for the salt spreading where the spreading width is min. 2 m until max. 4 m, or for using in vineyards,
orchards or in parks.
Spreading spout Width adjustment key
The hopper in fiberglass reinforced plastic cannot rust nor be damaged.
The painting of the frame, as for all Cosmo products, is made by a water base varnish with
successive backing at 150° with the application of the primer bath, assuring a great protection and
long life of the machine.
The feeding of the disc is by gravity through the exits, located on the bottom of the hopper, that can
be opened or closed by a mechanical or hydraulic system (optional). The dosage of the fertilizer is
made by operating on the opening section by a dosing rod that slides on a threaded pin with a
graduate scale.
Standard agitator Crown agitator Opening lever
For the more powdered fertilizers it is possible to settle an agitator/mixer on the bottom of the
hopper to avoid the formation of lumps in the fertilizer.
For the PDV 500 and 600 models the 3-point hitch is only of category I, whereas for the other models
(PDHV 800, 1000, 1250) the hitch is of category I and II.
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2.2.3.TERMINOLOGY
Spreader PDV 500
Spreader PDC 400
A. Hopper
B. Spout
C. Gear box
D. Frame
E. Lower link pin
F. Protection cover Pto shaft
G. Dosing rod
2.2.4.T
ECHNICAL DATA
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
PDC
400
PDV
500
PDV
600
PDHV
800
PDHV
1000
PDHV
1250
Hopper capacity
(litres /gallons)
(Kg/lbs)
386/102
420/925
480/127
523/1153
580/153
632/1393
850/224
926/2042
1050/277
1144/2522
1250/330
1360/2998
Weight of the machine
(kg/lbs)
100/221 130/287 142/313 170/375 180/397 195/430
Loading height
(cm/inches)
117/46 90/35.5 100/39 97/38 107/42 120/47
Working height
(cm/inches)
75/29.5 75/29.5
75/29.5
75/29.5 75/29.5 75/29.5
Spreading width
min-max (meters/ft)
8-15/
27-50
8-15/
27-50
8-15/
27-50
8-15/
27-50
8-15/
27-50
8-15/
27-50
Transmission 1:1 1:1 1:1 1:1 1:1 1:1
Power required at 540
rpm/min (HP/kW)
6/4.4 6/4.4 6/4.4 6/4.4 6/4.4 6/4.4
Hydraulic opening system optional optional optional optional optional optional
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3. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
THE FOLLOWING SAFETY RECCOMENDATIONS ARE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INCOLUMITY:
THEREFORE IT IS NECESSARY TO READ THEM CAREFULLY, MEMORIZING AND ALWAYS
APPLYING THEM.
The present warnings in this manual regard exclusively the allowed uses and reasonably
foreseeable. All below instructions must be integrated by the common sense and by the experience
of who works, indispensable measures to prevent accidents.
The machine must be used by a single operator. It is forbidden the use of the machine to under-ages.
All the listed instructions must be carefully respected.
Possible changes on the machine, not preventively authorized by the manufacturer (by written
copy), exclude his responsibility.
Check the correct functioning of the machine, before every employment.
General advices
• Read carefully this manual before proceeding to start, operate, employ or maintenance
on the machine.
• Watch, in addition to the warnings of this manual, all the safety, accident prevention rules and
of general nature.
• The manual must always be handy , so as to consult it, in order to check working cycle and
safety information. In case of loss or damage, it will be necessary to ask for a substitutive copy.
ATTENTION!
Any work of maintenance, regulation and cleaning must be done with
the machine on the ground (in stable conditions), turning off the tractor
engine and removing the key
• Read carefully the safety signal words applied on the machine and follow the instructions. In
case of wear and tear or insufficient readability of the safety signal words, clean them up or
replace them, placing the signal words in the right position, as shown in paragraph 3.1.
ATTENTION! - WARNING!
The operator, during the period of use, maintenance, repair, handling or storing of the
machine, must wear accident-prevention shoes and safety gloves. Moreover, if it is necessary
he must wear suitable hearing protections such as earmuffs or earplugs, dust masks and
protective glasses.
• During loading phase, there is the danger of powders inhalation produced by fertilizer mixing. It
is suggested to use tractors with filters on the ventilation system of the cabin, to use suitable
safety systems of breathing, like powder masks or masks with filter.
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• The machine is designed for being used by a single operator who, during the use, must always
stay in the stationing control on the tractor.
• Never work with this machine if you are tired, sick or after having took drinks, drugs or
medicines.
DANGER!
It is forbidden to climb or to transport somebody when the machine is in motion.
Do not let inside the hopper for any reason.
• Keep the machine cleaned up from foreign bodies (detritus, tools, miscellaneous), as
they could damage the operations or the operator. Generally the fertilizers are rather corrosive.
For this reason, it is important that any particle of the fertilizer stay in the machine for a long
period of time. Clean the hopper and the distributor after each use of the machine.
• If during cleaning operations it is used air or water with pressure, it is necessary to wear glasses
and safety masks keeping away possible persons or animals from the machine.
• Before connecting the machine to the tractor or to other self-moving means check that
this is in good conditions and that brakes work correctly, especially if you work on sloping
grounds.
• Switch off the machine from tractor only on a compact and level ground (with empty
hopper), checking that the machine is stable.
WARNING!
During transport operations, stocking and employment of the fertilizers, the
operators must follow all the label indications and particularly to the content of
the written risks and the precaution suggestions.
ATTENTION!
The Manufacturer does not answer to possible damages caused by an
improper and unforeseen use of the machine.
