AKTU Farm Machinery and Equipment (BAG502) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 3rd Year
Farm Machinery and Equipment BAG502
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Syllabus — Farm Machinery and Equipment
Download PDFBAG502 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
| Scheme and Credits | L-T-P | Theory Marks Test Assig/Att. | Sessional | Total | Credit |
| 3-1-0 | 100 | 30 | 20 | 150 | 4 |
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of Engg. Mechanics, Soil and Agricultural tools. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Familiar with farm mechanization, and able to identify the major functional components and forces acting on various tillage implements. Hitching systems, | K & K 1 2 |
| CO 2 | Machinery used for various tillage operations and analyze the measurement of draft and power requirement of tillage machineries. | K & K 2 4 |
| CO 3 | Understand and evaluate the Calibration of seed-drills and planters. Familiar with plant protection equipments. Evaluate the calibration of sprayers. | K &K 2 4 |
| CO 4 | Familiar with inter-culture equipments and understand the harvesting and threshing operation with various implements used for these operations. | K 2 |
| CO 5 | Familiar with combines, cotton harvester, and chaff-cutter. | K 2 |
K - Remember, K - Understand, K - Apply, K - Analyze, K -Evaulate, K - Create
Course Content
Introduction to farm mechanization. Classification of farm machines. Introduction to materials used in construction of farm machines. Heat treatment processes and their requirement in farm machines. Selection of farm machinery and cost estimation. Unit operation in crop production. Hitching systems and controls of farm machinery. Introduction to seed-bed preparation. Familiarization with land reclamation and earth moving equipment.
Machinery used for primary tillage, secondary tillage, rotary tillage, deep tillage, minimum tillage and conservation tillage. Draft measurement of tillage equipment, Methods of Ploughing. Identification and major functional components of mould-board plough, disc plough, chisel plough, sub-soiler, harrows, cultivators, Forces acting on tillage implements. Cost of operation of farm machinery.
Introduction to sowing, planting & transplanting equipment. Study of working of seed drills, no-till drills, happy seeder and strip-till drills. Brief description and working of planters. Study of types of furrow openers and metering systems in drills and planters. Calibration of seed-drills/ planters. Adjustments during operation. Introduction to plant protection equipment – sprayers and dusters. Classification of sprayers.
Types of nozzles. Calculations for calibration of sprayers and chemical application rates.
Introduction to inter-culture equipments. Weeder – manual and powered, main components and their functional requirement. Study of harvesting operation – methods and terminology. Study of Reapers, Mowers and windrowers – types, working and adjustments. Importance and methods of hay conditioning and calculation of moisture content of hay. Introduction to threshing systems – manual and mechanical systems.
Types of threshing drums and their applications. Types of threshers- tangential and axial, factors affecting thresher performance.
Study of grain combines (Wheat and Paddy), combine terminology, Computation of combine losses, study of combine troubleshooting. Chaff cutters and capacity calculations. Study of Root crop diggers –potato and groundnut. Cotton harvesting mechanisms, study of cotton pickers and strippers. Introduction to vegetables and fruit harvesting equipment and tools. [BAG552] FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT LAB (0-0-2)
- Introduction to various farm machines.
- Field capacity and field efficiency measurement for at least two machines/implements.
- Draft& fuel consumption measurement for different implements under different soil conditions.
- Construction details, adjustments and working of M.B. plow, disc plow and disc harrow and secondary tillage tools.
- Construction and working of rotavators and other rotary tillers, measurement of speed & working width.
- Working of seed‐cum‐fertilizer drills, planters and their calibration in field.
- Construction and Working of rice and crop transplanters for potato, sugarcane, cotton etc., and their field operation patterns.
- Weeding equipment and their use.
- Study of sprayers and dusters, measurement of nozzle discharge, field capacity etc. 10.Familiarization with various Farm machines related to harvesting, threshing, root harvesting, combine etc. LAB OUTCOMES: By the end of the course the students will be able to-
- Know the different components of the farm machines.
- Materials of construction
- Adjustments of different components to enhance performance.
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