Industrial Training Report
Industrial Training Report
INTRODUCTION
TAFE was set up in 1961 to produce and market a scope of Massey Ferguson work
vehicles and related ranch gear in India. One of the biggest farm truck makers in
India, TAFE's vision is to be the first selection of clients in Quite a while and to
likewise move towards a developing presence in the worldwide business sectors.
TAFE has cooperation with AGCO Corporation, settled in Duluth, Georgia, which is
perhaps the biggest maker, originators and wholesalers of farming gear on the planet.
Its items are sold in excess of 140 nations. With an organization of in excess of 500
sellers, branches, administration outlets just as its own business workplaces and
stations covering the whole width and broadness of India, TAFE is focused on giving
total cultivating answers for its clients and enabling them to run after expanded
homestead usefulness, flourishing and benefits.
Work vehicles and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), has been a pioneer in the
motorization of the Indian ranches. Starting with the advocating of work vehicles in
farming in the mid 60s, TAFE has numerous firsts amazingly.
TAFE was likewise the primary Indian maker to dispatch a 75 HP work vehicle to
take into account the arising needs of extremely huge homesteads and agri-
organizations. With three assembling areas at Chennai (Sembiam), Madurai
(Kallidaipatti) and Bangalore (Doddaballapur), TAFE has a huge assembling base. Its
Madurai plant, the most recent and conceivably the biggest such plant in the nation is
uniquely custom fitted to take on short run creation groups to the demanding
guidelines requested by cutting edge nations. Every one of its plants and deals
workplaces are connected by VSAT joins giving quick and productive interchanges
and information linkage one more first of its sort in India.
CHAPTER 2
BASICS OF TRACTOR
General
The tractor is one of the class of mobile machines that involves the ‘traction’ process.
The word 'traction' and name 'tractor' come from the word to 'draw' or 'pull' so a tractor is
basically a machine for pulling; other mobile machines such as locomotives are in the same
class. Vehicles like road trucks and even motor cars, which are essentially vehicles for
carrying loads, also involve the traction process. The tractor is also in the class of machines
that involves operation under what are known as 'off-road' conditions. Others in this class
include machines used in earth moving, mining and military work, also four-wheel drive
motor vehicles for cross - country operation.
Development
The tractor evolved in the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th into
its present, conventional, two wheel drive form and four wheel drive variation. This form
owes much to history but also the fact that it is an inherently logical arrangement. (i)
Designers followed early tractor designs that were simply replacements for horses or other
draught animals. (ii) The layout takes advantage of the transfer of weight to the main driving
wheels at the rear, as the drawbar pull on the tractor increases. (iii) The layout is inherently
stable in the horizontal plane because the implement commonly being pulled behind the
tractor tends to follow the latter and to pull it into straight line operation. (iv) Rear mounted
implements offer a minimum of offset loading and moment in the horizontal plane;this
contrasts with, for example side mounted implements.
Fig : Tractor
CLASSIFICATION OF TRACTORS
Tractors can be classified into three classes on the basis of structural-design:
(i) Wheel tractor: Tractors, having three of four pneumatic wheels are called wheel
tractors. Fourwheel tractors are most popular everywhere.
(ii) Crawler tractor: This is also called track type tractor or chain type tractor. In such
tractors, there is endless chain or track in place of pneumatic wheels.
(iii) Walking tractor (Power tiller): Power tiller is a walking type tractor. This tractor is
usually fitted with two wheels only. The direction of travel and its controls for field
operation is performed by the operator, walking behind the tractor.
On the basis of purpose, wheeled tractor is classified into three groups:
(a) General purpose tractor: It is used for major farm operations; such as ploughing,
harrowing, sowing, harvesting and transporting work. Such tractors have (i) low ground
clearance (ii) increased engine power (iii) good adhesion and (iv) wide tyres.
(b) Row crop tractor: It is used for crop cultivation. Such tractor is provided with
replaceable driving wheels of different tread widths. It has high ground clearance to save
damage of crops. Wide wheel track can be adjusted to suit inter row distance.
(c) Special purpose tractor: It is used for definite jobs like cotton fields, marshy land,
hillsides, garden etc. Special designs are there for special purpose tractor.
TRACTOR COMPONENTS
A tractor is made of following main components: (1) I. C. engine, (2) Clutch (3)
Transmission gears (4) Differential unit (5) Final drive (6) Rear wheels (7) Front wheels (8)
Steering mechanism (9) Hydraulic control and hitch system (10) Brakes (11) Power take-off
unit (12) Tractor pulley and (13) Control panel. Every tractor is fitted with an I. C. engine,
the engine may be carburettor type or diesel type but nowadays almost all the tractors are
diesel tractors.
SELECTION OF TRACTOR
Selection of tractor depends upon following factors:
(1) Land holding: Under a single cropping pattern, it is normally recommended to consider 1
hp for every 1 hectares of land, In other words, one tractor of 20-25 hp is suitable for 20
hectares farm.
(2) Cropping pattern: Generally, less than 1.0 hectare/hp have been recommended where
adequate irrigation facilities are available and more than one crop is taken. So a 30-35 hp
tractor is suitable for 25 hectares farm.
