scholarly journals Development and Performance Evaluation of Groundnut Digger Elevator cum Heap Formater

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajvir Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Field Capacity ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Depth Of Cut ◽  
Oilseed Crop ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Forward Speed ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
And Performance

Groundnut (Archis hypogaea L) or peanut is a major oilseed crop which contributes 40 per cent of the total area and 30 per cent of total production of oilseed crops. In India among the major groundnut growing states, Gujarat is the most important one accounting for 36 % of the total area. The groundnut digger elevator cum heap formater was developed considering various theories related to digger, elevator and heap formater assembly, agronomical parameters of groundnut, functional requirement and general consideration. The main components such as main frame, digging blade, elevator and heap assembly were developed. The developed groundnut digger elevator cum heap formater was able to dig up the groundnut plants with pods and convey them for removing the soil from pods and making heap. The experimental results showed the depth of cut of groundnut digger elevator cum heap assembly was found as 13.00 cm, while width of coverage measure as 60 cm and moisture content (d.b.) of 19.20%. The draft requirement of 235 kgf and power requirement was calculated 7.83 hp with fuel requirement of 2.04 l/h. The theoretical field capacity of digger elevator cum heap formater was 0.12 ha/h while effective field capacity was 0.0935 ha/h with field efficiency of 80.47 %. The digging efficiency were found as 84.18, 85.23 and 86.36 % at the forward speed of 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 km/h respectively. The total quality of pod was found 176.41, 180.21 and 173.91 gm and pod damage percentage was found 4.37, 4.36 and 4.73 % at forward speed of 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 km/h. The cost of harvesting by developed digger cum heap formater was found to be ₹ 371.98 /h.

scholarly journals Calibration and Performance Evaluation of Grain Corn Fertilizing Implement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohazrin Abdul Rani ◽  
Adli Fikri Ahmad Sayuti ◽  
Mohd Khusairy Khadzir ◽  
Muhammad Haniff Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Field Capacity ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Right ◽  
Farm Design

Fertilisation in grain corn production is an important stage that must be done properly in terms of the amount of fertiliser used to reduce wastage and ensure crop growth. A fertilising implement brand Gasprado, was calibrated and evaluated for its performance to apply urea to grain corn crops at MARDI Seberang Perai, Pulau Pinang. Calibration was conducted to set the right metering for the device's opening to drop  urea that  meets the application rate of 130kg/ha. This was done by measuring the amount of urea dropped for a particular setting and distance. The machine has four metering devices which were labelled as MD1, MD2, MD3 and MD4. Additionally, the fertiliser applicator also comes with spring tine cultivating devices. The implement was tested for fertilising 56 rows of grain corn in the distance of 62 m long. The times taken for the tractor to finish four rows per run along the 62-m distance and to turn at the headland were recorded to evaluate the performance. The implement's metering devices MD1, MD2, MD3 and MD4 were calibrated at setting scales of B-1.5, B-0, B-0 and B-0, respectively that gave the urea application rate of 133 kg/ha, which was the nearest rate to the recommendation. The average working speed of the operation was at 4.08 km/h with the theoretical field capacity to be at 1.224 ha/h. Meanwhile, the machine's effective field capacity was 0.5208 ha/h, which had a field efficiency of 42.5 % for the particular farm design. The use of machine can speed up the operation of applying fertiliser to the grain corn crop but the performance is dependent on the farm layout.

scholarly journals Development and performance evaluation of manually operated Potato planter

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (00) ◽  
Author(s):  
Falguni Rathore ◽  
Shalini Chaturvedi
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Furrow Opener ◽  
Potato Planter ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Seed Metering Device

