8.0
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
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8.1
SELF-PROPELLED
RIDING TYPE
SELF-PROPELLED VERTICAL CONVEYOR REAPER |
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Features:
The riding type vertical conveyor reaper
is a self-propelled unit in which the operator rides on the
machine. Drive is given by means of two large pneumatic wheels
and steering is by rear idlers. The prime mover is a 6 hp/4.5
kW diesel engine. Convenient clutch, break, steering,
hydraulic system and simple power transmission are provided
for ease of operation. It consists of crop row divider star
wheel cutter bar (76.2 mm); conveyor belt and wire spring etc.
This reaper has two forward and one reverse speed. The crop
after being cut is dropped in a windrow on the side.
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Specifications:
Overall Dimensions
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Weight (kg)
Operating speed (km/h)
Total grain losses (%)
Field capacity (ha/h)
Fuel consumption (l)
Field efficiency (%)
Labour requirement (man-h/ha)
Power requirement(hp/kW) |
: 3185
: 1900
: 1450
: 1530
: 3.0-3.5
: 5.0-5.9
: 0.25-0.30
: 0.90-1.15
: 60-70
: 5-6
: 6/4.5, engine |
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Uses:
It is suitable for harvesting rice,
wheat, soybean and other cereals and oilseed crops.
Cost of Machine: Rs.1,20,000/-
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8.2 TRACTOR
MOUNTED VERTICAL CONVEYOR REAPER
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Features:
The Vertical Conveyor Reaper (VCR)
consists of a 76 mm pitch reciprocating cutter bar assembly,
seven crop row dividers, and two vertical conveyor belts
fitted with lugs, pressure springs, pulleys and gearbox for
the power transmission system. The crop row dividers are
fitted in front of the cutter bar assembly and the star wheels
are mounted over the crop row dividers. The machine is mounted
in front of the tractor and the power to the machine is given
from tractor PTO with the help of intermediate shaft running
beneath the chassis of the tractor and a coupling shaft.
Height of the machine above ground is controlled by tractor
hydraulics with the help of pulleys and steel ropes. After
the crop is cut by the cutter bar, it is held in a vertical
position and crop is delivered to one side of the machine by
lugged belt conveyors and fall on the ground in the form of a
windrow perpendicular to the direction of movement of the
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Specifications
Number of star wheels
Diameter of star wheel (mm)
Effective cutter bar width (mm)
Guard spacing (mm)
Cutter bar stroke length (mm)
Stroke per minute
Size of belt conveyer (cm)
Width of belt (mm)
Diameter of conveyor pulley (mm)
Cutter bar length (mm)
Weight (kg)
Power source (hp/kW) |
: 7
: 270-282
: 2000-2210
: 70-80
: 75-80
: 388-675
: 2-3 ply
: 55-60
: 118-140
: 1600-2010
: 197-350
: 35/26.5, tractor |
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Uses:
Vertical conveyor reaper is used for
harvesting and windrowing of wheat and paddy crops. The main
advantage of this VCR is that there are no shattering losses
as does not have a reel.
Cost of Machine : Rs.45,000/-
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8.3 TRACTOR
MOUNTED COMBINE HARVESTER
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Features:
The combine harvester consists
of cutting unit, threshing unit and cleaning and grain
handling units. The cutting section includes reel, cutter bar,
an auger and a feeder conveyer. Threshing section has
threshing cylinder, concave and cylinder beater. The cleaning
section mainly consists of walker, chaffer sieve, grain
collection pan. The grain handling section consists of a grain
elevator and a discharge auger. The crop after being cut is
delivered to the cylinder and concave assembly through feeder
conveyor where it is threshed and the grains and straw is
separated in different sections. The tractor is mounted on the
combine and has system for its mounting on the combine. After
the harvesting season, tractor can be used for other field
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Specifications:
Cutter bar length (mm)
Cutting height (mm)
Threshing drum diameter (mm)
Threshing drum speed (rpm)
Length of upper sieve (mm)
Width of upper sieve (mm)
Length of lower sieve (mm)
Grain tank capacity (cubic
meter)
Road speeds (km/h)
Weight (kg)
Power Source (hp/kW) |
; 4300
: 550-1250
: 605
: 540-1050
: 1240
: 1215
: 1240
: 3.28
: 2 -11.4
: 8200
: 90-110/67.5-82.50, engine |
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Uses:
Combines are used for cutting,
threshing and cleaning of cereal and other crops in one
operation.
Cost of Machine :
Rs.12,00,000 – 14,00,000
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8.4 SELF-PROPELLED
COMBINE HARVESTER |
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Features;
The combine harvester consists of cutting
unit, threshing unit and cleaning and grain handling units.
