Sieger Automatic Drive Stop function

Monday 21 December 2020

With the Automatic Drive Stop function on the Drain-Jet, agricultural contractor Den Hartog from Culemborg (NL) can clean the drainage in a relaxing way.

Every Drain-Jet drain cleaner supplied by Sieger is standard equipped with all the functions the professional user needs. This includes four-wheel drive, the hydraulically extendable and collapsible arm and a 500-metre flushing hose. Sieger sees these as features that a modern drain cleaner simply should not be without. Not as optional extras. This means that every Drain-Jet also has an adjustment that automatically stops the drive in the event of stubborn blockage. Sieger calls this the Automatic Drive Stop function, or ADS.

After all, virtually everyone who cleans drain pipes is familiar with the phenomenon: a sizable accumulation or blockage that the nozzle does not pass through in one go at normal speed. If this is not detected in time, the drive of the flushing hose keeps running at normal speed and, thanks to the four-wheel drive, the special drive wheels do not slip either. When this occurs the flushing hose will try to find another way, possibly even jumping off the reel. But this can easily be prevented thanks to Sieger ADS.

ADS, from Sieger, is a fully mechanical function included as standard on the drive system of the Drain-Jet drain cleaner. It is adjustable, with the flow control valve located next to the valve block. This regulates not only the speed but also the power of the drive. And ADS can even be set so the drive can simply be stopped by grasping the hose with a hand. It can be adjusted so the drive stops or decelerates automatically in response to any resistance in the drain pipe. But the flushing function of the nozzle simply continues, and in many cases this extra flushing opens the way forward.

How ADS is used depends on the possible resistance, length and/or slope of the drain pipe. Because the speed is also adjusted by reducing the setting of the flow control valve, Sieger recommends doing this when there is a suspicion of heavy contamination in the drain system. Exactly how this works is quickly learned in the field. There are users of the Drain-Jet who almost always use the ADS, to their great satisfaction. An additional advantage is that the lower speed means more water passes through the system, flushing out contaminants such as sand, small particles and deposits. This ultimately results in a cleaner drain system.