Vicon CM 220 Drum Mower Operator Manual – Kverneland Geldrop PDF

Description

Vicon CM 220 Drum Mower Operator Manual

The Vicon CM 220 drum mower operator’s manual is the instruction book issued with the CM 220 rotary drum mower manufactured by Kverneland Geldrop B.V. It documents both build variants of the machine – the mechanical version and the version fitted with hydraulic folding cylinder ES00101 – and it is printed in five languages (German, French, English, Spanish and Dutch) with the full English text included. From the first hitching to the last greasing point, this Vicon CM 220 drum mower operator manual is written to keep a two-drum mower cutting cleanly and running safely.

The document opens with the manufacturer’s own statement of what the CM 220 is designed to cut, then moves through tractor attachment, the mowing and transport changeover, mowing practice, storage, maintenance and the complete technical specification. A separate safety chapter, a safety-decal key and the liability and warranty conditions close the book.

File Details

• Manual type: Operator’s / Instruction Manual
• Brand: Vicon
• Manufacturer: Kverneland Geldrop B.V., Nuenenseweg 165, NL-5667KP Geldrop
• Model: CM 220 drum mower, type code ES
• Variants covered: mechanical version; version with hydraulic cylinder ‘ES00101’
• Document code: G9904ES3
• Languages: German, French, English, Spanish, Dutch
• Page count: 101
• File format: PDF
• EC Declaration of Conformity dated: 11.03.1999 (Directives 89/392/EWG and 91/368/EWG; norms EN292-2, EN294, EN745)
• Attachment category: Category II

Chapters Covered

• I. Destination and intended use of drum mowers
• II. Terms and symbols used – directional conventions, PIN and PSN identification, DANGER / Attention / Note headings
• III. Attachment to the tractor
  • General instructions, hydraulic hose connection
  • Draft links – rigid setting, right-hand link adjustment
  • Top link – length and height setting to keep the mower level or slightly forward-tilted
• IV. Putting into mowing and transport position
  • Mechanical version – lock, pawl and swing procedure
  • Mower with hydraulic cylinder ‘ES00101’ – shut-off valve, folding cylinder, locking pin positions A and B
• V. Mowing instructions
  • General mowing advice – gear selection, drum speed, spring pressure on the hitch frame
  • Cutting height adjustment – high cut and low cut via check nut and adjusting bolt
  • Hydraulic cylinder machines only – lock position for correct ground adaptation
• VI. Storing the machine – mechanical version and hydraulic cylinder version, jack stand, cylinder position
• VII. Maintenance
  • General instructions – lid bolts, gasket replacement, cleaning around the skid saucer
  • Blades – ‘CM120’ blade fitting, arch upward, two or four blades per drum
  • Safety breakaway – spring tension and adjusting nut
  • Repositioning or renewing blade holders – skid saucer removal, wear limits, original nuts ‘ND2094V’
  • V-belt tension – gap X setting, nuts 9 and 10
  • Lubrication – daily points, gearbox grease ‘AVILUB EP891’, pto shaft intervals
• VIII. Technical specifications
• Torque values for international metric thread joints – grades 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9
• Conversion table for units of measurement
• IX. Safety instructions for mounted drum mowers
  • General safety rules
  • Drive through universal joint drive shafts
  • Hydraulics
  • Balance precautions
  • Storage safety
• X. Liability and warranty
• XI. Safety decals – TR 2005, TR 2007, TR 1009, TR 2011, TR 2023, TR 2027 and their meaning
• XII. Optional equipment – hydraulic cylinder, swath disc, lamp support, spreading attachment, protection curtain repair kit, special hitch frame

What This Vicon CM 220 Manual Gives You

This is not a generic hay-mower leaflet. The Vicon CM 220 drum mower manual is written around one machine and its two build variants, so the procedures line up with the hardware in front of you. The attachment chapter explains why the draft links must be set rigid and why the right-hand link is raised until both mowing drums lift clear of the ground together – a detail that decides whether the mower runs level or trails its drums through the stubble.

The changeover chapter is split deliberately between the mechanical machine and the cylinder-equipped machine, because the sequence differs. On a mechanical CM 220 you release the lock with the cord, drop the machine fully, unlock the pawl and swing the mower across the tractor axis with a left-hand turn in reverse. On the hydraulic version there is an additional step – open the shut-off valve, lower the mowing frame on the cylinder, and re-close the valve to lock the folded position for transport. The manual spells out that the folding cylinder must only be used with the machine lifted, otherwise the skid saucers dig into the ground.

