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IDEAL AIR BLASTER

Have a blast harvest!

IDEAL AIR BLASTER is specifically designed to maintain the cleanliness of your combine harvester's feederhouse, offering improved visibility onto the header and enhancing the safety and comfort of the harvesting operation.

Available in USA and Canada

For availability, contact your local AGCO dealer.

 

Canada

USA

KEY FEATURES

SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE FEEDERHOUSE CLEANING MECHANISM

  • IDEAL AIR BLASTER incorporates innovative technology to effectively remove crop debris and maintain cleanliness on the feederhouse.

OPTIMIZED VISIBILITY ONTO THE HEADER

  • With IDEAL AIR BLASTER installed, operators can enjoy superior visibility onto the header, allowing for better monitoring and control during the harvesting operation

ENHANCED COMFORT DURING HARVESTING

  • By maintaining a clean feederhouse, IDEAL AIR BLASTER enhances operator comfort by reducing the need for frequent interruptions to manually clean the feederhouse.

EASE OF INSTALLATION

  • IDEAL AIR BLASTER can be easily installed in under 2 hours without extensive modifications on the combine harvester, ensuring convenience for operators.

AUTOMATIC CLEANING FEATURE

  • IDEAL AIR BLASTER provides both manual and automatic cleaning options. When set to automatic mode, the product initiates a cleaning cycle every 2 minutes.

QUICK GUIDE

BEFORE HARVESTING

When picking up header and connecting PTO
 
For hydraulic and harness, you can place the shorter pipes as you want on feeder house / header. Short pipes are magnetized, which makes them easy to move.   
 
Follow instructions.

Lift pipes from feader house

Move to position you want

Example of placement on header

BEFORE OR WHILE HARVESTING

Decide if you want to operate system manual or in auto mode.

By pushing the round button, you activate the system manual, and by pushing the square button you put the system into auto mode.   
 
In auto mode system will operate frequently (1 min, 30 Seconds).

OPERATORS MANUAL

FAULT FINDING

Issue: The system is not operating when activating

Check connector is in cigarette plug 

If no: Put it in to one of the four cigarette plugs behind operator seat. 

If yes: Check the status lamps on control box. Push manual button and check if the green light will be activated.  

If light is not activated:  

Chek fuse F3, F4, F5, F6 (10 Amp) (Under armrest) 

 

Chek connector is plugged into control box. 

Check wire between box and cigarette plug for damage.  

If light is activated: 

Turn of combine, and then turn on ignition. Push red button, when pushing red button, you can hear if the valve on air tank is opening or not (It will make a click sound). If you are in doubt, ask someone to stand next to valve and listen.  

If it doesn’t click:  

Check connection between box and valve. If connection/wire is not damaged, solenoid or PCB might be broken.  

If it clicks: 

If it clicks, your electronics might be okay, se next capture for fault-finding on-air system.   

Issue: Leaking / Low pressure

Start up combine and let it be running for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, turn of the combine again.

Bring a spray with soap water to identify leaking.
First, listen around all air connections, plugs, and valve. You can easily hear if there is a leak. To make sure all connections is tight, spray soap water on connections. If it starts making bubbles, there is a leak.

If all components/connections are tight, it might be somewhere else at your combine it’s leaking.

Contact your dealer for further information.  

SAFETY

Please pay attention to the following instructions before installing and utilizing the system:

  • When installing the system, make sure machine engine is shut off and the feeder house is lowered to the ground.

  • Be careful walking on top of the feeder house. The hoses and pipes can cause a risk of tripping. Please watch your step carefully.

  • When operating near the feeder house, always make sure that the Auto function is off to avoid the system to release air unintended.
  • Never push the manual button when bystanders are near the feeder house. Loud sounds can cause long term damage. Dush can cause short term damage.

CAUTION

Make sure the Air Blaster is NOT in Auto mode when leaving the cabin or when persons are close to the feeder house. Sudden release of pressurized air can result in dust in eyes and loud sounds. Wear ear and eye production.

CAUTION

Never activate the push button when bystanders are close to the feeder house. Release of pressurized air can result in dust in eyes and loud sounds. Wear ear and eye production.

DANGER: Body Crush

The machines engine must be shut off and feeder house lowered when installing the system to avoid any crushing of humans. Lifting or lowering the feeder house during installation can cause fatal injury or death.

DANGER: Tripping Hazard

Be careful lifting your feet while working on the feeder house. The installed hoses and pipes can cause a tripping hazard.

INSTALLATION

IMPORTANT:

Be sure to check out the guide below for extra information not included in the installation video on how to correctly set up your Air Blaster Kit.

Do you have an IDEAL combine with a dust ejector on the feederhouse?

We’ve got you covered! Just follow the guide below to install the Air Blaster with this setup.

VIDEOS