Course Objectives

• To impart knowledge on primary and secondary tillage implements along with earth moving machinery and seeding ,planting ,transplanting equipments.

Course Outcomes

CO1: To identify the need of farm mechanization in India (PO1, PO7,PO12).

CO2: To equip the students with technical knowledge and skills required for the operation of Tillage, Sowing and transplanting equipment needed for agricultural farms(PO1,PO2,PO3,PO6, PO11,PO12).

CO3: To know about the cost of operations and economics of the machines(PO1,PO2,PO6,PO12).

Programme Outcomes (POs)

PO1: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and to understand and solve the complex agricultural engineering problems.

PO2:Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review literature and analyze agriculture engineering problems to design, conduct experiments, analyze data and interpret data

PO3:Design /development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and to design agricultural machine components and processes with consideration for the public health, safety and eco-friendly environmental conditions.

PO6:The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to agricultural engineering practice.

PO7:Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

PO11:Project Management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge & understanding of the agricultural engineering principles and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments in agricultural engineering

PO12:Life- long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and lifelong learning in the broadest context of technological change pertaining to agricultural engineering.

Course Syllabus

Theory

 Module I

Present Status and Scope of farm mechanization .Identification and selection of machines for various operations on the farm. Hitching systems and controls of farm machinery. Force analysis of tillage tools and their measurement. Types of dynamometer-spring hydraulic, eddy current and strain gauge types.

Module II

Calculation of field capacities and field efficiency. Calculations for economics of machinery usage. Familiarization with land reclamation and earth moving equipment. Introduction to machines used for primary tillage, secondary tillage, rotary tillage, deep tillage and minimum tillage. Measurement of draft and power requirement for the tillage machines.

Module III

Constructional details of tillage machines like mould-board plough, disc plough, chisel plough, rotavators, sub-soiler, harrows, cultivators. Familiarization with sowing, planting & transplanting equipment. Constructional details of seed drills, no-till drills, and strip-till drills.

Module IV

Familiarization with planters, bed-planters and other planting equipment. Study of types of furrow openers and metering systems in drills and planters. Calibration of seed-drills/ planters. Materials of construction& heat treatment  processes and their Properties used in agricultural machines. Introduction to steels and alloys for agricultural application.

Project (12.5 hr)

Familiarization with different farm implements and tools. Study of hitching systems, . Field capacity and field efficiency measurement for at least two  machines/implements. Study of primary and secondary tillage machinery –  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. calculations of power and draft requirements. Study of sowing and planting equipment – construction, types, calculation for calibration and adjustments. Working of seed‐cum‐fertilizer drills, planters and their calibration in field.  Study of transplanters – paddy, vegetable, etc. Construction and Working of rice and crop transplanters for potato, sugarcane, cotton etc., and their field operation patterns.

Suggested Reading                                  

Kepner RA, Roy Barger & EL Barger. Principles of Farm Machinery. Smith HP and LH Wilkey. Farm Machinery and Equipment.

Culpin Claude. Farm Machinery.

Srivastava AC. Elements of Farm Machinery.

Lal Radhey and AC Datta. Agricultural Engineering.

Session Plan

Session 1 (1 hr)

Present Status and Scope of farm mechanization.

pdf : 1.1 Introduction to farm mechanization. Classification of farm machines

farm mechanisation : https://youtu.be/bzy6EVCpdrg

Session 2 (1 hr)

Identification and selection of machines for various operations on the farm.

pdf : 1.2 Identification and selection of machines for various operations on the farm

importance and selection of machinery https://youtu.be/yTrBEUvIqxI

Session 3 (1 hr)

Hitching systems and controls of farm machinery.

pdf : 1.3 Hitching systems and controls of farm machinery

tractor implements hitching https://youtu.be/8hEaAw7k3WM

Session 4 (1 hr)

Force analysis of tillage tools and their measurement.

pdf : force analysis in mb plough

soil force analysis https://youtu.be/jy-5oa47wrQ

Session 5 (1 hr)

Types of dynamometer-spring hydraulic, eddy current and strain gauge types.

pdf : Dynamometer

dynamometer https://youtu.be/eCvid3B8YzU

Session 6 ( 1 hr)

Calculation of field capacities and field efficiency.1.4 Calculation of field capacities and field efficiency. Calculations for economics of machinery usage, comparison of ownership with hiring of machines.

field capacity : https://youtu.be/hKf_7XR-Eg8

field efficiency : https://youtu.be/O1SACcGjBaw

project:

