Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities (EJPAU) founded by all Polish Agriculture Universities presents original papers and review articles relevant to all aspects of agricultural sciences. It is target for persons working both in science and industry,regulatory agencies or teaching in agricultural sector. Covered by IFIS Publishing (Food Science and Technology Abstracts), ELSEVIER Science - Food Science and Technology Program, CAS USA (Chemical Abstracts), CABI Publishing UK and ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publisher - full membership). Presented in the Master List of Thomson ISI.
2019
Volume 22
Issue 4
Topic:
Agricultural Engineering
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Bazyar P. , Jafari A. , Alimardani R. , Mohammadi V. 2019. SMALL-SCALE HEAD OF COMBINE FOR HARVESTING SESAME
DOI:10.30825/5.ejpau.178.2019.22.4, EJPAU 22(4), #02.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume22/issue4/abs-02.html

SMALL-SCALE HEAD OF COMBINE FOR HARVESTING SESAME
DOI:10.30825/5.EJPAU.178.2019.22.4

Pourya Bazyar1, Ali Jafari1, Reza Alimardani1, Valiollah Mohammadi2
1 Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
2 Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

Sesame plants are harvested manually and mechanized. As the cultivation area of this product is increasing in the world, due to the excessive grain loss in the head of combine harvester and the toxic spray called Regelon, which is a human health hazard, the need to make a special head of combine for harvesting sesame has been the manufacturers focus of attention. In this research, a special small-scale head of combine harvesting for sesame made up bowl fingers and stair frame has been fabricated and evaluated. As the results have showed farm capacity of the machine with a working width of 60 cm and a speed of 1.3 m/s is 217 m2/hr. Also, the results of the SolidWorks analysis indicate a maximum displacement of 0.057 mm, a maximum strain of 0.0000407, and a maximum von Mises Stress of 8929 KN/m2, in triangular bowl fingers under load 26 N by a stem of Sesame. moreover, the head loss of this special head is about 16 percent.

Key words: head of combine, harvesting, sesame.

Pourya Bazyar
Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Tel: (+98)9363213201
email: pourya.bazyar@ut.ac.ir

Ali Jafari
Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran


Reza Alimardani
Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran


Valiollah Mohammadi
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

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