Development and performance evaluation of manually operated potato planter. The manually operated potato planter consists frame, ground wheel, transmission for seed metering device, seed box, metering mechanism, seed tube, furrow opener and handle. The speed of planter was 1.8 km/h and 2.5 km/h respectively. The moisture content of soil was 17.2%. in the field testing, It was observed that the effective field capacity was 0.0191 ha/h at the speed of 1.8 km/h . and the field efficiency was maximum i.e. 81.3 % at the speed of 1.8 km/h and minimum was 61.5% at the speed of 2.5km/h. The cost of planting by the planter was Rs. 1680 / - per hectare.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Suitability of a Combine Harvester Equipped with the Sunflower Header to Harvest Cardoon Seeds: A Case Study in Central Italy

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1981
Author(s):  
Francesco Latterini ◽  
Walter Stefanoni ◽  
Simone Sebastiano ◽  
Gian Maria Baldi ◽  
Luigi Pari
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Seed Loss ◽  
Combine Harvester ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Harvesting Stage

Cardoon seeds have been proved to thrive in the Mediterranean region, even under low input management and its biomass is suitable for several food and industrial uses. Despite that, a proper value chain has not been set properly and uncertainty still lays among producers and industries, particularly concerning the harvesting stage. The present study supports, via field trials, the hypothesis that cardoon seeds can be harvested using a conventional combine harvester equipped with the sunflower header. Theoretical field capacity (TFC), effective field capacity (EFC), and field efficiency (FE) were 2.36 ha h−1, 2.05 ha h−1, and 1.82 Mg h−1, respectively, while harvesting costs were calculated as 69.52 € ha−1. Seed loss was only 3.2% w/w of the potential seed yield. The machinery’s performance, costs, and seed loss are comparable with sunflower harvesting, underlying the possibility to use the available technology directly to harvest cardoon seeds.

scholarly journals DESEMPENHO OPERACIONAL NA SEMEADURA DO MILHO SAFRINHA EM SISTEMA DE SEMEADURA DIRETA

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Márcia de Almeida Carneiro ◽  
Felipe Adolfo Litter ◽  
Francielle Morelli Ferreira ◽  
Franciele Morlin Carneiro ◽  
Leonardo Luiz Oss
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Different Shapes ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Direct Sowing

DESEMPENHO OPERACIONAL NA SEMEADURA DO MILHO SAFRINHA EM SISTEMA DE SEMEADURA DIRETA   MÁRCIA DE ALMEIDA CARNEIRO1, FELIPE ADOLFO LITTER1, FRANCIELLE MORELLI FERREIRA2,3,  FRANCIELE MORLIN CARNEIRO3, LEONARDO LUIZ OSS1   1Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus Universitário de Alta Floresta (Av. Perimetral Rogério Silva, Norte-2, Cep 78580-000, Alta Floresta - MT, Brasil), e-mails: [email protected], [email protected] , [email protected] 2Faculdade de Ciências Sociais, Aplicadas e Agrárias, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus Universitário de Nova Mutum (Av. das Garças, N° 1192 N, Jd. das Orquídeas, Cep: 78450-000, Nova Mutum - MT, Brasil), e-mail: [email protected] 3Departamento de Engenharia Rural, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Vila Industrial, Cep 14884-900, Jaboticabal - SP, Brasil), e-mail: [email protected] .   RESUMO: A semeadura do milho está sujeita a fatores que podem interferir na qualidade da operação, principalmente fatores climáticos que afetam diretamente a colheita da soja e consequentemente a semeadura do milho, portanto é necessário que ambas as operações sejam eficientes, garantindo o sucesso da produção agrícola. Diante ao exposto, objetivou-se avaliar o desempenho operacional na semeadura de milho safrinha na Fazenda Chopim em Novo Mundo – MT.  Foram realizadas avaliações em três dias de semeadura em talhões de formatos distintos, um com formato trapezoidal e outro com formato irregular, ambos com topografia levemente inclinada. Foram coletados os tempos produtivos, de interrupções e o de preparo, além da distância percorrida. Para a condução do ensaio foi utilizado um trator BH180, marca Valtra, ano 2008 e uma semeadora da Tatu Marchesan, modelo Ultra Flex, de 28 linhas. Foram avaliadas a capacidade de campo teórica, efetiva, operacional e a eficiência de campo. O desempenho operacional do conjunto da Fazenda Chopim apresentou média de capacidade de campo efetiva igual a capacidade de campo teórica (12 ha h-1). A semeadura na Fazenda Chopim foi considerada eficiente, pois apresentou valores médios (65,66 %) dentro dos valores considerados eficientes pela literatura (50-75%).   Palavras-chave: eficiência, mecanização, conjunto trator-semeadora.   OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE CORN SOWING IN THE DIRECT SOWING SYSTEM   ABSTRACT: The corn sowing is subject to factors that may affect the quality of the operation, mainly climatic factors that directly affect the soybean harvest and consequently the corn sowing, so it is necessary that both operations are efficient, ensuring the success of agricultural production. Faced with the above, aimed to evaluate the operating performance in sowing winter corn in Fazenda Chopim in Novo Mundo – MT. Evaluations were conducted in three days of sowing in plots of different shapes, one with a trapezoidal shape and the other with irregular shape, both with slightly inclined topography. The productive, interruption and preparation times were collected, in addition to the distance covered. A BH180 tractor, Valtra, 2008 and a Tatu Marchesan seeder, Ultra Flex model, 28 rows, was used to conduct the test. Theoretical, effective, operational field capacity and field efficiency was evaluated. The operational performance of the Fazenda Chopim set showed an average effective field capacity equal to the theoretical field capacity (12 ha h-1). Sowing at Fazenda Chopim was considered efficient, as it presented average values (65.66%) within the values considered efficient by the literature (50-75%).   Keywords: efficiency, mechanization, tractor-Seeder Set.