• Field capacity and field efficiency measurement for at least two  machines/implements.
•   problem practice (1 hr)

Session 7 (1 hr)

Calculations for economics of machinery usage.

pdf : Cost of tractor

cost analysis of tractor and implements : https://youtu.be/drpjT7Mcvyg

project : problem practice(1 hr)

Session 8 (1 hr)

Familiarization with land reclamation and earth moving equipment.

pdf : 1.6 Familiarization with land reclamation and earth moving equipment.

link: https://youtu.be/ugEvO92jn_I

Session 9 (1 hr)

Introduction to machines used for primary tillage, secondary tillage, rotary tillage, deep tillage and minimum tillage.

pdf: 1.7 Introduction to machines used for primary tillage, secondary tillage, rotary tillage, deep tillage and minimum tillage

tillage: https://youtu.be/3khqXTYJYL8

Session 10 (1 hr)

Measurement of draft and power requirement for the tillage machines.

draft power calculation : https://youtu.be/iCmpSwa2xUE

project: problem practice (1 hr)

Session 11 (1 hr)

Constructional details of tillage machines like harrows, cultivators.

pdf: 2.5 harrows and its types, Identification of major functional components.

cultivator https://youtu.be/_SfFGa6fqO4

difference between disc harrow and plough https://youtu.be/5LYD1KyD5V4

project:  Demonstration of parts and operation in field with tractor (1 hr)

Session 12 (1 hr)

Constructional details of tillage machines  like chisel plough, rotavators, sub-soilers.

pdf: 2.3 Chisel plough and subsoiler

pdf : 2.4 Rotavator

project : Field demonstration of rotavator (1 hr)

subsoiler https://youtu.be/yUka3Fs7-wg

rotavator https://youtu.be/mJmIEmeBiA8

Session 13 (1 hr)

Constructional details of tillage machines like mould-board plough, disc plough.

pdf: 2.1 mould-board plough,

pdf: 2.2 Disc plough

project: Demonstration and operation in field (1 hr)

disc plough https://youtu.be/lhLuaDaT7oc

disc plough https://youtu.be/mhNajeeiXjY

mould board plough https://youtu.be/7PekXMywZO4

https://youtu.be/GE_CnIwPD6A

Session 14 (1 hr)

Familiarization with sowing, planting & transplanting equipment.

pdf : 2.6 Introduction to sowing,equipment i.e seed drill

Project: presentation by students on these equipments.(1.5 hr)

sowing planting: https://youtu.be/KvCq0MHtyoE

Session 15 (1 hr)

Constructional details of seed drills, no-till drills, and strip-till drills.

pdf: 2.7 Introduction to seed drills, no-till drills, and strip-till drills

project: Demonstration and operation in field (1 hr)

link seed drill : https://youtu.be/Wl967gPwlFA

zero till drill: https://youtu.be/3FJklHY3ttE

Session 16 (1 hr)

Familiarization with planters, bed-planters and other planting equipment.

pdf : 3.1 Introduction to planters, bed- planters and other planting equipment.

planter https://youtu.be/dHCOIycY_EI

project : Presentation by students on different types of planters and review on recent development and present status in India. (1 hr)

Session 17  (1 hr)

Study of types of furrow openers and metering systems in drills and planters.

pdf: 3.2 Study of types of furrow openers and metering systems in drills and planters.

furrow opener and metering mechanism : https://youtu.be/esP3z83G_e0

project: Presentation and review collection on furrow opener and metering systems of seed drill and planter. (1 hr)

Session 18 (1 hr)

Introduction to steels and alloys for agricultural application.

pdf: 3.7 Introduction to steels and alloys for agricultural application.

link : https://youtu.be/dpm_uoXzwXE

Session 19 (1 hr)

Materials of construction& heat treatment  processes and their Properties used in agricultural machines.

pdf: 3.4 Introduction to materials used in construction of farm machines.

pdf: 3.5 Heat treatment processes and their requirement in farm machines.

pdf: 3.6 Properties of materials used for critical and functional components of agricultural machines.

heat treatment process: https://youtu.be/TcrQ1__fYU0

material of construction : https://youtu.be/Do8DlRHq_7w

Session 20 (1 hr)

Calibration of seed-drills/ planters.

pdf : 3.3 Calibration of seed-drills planters. Adjustments during operation

calibration : https://youtu.be/42NlD_jtLj0

Project: Doing calibration of seed drill/planter. (2 hr)

Question bank :Question bank FME - 1

MCQ: MCQ s FME - 1

Case Studies

Case Studies