Cultivator KPS-4: the principle of operation, tuning, advantages

To improve the quality of the crop, increase its quantity, it is necessary to periodically carry out measures to increase the saturation of the soil with water, improve the diet and create conditions for the normal germination of seeds. In solving the set tasks, the cultivator KPS-4 will help - an indispensable and inexpensive assistant when working in the field.

Description and principle of operation

This cultivator is a frame structure of hinged or trailed type. In the second case, it is additionally equipped with support wheels. The main working elements are attached to the frame - universal lancet or loosening paws.

The main purpose of the device is loosening the surface of the field. Simultaneously, the cultivator KPS-4 solves the problem of the destruction of weeds and the leveling of the roadbed. To work, the design needs a traction traction class 1.4 tons. In such conditions, its productivity will be at least 4 hectares per hour.

The principle of operation of the unit is similar to that of conventional attachments. Having entered the area to be treated, the operator, controlling the hydraulic system, brings the system into working order. Paws or lancet organs, under their own weight, speed of movement and cut into the ground at a fixed depth.

The cutting edges of the working elements cut off the roots of weed plants, and the widened part of the part causes the soil to rise upward and disintegrate into small particles while simultaneously leveling the surface. For better productivity, a tooth harrow is installed on the cultivator KPS-4.

Types of equipment for cultivator KPS-4

There are two types of land treatment equipment on the agricultural equipment market, which differ in their form and purpose. The first category has in its structure lancet paws, which are designed:

• For loosening the fertile layer without the removal of wet layers on the surface;
• For controlling weeds with pruning their roots.

The pointed paws on the cultivator KPS-4 differ from each other by the width of the working surface, which varies from 27 to 33 cm. The penetration depth is 12 cm. The stronger the thickets of the field are by "extraneous" plants, the greater the width the component should be installed. Good results are achieved by a combination of universal parts.

On the equipment can be installed and leavening paws that penetrate deeper into the soil by 16 cm and are used for sampling from the soil of weeds propagating by roots. Processing represented by the component is able to protect the field from filling with a "non-cultural" flora.

Setting up cultivator KPS-4

For adjustment, the cultivator KPS-4.2, as well as KPS-4, is installed on a flat, preferably hard platform. The tractor and the construction are raised 2-4 cm above the ground surface than the required penetration depth of the paws. By means of the hydraulic cylinder, the cultivator is brought into working position - the cutting elements are lowered to the ground so that:

• Universal paws with the whole surface of the cutting edges touched the pad;
• Leavening elements leaned on the ground with a point.

Simultaneously, the steam distributor of traction equipment is set to neutral position. At the same time, it is necessary to make sure that the KPS-4 cultivator stand, the pressure bars rest against their heads in the liners.

In cases where this does not happen, it is necessary, by rearranging the bars closer to the leashes of working elements and removing the adjusting pads, to achieve a predetermined position. After this, the angle of inclination of the cutting edges is determined. If the soil is soft, no adjustment is required. For the treatment of heavy soils, the paws are tilted 2-3 ^degrees forward by the adjusting screws.

Features of cultivator KPS-4

A feature of the presented equipment is the adaptability to any types of soil, except for fields with a large number of large stubble and folded coarse clastic soils. With its help, it is possible to prepare the terrain for sowing works and to carry out the processing of the territory after harvesting. Another feature that the cultivator KPS-4 possesses is the price. On average in Russia it is within 90 thousand rubles, which is incommensurably small for such reliable, powerful and productive equipment. The design will pay off in one season.