scholarly journals Performance evaluation of a pull type two rows granular urea applicator

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-220
Author(s):  
M Alam ◽  
TR Sarker ◽  
TA Orin
Keyword(s):  
Average Distance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Deep Placement ◽  
Human Stress ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
Pulling Force

Deep placement of super granular urea is very laborious and time consuming work for manually operation. To overcome the human stress and drudgery to place the super granular urea, a low cost manually operated pull type 2- rows granular urea applicator (GUA) was designed and developed in the department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. The performance of machine was done in agronomy field of Bangladesh Agricultural University. The effective field capacity was 0.11 ha/hr at a forward speed of 1.78 km/hr and 78.89 % field efficiency of developed granular urea applicator. The average distance between two dropped granular urea (GU) from left hopper & right hopper were 40.64 cm and 40.89 cm respectively. The average missing rate of GU dropped during field operation was 1.65% for granular urea size of 2.83 gm. The depth of granular urea placement was 7-10 cm in puddle field. The pulling force and draft of the developed applicator were varied between 5-11 kg and 3-6.62 kg respectively. The draft power was 0.027 kW for 55.38 N pulling force at 1.78 km/hr speed. The application rate of the GUA was 170 kg/ha. The results of field and laboratory test of the developed applicator were better in comparison to other models of GUA. The operational cost of the applicator is 390 Tk/ha which is lower than 22.16% of BARI made push type GUA and 53% lower than the manually placement of GU. Average grain yield was highest (5234 kg/ha) when granular urea were applied by the developed applicator and followed by GU applied by BRRI made push type GUA (5213 kg/ha) and GU applied by manually (5209 kg/ha). The highest straw yield (6787 kg/ha) was obtained when GU applied by manually. However the differences of grain yields and straw yields were not significantly difference for applying GU by the applicators and manually operation. The manufacturing cost of the applicator is only Tk.6000. The weight and the drawbar power of the applicator were 15 kg and 0.03 kW respectively. Therefore one person (man or women) is enough to pull the machine. Overall performance of the applicator was found quite satisfactory. For this reason, the applicator may be introduced in Bangladesh to apply super granular urea. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v12i1.21414 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 12(1): 211-220, June 2014

scholarly journals Development and Performance Evaluation of a Hand-Pushed Tiger Nut Harvester