The cutting section includes reel, cutter bar, an auger and a
feeder conveyer. Threshing section has threshing cylinder,
concave and cylinder beater. The cleaning section mainly
consists of walker, chaffer sieve, grain collection pan. The
grain handling section consists of a grain elevator and a
discharge auger. The crop after being cut is delivered to the
cylinder and concave assembly through feeder conveyor where it
is threshed and the grains and straw is separated in different
sections. The grain can be directly loaded into the trolley. |
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Specifications:
Cutter bar length (mm)
Cutting height (mm)
Threshing drum diameter (mm)
Threshing drum length (mm)
Threshing drum speed (rpm)
Length of upper sieve (mm)
Width of upper sieve (mm)
Length of lower sieve (mm)
Width of lower sieve (mm)
Grain tank capacity (cubic meter)
Road speeds (km/h)
Weight (kg)
Power Source (hp/kW) |
: 4300
: 550-1250
: 605
: 1240
: 540-1050
: 1240
: 1215
: 1240
: 1215
: 3.28
: 2 -11.4
: 8200
: 90-110, engine |
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Uses:
Combines are used for cutting,
threshing and cleaning of cereal and other crops in one
operation.
Cost of Machine : Rs.14-16 lakh
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8.5
SELF- PROPELLED REAPER
BINDER |
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Features:
Reaper-Binder is a unique harvesting machine
that reaps the crop as well as binds it simultaneously. This
Innovative Mechanical machine ensures 100% recovery of straw with
negligible grain losses at a surprisingly low cost of operation.
This machine is mainly used in Wheat, Paddy, Oats, Barley and
other grain crops.
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Specifications:
Width of Cut(m)
Height of Cut(cm)
Engine(hp/kW)
Gear
Weight of Machine(kg) |
: 12
: 3 to 5
: 10.2 7.5, Air Cooled Diesel
: 4 Forward & 1 Reverse
: 400. |
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Uses:
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Harvesting and Binding of Grain
Crops in a single operation.
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Used for Grain crops of height up
to 85 to 110 cm.
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Harvesting and Binding of 1 Acre
of field in 1 Hour, with consumption of 1 Liter Diesel only.
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Cutter Bar for Harvesting Barseem,
Mentha, Lucern, Paddy Stubbles and Other Fodder Crops can also
be attached to the same machine.
Cost of Machine : Rs.2,00,000/-
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8.6
GROUNDNUT DIGGER
SHAKER/HARVESTER |
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Features:
It consists of a digging blade of 1200 mm
length, an elevator shaker, idlers, driving sprockets, two disc
coulters two gauge wheels, fenders and gearbox. The front end of
the picker elevator reel is adjusted in accordance with the depth
of working of the blade. The angle of the shaker conveyor is 30
degrees with horizontal and has a length of 1270 mm. The digger is
operated by a tractor of 35 hp or higher. The PTO through a
telescoping shaft supplies power to the gearbox of the machine. It
digs the groundnut vines below the pod zone and elevates them by
an elevator-picker reel (conveyor) for dropping on the ground. The
soil attached to the vines is shaken off in the process and a
windrow is formed with the help of deflector rods. The vines are
dropped in such a manner that the pods get exposed to the sun for
speedy drying.
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Specifications
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Length of blade (mm)
Size of gauge wheels (mm)
Size of coulters (mm)
Width of shaker conveyor (mm)
Length of shaker conveyor (mm)
Space between conveyor rakes (mm)
Weight (kg)
Power required (hp/kW) |
: 2260
: 2000
: 1420
: 1220
: 400
: 350
: 1580
: 1270
: 160
: 475
: 35 /22.65 or above tractor |
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Uses:
Groundnut digger shaker are used for
harvesting groundnut crop.
Cost of Machine : Rs.60,000/-
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8.7 SUGARCANE
HARVESTER |
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Features:
It is a chopper harvester with a cleaning
system and whole cane harvesters are also available. It can
cut one/two rows of cane at a time. The cane is fed between
the crop dividers and is cut at the root zone by base cutter
blades and simultaneously de-topped from top. The cane is then
fed through the roller train and is cut by the chopper drums
into small cane pieces of 24.5 to 30 cm. It is then cleaned in
the primary extractor before being conveyed on the elevator.