The Manufacturer is not responsible in case of:
- improper use of the machine, use by not trained staff;
- serious deficiencies in the foreseen maintenance;
- changes or not allowed interventions;
- use of not original or specific spare parts;
- total or partial inobservance of the instructions;
- inobservance of the common safety rules during work;
- unusual cases..
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Connection of the machine to the tractor
• The third hitch point of the tractor and the fertilizer spreader must coincide or must be adapted..
• Make sure that the pto shaft is engaged in right way after every linkage operation of the
machine and that it does not come uncoupled when the machine is lowered in order to fill the
hopped up.
ATTENTION! WARNING!
Check that the protections of the pto shaft are complete and in good conditions.
• In case of breaking or deterioration of the pto shaft protections, please replace them
immediately.
• When the machine is not linked to the power unit, the pto shaft must be placed on the
appropriate support.
• The presence of the machine can influence the manoeuvrability of the tractor, in particular
during transport.
ATTENTION!
Do not come, for any reason, between the tractor and the fertilizer spreader
when the engine is running and the power take-off is on.
Operation of the machine
• Make a check of the machine before switching it on. Start to work only if the machine is in
perfect conditions.
• Before using the machine, please be sure that all the safety devices are correctly placed and in
good state; in case of breakdowns or damages to the protections, please replace them
immediately.
ATTENTION!
During work, please be sure that for a radius of 50 meters there are not any
person or animals. When you work in proximity of roads or public places, it is
ABSOLUTELY OBLIGATORY to keep away persons and to increase the
precautions.
ATTENTION!
Anybody who comes up to the machine is in a danger area, therefore he
becomes “AN EXPOSED PERSON”. The operator must prevent anybody to
come into the danger area and to work with the maximum caution. If
somebody comes up, please stop immediately the tractor engine.
• Before every use of the centrifugal spreader, please always check the wear of the vanes and of
the spreader disc. Check that all the fixing components (screws, bolts etc.) are in and fixed.
• The machine must never be unattended when it is moving..
• Keep always the machine in good operating conditions and make regularly the maintenance.
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Transfer on the road
ATTENTION!
Please follow scrupulously the Highway code in force in the country of use.
During moves on public roads, it is obligatory to empty the hopper.
• Remember that during moving on public roads, special attention must be done, besides to
possible and special regulations noted on the registration book of the tractor, choosing an
appropriate speed especially when the street is crowded, winding or sloping.
• If the spreader hides with its shape the back signalling lights of the tractor, it is necessary to
put a lights bar and/or some back signalling signs.
• During the moving on the road, please clean tyres or the working mechanism, in order to avoid
to dirty the feather edge with earth or other material.
ATTENTION!
During the moving on the road, the warning flasher, yellow or orange,
assembled on the tractor must always be in function also during the day.
ATTENTION!
During transport with raised machine, please always check that the control
lever of the rear lifter is locked, in order to avoid the accidental lowering of the
machine.
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3.1. SAFETY SIGNALS
ATTENTION!
Be sure that the safety labels are readable. Clean them up using a cloth,
water and soap. Replace the damaged labels placing them in the right
position, as subsequently described.
The safety signs on the machine supply the most important indications: their observance helps your
safeness.
1. ATTENTION! Before making any
operation on the machine, stop the
engine of the tractor or of the selfmoving means, remove the key,
put on the parking brake and read
carefully the operator’s manual.
2. ATTENTION! DANGER of entangling
and dragging. Do not put hands near
the running gear box.
3. ATTENTION! Check the sense of
rotation and the number of revolutions
(540 rpm) of the tractor power bifore
placing the PTO shaft.
4. ATTENTION! DANGER of crushing.
Do not stop between the machine and
tractor when the tractor engine is
running.
5. ATTENTION! – DANGER! Possibile
throwing of material and/or objects,
please do not stop or come up to the
machine. Keep a safety distance of 30
meters, at least, from the machine.
6. ATTENTION! DANGER of shearing.
Do not approach limbs to the
spreader disc when the machine is
running.
7. ATTENTION! Use the individual Protection Devices, as required.
Where placing the safety signals on the machine
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4. CONNECTIONS
The machine can be delivered all assembled or not (in this case follow the assembling instructions
enclosed). In both cases, before using the spreader it is necessary to control that all the fixing
elements (screws, nuts, washers) are well locked and make sure that all the safety devices are
located at their right position.
Verify that the gear box is fixed to the machine frame by 4 screws: two longer (Hexagonal head
12x50) in the front part, at the Pto shaft connection side, and two shorter (hexagonal head 12x40)
back , at the pendulum side.
Before coupling the machine to the 3-point hitch, positioning the safety devices to the tractor, so that
it is not possible the involuntary and/or accidental raising and lowering of the arms.
The 3-point hitch of the tractor and of the machine must coincide or must be adapted.
In proximity of arms rods of the back lifter of the tractor, there is the danger of wounding, because of
crushing and cutting points.
Do not use the external controls for the lifting of the machine. During transport position block the
lateral stop of the rods.
4.1. CHECK THE RAISING ABILITY OF THE TRACTOR
DANGER!
It is obligatory to check the raising ability and the stability of the tractor
(before carrying out the connection with the machine) in order to avoid
the overturning and/or the loss of wheels grip
Check the raising ability and the stability of the tractor through the following formula and if it
is necessary please apply some ballasts on the back.
Z
M
sid
0,2 T
T
M s ≤ 0,2 T i + Z (d + i)
M ≤ 0,3 T
i =
Wheels base of the tractor
d = Distance of load ballast back axle
s
= Bounce of the machine rear axle
T =
Tractor load + 75 kg (operator)
Z = Load ballast
M
= Machine load