(3) Soil condition: A tractor with less wheel base, higher ground clearance and low overall
weight may work successfully in lighter soil but it will not be able to give sufficient depth in
black cotton soil.
(4) Climatic condition: For very hot zone and desert area, air cooled engines are preferred
over water-cooled engines. Similarly for higher altitude, air cooled engines are preferred
because water is liable to be frozen at higher altitude.
(5) Repairing facilities: It should be ensured that the tractor to be purchased has a dealer at
near by place with all the technical skills for repair and maintenance of machine.
(6) Running cost: Tractors with less specific fuel consumption should be preferred over
others so that running cost may be less.
(7) Initial cost and resale value: While keeping the resale value in mind, the initial cost
should not be very high; otherwise, higher amount of interest will have to be paid.
CHAPTER 3
TRACTOR OPERATION
1. Drawbar Operations
2. PTO Operations
3. Hydraulic Operations
1.Drawbar Operation
Tractor drawbars are designed at the correct height from the ground to keep the pull
forces below the centre of gravity. Only use the drawbar to tow a load. A swinging or floating
drawbar permits adjustment of the centre line of pull to be maintained even on a hillside.
Engine transmit power through clucthes to gear box . Drawbar is a towing or pushing
association between a tractive vehicle and its heap.
Fig : Drawbar
Light vehicles
On light vehicles, the most well-known coupling is A-out line drawbar coupled to a 1 7/8
inch or 50mm tow ball. These drawbars send around 10% of the Gross trailer weight through
the coupling.
Substantiel vehicles
On substantiel vehicles, the drawbar is coupled utilizing a towing eye, normally of 40mm or
50mm measurement, associated with a bolt and pin coupling. Regularly seen brands
incorporate Ringfeder, V. Orlandi and Jost Rockinger. These drawbars communicate
practically zero downwards power through the coupling.
The drawbar ought not be mistaken for the fifth wheel coupling. The drawbar requires a
trailer which either stacks the drawbar daintily (for instance a little boat trailer, or troop, or
the heap is the heaviness of the coupling parts just (bigger trailers, typically however not
generally with a steerable pulled pivot, front or back). Conversely, the fifth wheel is intended
to communicate an extent of the heap's weight to the pulling vehicle
2 PTO Operation
PTO is practically on the back side in India and other created nations it is on the front side for
the front farm vehicle connections
PTO designed to create motor power that exchanges to executes and changes it into motor
turn over to pressure driven. With the utilisation of liquides in Energy, that instrument is
called water powered. It accompanies an advantage that can rapidly move huge executes with
less power. To put it plainly, we can say that farm truck PTO works magnificently in farm
vehicles.
PTO shaft used to supply mechanical energy between horticultural farm vehicles and
executes. That energy which changes the energy of the motor to water powered tension is
called PTO shaft. PTO Shaft needs an every day check, they utilized for pulling weighty
burdens, and its hardship can surrender the PTO. PTO shaft is excessively weighty, use
appropriately.
Fig : PTO Shaft
Transmission PTO Shaft
Transmission PTO is the most established and the easiest PTO shaft type. This sort of PTO
straightforwardly interfaces with the transmission. It connect with pto on farm vehicle, and
when you press the grasp, you can not drive the PTO.
This kind of shaft accompanies two phases of transmission grasp. On the off chance that you
push down the grasp mostly all things considered, the main stage licenses you to utilize a
PTO shaft. What's more, the subsequent stage permits you to order the PTOs affiliation. To
put it plainly, this detaches the protonation of the transmission and PTO activity.
Autonomous PTO
Autonomous PTO shaft is ideally suited for work vehicles. It furnished with its grasp, and
this controlled particularly from the work vehicles transmission. The Independent PTO has
two sorts: first is mechanical and second is water powered.
Economy PTO
It allows the farm hauler to run on the lower rpm, which is 540 rpm. This assists with saving
fuel, decline vibration, and decrease clamor. It is best for some carries out that incorporate
baling, cutting, and ploughing.
Invert PTO
Invert PTO in farm vehicle used to turn the work vehicle the converse way utilizing the
button. It utilized when ranch hardware stalls out, performing ranch exercises.
It is mechanical gearboxes that associate with openings gave on farm vehicles and used to
convey the energy of the farm vehicle motor to extra parts, essentially in water driven
siphons. The siphon produces the pressure driven stream that coordinates to water powered
engines and chambers to perform work. In certain applications, PTO supplies power as a
pivoting siphon.
In 1958, the normal PTO speed was 536 rpm. Also, presently, Tractor PTO rpm changed to
540 rpm and additional speed appended to the typical which is 1000 rpm. In this shaft comes
6 splines and with 1000 rpm shaft it has 21 splines. If farm haulers can run on both the PTO
shaft that is called Dual PTO.
These are about PTO In farm haulers. I trust you get all the data in regards to this theme. In
case you are looking for additional with regards to the work vehicle and other ranch
hardware, all things considered, you need to visit TractorJunction where you get all the
refreshed data in regards to farming gear.