The can is then cleaned again with the secondary extractor and
loaded onto a vehicle for transportation. In ideal conditions,
the harvester can cut nearly 400 tonnes of sugarcane per day. |
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Specification:
Transmission :
Tyres:
Tracks:
Primary
Extractor:
Hood
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Elevator:
Overall dimension (l x w x h) (m):
Power
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Two
hydrostatic pumps providing variable speed (Wheel machine: 0
to 24.6 km/h) (Track machine : 0 to 9.0 km/h)
Front
14x17.5 - 14 Ply, Rear 23.5x25 - 20 Ply
Sealed track
chains
Polyethylene
plastic 152 cm
Hydraulically controlled
Loading to
either side
15.14 x 2.50 x 6.23
337/252.75,
engine
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Uses:
It is used for harvesting sugarcane. It
de-tops the cane from the top, cuts it from the base, strips
the cane, cuts it into billets, removes the trash and
simultaneously loads the cut billet into the trolley moving by
its side.
Approx. Cost of Machine : Rs.105 lakh/-
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8.8 COCONUT TREE CLIMBER |
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Features:
It is a manual climbing device for trees
belonging to ‘arecacea’ family such as coconut, areca-nut, palm
and for fruit harvesting.
The Innovator has developed a simple, safe, easy to
use device for any season and by any person, cutting down the
climbing time to 1-2 minutes for a 40 m tree as against 4-5
minutes as conversationally required.
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Specification:
Material of construction
Weight
Input
Output
Man power required |
: Mild steel, steel rope(steel wires of
19 strings – as a rope) and rubber pad.
: 5kgs
: Muscular power
: 40m in 1-2 min
: 1 person |
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Uses:
The device is used to climb coconut trees to
pluck the coconuts.
Cost: Rs 800 – 1000/-
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8.9
BANANA HARVESTER (CHOPPER) |
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Features:
Chopper is a simple harvesting hand tool, which
consists of a blade, tang and a handle. The cutting edge is slightly
curved (convex) along the cutting edge to facilitate the cutting.
The blade is joined to the handle by inserting its tang. The blade
is forged to knife section and cutting edge sharpened. The blade is
important part of the tool and is made from medium carbon steel,
high carbon steel, manganese steel or alloy steel including tool
steel. The cutting edge is hardened and tempered to suitable
hardness to resist wear and abrasion. The tool made from tool steel
and alloy steel has more service life as compared to the plain
carbon steel blade. The blade should have property of toughness to
resist the impact stresses. The handle is made of wood and shaped to
suitable handgrip. For operation, the blade is struck hard against
the stem with one hand and the cutting is accomplished by the impact
action and sliding of the blade along the stem. The shape and size
of the chopper varies from place to place and its use. |
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Specifications:
Overall length (mm)
Length of cutting edge (mm)
Width of cutting blade (mm)
Thickness of blade (mm)
Length of handle (mm)
Weight (g)
Hardness of blade |
: 285 -475
: 160 -260
: 55 -80
: 4, tapered to cutting edge
: 115-225
: 450 -500
: 37 -46 HRC |
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Uses:
For harvesting of pineapple, coconut, banana
etc. It is also used for splitting of the coconut
and cutting the twigs and small branches.
Cost of Machine : Rs 200/-
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8.10 TEA LEAF PLUCKING
MACHINE |
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Features:
- High
harvesting capacity due to longer cutter bar
- Low
operational cost of plucking Suitable for stiffing operation by
changing the cutter bar
- Self
sharpening cutter bar for longer life
- Superior
quality materials of construction
- Better
ergonomics
- Low
vibration & noise level
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Specifications:
Cutter bar length(mm)
Cutter bar speed (rpm)
Harvesting capacity(ha/d)
Weight of the machine (kg)
Tea leaves collection
Prime Mover |
: 1200
: 1800
: 1
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: By air blast into an attached bag
: Fuel efficient, air cooled 2-stroke 40.6
c.c. capacity petrol engine
capable of developing 20 H.P at 7200rpm. |
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Uses:
It is used to pluck the
tea leaves.
Cost of Machine :
Rs 1,00,000/-
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8.11 BHENDI PLUCKER |
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Features:
The tool is ergonomically designed. The
plucker consists of two arms hinged together, cutting blades
joined to open ends of arms and two rings joined to the arms. The
blades are made of medium carbon steel or low alloy steel,
hardened and tempered to suitable hardness. Panicles are cut
individually using this tool. The operator is spared of drudgery,
discomfort and itching to skin of his hands, which are associated
with conventional method of manual plucking without any aid. It
fits in to the hand properly with the help of two rings, one over
thumb and another over index finger. Force to cut the pedicle is
exerted by pressing these two fingers against each other. Pedicle
is sheared between two straight blades, one of which is notched
for better grip.
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Specifications:
Length (mm)
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Width (mm)
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Weight (kg)
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Capacity (kg/day)
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140
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Uses:
It is used for plucking of bhendi (ladies
finger) from plant.
Cost of Machine : Rs 100/-
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