UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BAG552

Farm Machinery and Equipment Lab

L-T-P0-0-2 Credits1 Session2024-25 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 5 (Lab)

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List of Experiments / Activities

  1. 1Introduction to various farm machines.
  2. 2Field capacity and field efficiency measurement for at least two machines/implements.
  3. 3Draft& fuel consumption measurement for different implements under different soil conditions.
  4. 4Construction details, adjustments and working of M.B. plow, disc plow and disc harrow and secondary tillage tools.
  5. 5Construction and working of rotavators and other rotary tillers, measurement of speed & working width.
  6. 6Working of seed‐cum‐fertilizer drills, planters and their calibration in field.
  7. 7Construction and Working of rice and crop transplanters for potato, sugarcane, cotton etc., and their field operation patterns.
  8. 8Weeding equipment and their use.
  9. 9Study of sprayers and dusters, measurement of nozzle discharge, field capacity etc.
  10. 10Familiarization with various Farm machines related to harvesting, threshing, root harvesting, combine etc.
Course Outcomes (COs)3 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Know the different components of the farm machines.
  2. CO2Materials of construction
  3. CO3Adjustments of different components to enhance performance.

Suggested Reading

  1. Bosoi, E.S. (1990). Theory, Construction and Calculation of Agricultural Machines (Vol. 1 and 2). Oxonion Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
  2. Donnel Hunt. Farm Machinery and management. Iowa State University Press, Ames, USA.
  3. Ghosh, P.K, and Swain, S. (1993). Practical Agricultural Engineering. Naya Prokash, Calcutta.
  4. Kelnin, N.I.,Popov, I.F., and Sakun, V.A. (1985). Agricultural Machines. Amerind Publishers, New Delhi.
  5. Srivastava, A.C. (1990). Elements of Farm Machinery. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  6. Kepner, R.A., Bainer Roy, and Barges, E.C. (1978). Principals of Farm Machinery, CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi‐17.
  7. Kurtz,G.L., Thompson and Claer, P. (1984). Design of Agricultural Machinery. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
  8. Michael, A. M. and Ojha, T.P. (1985). Principles of Agricultural Engineering. (Vol. II). Jain brothers, New Delhi.
  9. Smith Harris Pearson, H.E., and Lambent Herry Wilkes, M.S. (1977). Farm Machinery and Equipment. Tata Mc Graw‐Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi.
  10. Kanafoshi, C.Z. and Karwawshi, T. (1976). Agricultural Machines, Theory and Construction (Vol. 1 & 2). USDA, Poland.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 6 of the original AKTU PDF.

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