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Galvanized Steel ◽  
Average Field ◽  
Operating Speed ◽  
Materials Selection ◽  
Harvesting Method ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
And Performance

Harvesting is one of the major problems encountered by tiger nut farmers in Nigeria. Manual harvesting system is the most commonly used method. This process is costly, labour intensive and time-consuming. The process does not also give farmers adequate returns to enable them to break even due to huge losses encountered. The objective of this study was to design, construct and evaluate a hand-pushed harvester that would eliminate the challenges being faced by small and medium tiger nut farmers during harvesting. Materials selection for constructing the harvester were based on their durability and availability, affordability and ease of replacement if damaged. They include mild steel (3 mm, 5 mm), 30 mm galvanized steel hollow pipe, 10 mm diameter steel rod, and 400 mm steel tyre. The developed harvester was evaluated at the experimental farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR). Results of the study show that the average field capacity ranges from 0.28 – 0.33 ha/h while the average field efficiency was between 77.78 – 80.49% depending on operating speed, moisture content and other properties of the soil. No field damage was recorded when the harvester was used as against an approximate 10.50% damage recorded in the manual harvesting method.

scholarly journals Development of a pull-type onion (Allium cepa L.) sowing machine for seedbed

2020 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 05001
Author(s):  
Jessa Austria ◽  
Romeo Gavino ◽  
Helen Gavino ◽  
Marvin Cinense
Keyword(s):  
Field Capacity ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Delivery Rate ◽  
Allium Cepa L ◽  
Production Area ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
Sowing Machine ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Seeding Efficiency

The conventional sowing method of onion seeds offers great wastage and laborious. This study aimed to develop a pull-type onion sowing machine for seedbed to optimize the sowing of seeds, reduce labor cost, yields better quality onion seedlings, and increases income of onion farmers. The machine was tested and evaluated, in comparison with manual sowing of onion seeds, in terms of seed delivery rate, effective field capacity, field efficiency, seeding efficiency and drawbar power. The cost of sowing seeds using the machine was also determined. Results indicated that machine’s delivery rate was significantly reduced to 5.33 g/m2 from 11.35 g/m2 This resulted to reduction in the quantity of seeds sown for a one-hectare onion production area by about 4-5 cams (1.6 to 2 kg). Machine’s field capacity (375.45 m2/h) was higher than of manual sowing (25.51 m2/h). Field efficiency at 86.94% is higher than 60% threshold given by PAES [3]. The seeding efficiency of 89.70% was statistically the same with three seeds per 25 mm hill spacing. The drawbar power was found out to be 0.15 5kW. The cost of the machine is $1,666.67 with a break-even quantity of 9,226.9 m2 or 138.11 cans of onion seeds in 0.62 years.

scholarly journals UNJUK KERJA RICE TRANSPLANTER SISTEM JAJAR LEGOWO TIPE CROWN INDO JARWO DI KABUPATEN PINRANG SULAWESI SELATAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Iqbal Salim ◽  
Yoesrifar Jafar ◽  
Tahir Sapsal
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Paddy Fields ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Farmer Groups ◽  
The Government ◽  
Field Efficiency

Rice transplanters have been used in Pinrang district since 2017. The machines are initially grant from the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture. The type of rice transplanters that is mostly found within farmer groups are the Crown Indo Jarwo type. This study aims to identify and determine the theoretical and field capacity of rice transplanter, as well as field efficiency of the machine. The method used in this research was field experimental and descriptive analysis. The research was conducted at three different speeds on 3 plots of rice fields with each size of 10 x 10 meters. The results showed that the rate of 1.52 km/hour was a good speed to use in paddy fields with a working capacity of 8.5 h/ha. The results obtained from the calculation of the theoretical field capacity were 0.14 ha/h or 7.14 h/ha. The effective field capacity was 0.12 ha/h or 8.33 h/ha with an efficiency of 86%. Keywords: field efficiency, rice, rice transplanter, work capacity