Mowing advice in the Vicon CM 220 operator manual centres on three settings that owners constantly get wrong: the top link length (level or slightly nose-down, never tilted back, or you lose crop to double cutting), the two tension springs on the hitch frame that control ground pressure, and the cutting height adjusting bolt. High cut and low cut are both covered with the exact direction to turn the adjusting bolt and how to lock it with the check nut – plus a warning to clean the space between skid saucer and drum skirt so the rotating saucer does not shear the adjusting bolt.

Maintenance is where the depth shows. Blade replacement is specified to ‘CM120’ blades only, mounted with the arch or hump pointing upward, two per drum opposite each other or four per drum for the best cut. Blade holder pins must be measured – if they are worn past the halfway point the holder is replaced. The blade holder repositioning procedure explains how to move the holders so the blades bear on an unworn surface of the drum skirt, and warns that the holders must never be rearranged relative to the holders on the other drum. V-belt tension is given as a measurable gap at point X, tightened with nuts 9 and 10, with the explicit warning that overtensioning damages the gearbox input shaft bearings and main drive shaft bearings. Lubrication charts cover the machine and the pto shaft separately, with daily, annual and hour-based intervals, and the main frame grease charge is identified as 7 kg of ‘AVILUB EP891’ with a Grade 00/000 EP bentonite equivalent accepted.

Specifications at a Glance

The technical data chapter lists working width 210 cm, transport width 160 cm, transport length 360 cm for the mechanical version and 205 cm for the hydraulic cylinder version, and machine weights of 5641 N (575 kg) and 5740 N (585 kg) respectively. Both variants run two mowing drums and eight blades, four grease nipples excluding the pto shaft, stepless cutting height adjustment from 3 cm, 540 rpm pto speed, a pto shaft with freewheel on the machine side, and a 1 3/8″ (6) profile. Slope capability is quoted as +30 degrees to -25 degrees for the mechanical machine and +90 degrees to -25 degrees for the hydraulic version. Hydraulic hose length is 309 cm with a union nut M16x1.5 coupling plug and 1/2″ BSP/NPT adapter.

Safety Content Included

The safety chapter is a full section in its own right, not a page of generic warnings. It covers pto and universal joint drive shaft rules – including the inertia danger after the pto is disengaged, when the drums keep turning and the fast blades are invisible – hydraulic system pressure hazards and the instruction never to search for a leak by hand, and a dedicated set of balance precautions that explains why every drum must carry the correct number of equally worn blades and two transport strips secured with original bolts ‘ND1013’. A table of the six safety decals used on the machine (TR 2005, TR 2007, TR 1009, TR 2011, TR 2023, TR 2027) explains what each pictogram means, so a worn or missing decal can be identified and replaced with the right part.

Optional Equipment Reference

The final chapter lists the factory options with their order numbers as used in the spare parts lists – hydraulic cylinder ‘ES00101’, swath disc ‘ET00240’ with five positions, lamp support ‘RT00133’, spreading attachment ‘ET00263’ with two synthetic fingers per drum and an adjustable crop divider, protection curtain repair kit ‘DM00295’, and the special three-point hitch frame ‘ES0194’. If your CM 220 has been fitted with any of these, the manual tells you what the attachment is for and how it is adjusted.

Who This Vicon CM 220 Drum Mower Manual Is For

Owners running a CM 220 on a Category II tractor, farm workshop staff maintaining one, and anyone buying a used machine without paperwork will all find the Vicon CM 220 drum mower operator manual useful. It answers the practical questions: which way does the adjusting bolt turn for a shorter cut, how tight should the V-belts be, how much grease goes in the main frame, what is the correct transport length, and what does that yellow warning triangle on the cover actually mean. The torque tables for metric fasteners in grades 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9, plus the unit conversion table, make it usable alongside a torque wrench without hunting for a separate reference.

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Instant PDF Delivery

The Vicon CM 220 drum mower operator manual is supplied as a PDF download, delivered immediately after payment. There is no shipping, no waiting for a paper book, and no risk of a second-hand copy arriving incomplete. Keep it on a phone or tablet in the cab, print the maintenance and lubrication pages for the workshop wall, or print the whole book and keep it with the machine. Because the English text sits alongside the German, French, Spanish and Dutch versions in the same file, it also works for mixed-language farms and for cross-checking a translation when a technical term is unclear.

Buying a mower manual after the machine has already been run for a season is usually the moment something has gone wrong. Having the correct cutting height procedure, the right blade part number, the proper pto speed limit of 540 rpm and the spring tension settings on hand before the first pass is what keeps a CM 220 cutting clean, balanced and safe. This PDF gives you all of that in one download.