scholarly journals Development of stripper harvester for paddy

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1943-1948
Author(s):  
Girishkumar Balasaheb Bhanage ◽  
P. U. Shahare ◽  
V. V. Aware ◽  
K. G. Dhandeand ◽  
P. S. Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic System ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Steering System ◽  
Western Ghat ◽  
Forward Speed ◽  
Peripheral Speed ◽  
Combine Harvester ◽  
Gear Box ◽  
Field Efficiency

Konkan is the coastal part of Maharashtra between Western Ghat and Arabian seacoast. Rice is a major crop grown over 3.86 lakh hectares. Stripper harvesting technology, which strips only seeds and keeps straw erect-ed in the field present bright prospect for the development of small, light, efficient mechanism by reducing number of operation with increased capacity and lesser power compared to conventional cutter bar combine harvester. The big machines like combine harvester and high capacity threshers for harvesting and threshing have limitations. A proto-type of paddy stripper harvester was developed considering the limitation of Konkan like small, fragmented land, hilly, terrace farming and high rainfall. It consisted of stripping mechanism, grain tank, hydraulic system, steering system, gear box, engine, cage wheel and chassis. The arrangement of V-belt and set of pulleys were made to transmit power from gear box to stripper rotor. The effect of forward speed and peripheral speed on shattered and un-stripped grain loss was studied. The shattered grain loss was decreased with increase in forward speed whereas decreased initially and then increased with increase in peripheral speed. The un-stripped grain loss was decreased with increase in forward and peripheral speed. The performance of the developed prototype was found better at forward speed of 2.25 km/h and peripheral speed of 19.78 m/s. During final testing of prototype, shattered and un-stripped grain loss was found 5.95 and 1.89 %, respectively. The average field capacity and field efficiency of paddy stripper harvester machine was found 0.14 ha/h and 69.38 per cent respectively.

scholarly journals Minimum Performance Standards of Tillage Implements

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Maan Singh ◽  
Mukesh Jain ◽  
Vivek R. Kamat ◽  
. Aman ◽  
Manoj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Depth Of Cut ◽  
Minimum Area ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Minimum Depth ◽  
Field Efficiency ◽  
Minimum Performance

This article focuses on formulation of minimum performance standards (MPS) for tillage machinery such as rotavator, disc harrow and cultivator. The required minimum performance standard of different tillage machinery under sandy loam soil condition is discussed further in this paper and recommended in order to ensure availability of quality tillage machinery to the farmers. The minimum performance standards for minimum depth of cut, minimum depth of puddle, minimum area covered per meter working width, minimum field efficiency, maximum fuel consumption per meter working width, minimum puddling index and maximum PTO power requirement per meter working width is 6.50 cm, 14 cm, 0.23 ha h-1, 76%, 3.0 l h-1, 77% and 11 kW respectively. The minimum performance standards for minimum depth of cut, minimum area covered per meter of working width, minimum field efficiency, maximum fuel consumption per meter of working width, maximum draft per meter of working width and maximum drawbar power per meter of working width of disc harrow is 8 cm, 0.43 ha h-1, 70%, 3.0 l h-1, 213 kg-f and 4.0 kW respectively. Similarly, minimum performance of the cultivators were recommended based on the analysis of results of different parameters such as minimum depth of cut, minimum area covered per meter of working width, minimum field efficiency, maximum fuel consumption per meter of working width, maximum draft per meter of working width and maximum drawbar power per meter of working width is 9 cm, 0.41 ha h-1, 75%, 2.0 l h-1, 244 kg-f and 3.4 kW respectively. Along with the performance parameters, other requirements like safety, dimensions, label, material of construction and breakdowns are discussed and recommended.

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