3 Hydraulic Operation
The functioning guideline of water powered framework depends on pascal's law. This law
expresses that the strain applied to an encased liquid is sent similarly every which way. Little
power following up on little region can create higher power on a surface of bigger region
Activity: The water driven siphon draws up oil from the oil supply and sends it to the control
valve under high tension. From the M 9 L 27 systemcontrol valve, the oil goes to the water
powered chamber to work the cylinder, which thus, raises the lifting arms. The lifting arms
are appended with carries out. The water powered siphon is worked by appropriate cog
wheels, associated with motor.
There are two sorts of plans for putting away water powered oil in the framework:
(I) There is a typical oil supply for water powered framework and the transmission
framework in certain work vehicles,
(ii) There is a unique tank for pressure driven oil. It is isolated from the transmission
chamber.
There are a few kinds of water powered siphon, for example, gear siphon, unclogger siphon,
vane siphon, and screw siphon. Stuff siphon is broadly utilized in work vehicles. Stuff siphon
can stream a greater measure of oil, contrasted with unclogger siphon. The oil strain in the
siphon differs from 150 to 200 kg/cm2.Schema
Control valve: Control valve is a kind of valve, which controls the development of water
powered oil to have wanted heading, size and speed of lifting. Consequently the control valve
is to perform three capacities:
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
Disc plough
Utilized for profound furrowing in cultivating, a circle furrow works best in root-plagued,
stony, tacky and hard soils. The circle furrow blends survives from yields and filters out
profound furrowing, making it ideal homestead gear for regions with more rains for stop soil
disintegration by wind and water. It normally comprises of 2 to at least 5 circles that slices
through the top layers of soil and completely reproduces the dirt construction.
Notwithstanding land conditions a plate furrow can deal with the hardest furrowing
occupations for very hard soil and grounds with huge roots and different blocks. It breaks,
turns and blends the dirt and can be utilized without any problem. It is utilized as a
connection to the farm hauler pulled behind it.
A plate furrow works in a wide range of soil to break, turn and blend the dirt.
It is significantly used to set up the new fields for cultivating and cycle the stony
regions.
Mould-Board Plough
A shape board furrow an indispensable homestead hardware in soil upkeep. It is
significantly used to set up the dirt prior to planting seeds for giving it a last construction. A
MB furrow likewise works best when you want to set up the ground for grass cultivating. It
comprises of a bunch of enormous bended base that is known as a shape board fixed to a
casing.
The furrow has uncommon wear-safe steel edge situated on the base edge of the form board.
The MB furrow slices through the top layers of soil completely and separates the hunks in the
dirt. Benefits of the form board furrow are referenced underneath.
What are the benefits of a Mould-Board Plough?
It breaks the substantial blocks in the dirt and gives it a smooth design.
If balanced, the furrow naturally tracks down the necessary profundity and there is no
compelling reason to apply additional load to arrive at wanted profundity.
The MB furrow likewise shields the ranch from the vermin and gives establishes a
more positive climate for sound development.
The Mould-board furrow covers crop deposits further into the field and empowering
deterioration to happen which makes soil surface warm up quicker.
A subsoiler or level lifter is a farm truck mounted ranch execute utilized for profound
culturing, relaxing and separating soil at profundities underneath the levels worked by
moldboard furrows, plate harrows, or rototillers. Most such apparatuses will separate and
give surface soil to a profundity of 1520 cm (5.97.9 in), while a subsoiler will separate and
slacken soil to double those profundities.
The subsoiler comprises of at least three weighty vertical knifes (guidelines) mounted on a
toolbar or edge with share fasteners. They can be worked at profundities of 4575 cm (1830
in) or more. A ripper typically runs 3545 cm (1418 in) profound. Knifes are bended and have
replaceable tips. Each knife is fitted with a replaceable point or foot, like an etch furrow, to
get through the impenetrable layer, breaking the sub-soil to a profundity of 4575 cm (1830
in). Subsoiling is a sluggish activity and requires high power input: 60 to 100 hp to get a
solitary dirt point through a hard soil. Normally, a subsoiler mounted on a minimal utility
farm truck will arrive at profundities of around 30 cm (12 in) and have just a single dainty
cutting edge with a honed tip. The knifes ought to be leaned to the vertical at a point more
prominent than 25-30
degrees, ideally 45 degrees, and it is prudent that the stature be customizable. The places of
the knifes are ordinarily around 30 cm (12 in) wide and ought to be not difficult to supplant.
The state of the focuses is vital: frequently the subsoiler neglects to give great outcomes
because of the state of its focuses.
Fig- 4.3 :- Subsoiler
Focuses can be fitted with level wings, around 30 cm (12 in) wide, which significantly
expands the width of soil underneath furrowing profundity extricated by the subsoiler. These
furrows are at times outfitted with a torpedo-molded connection for making subsurface
seepage channels. The subsoilers are raised and brought down powerfully. A few models
include power-take-off (PTO)- driven vibrating gadgets. The regular dispersing is 76100 cm
(3039) in the middle of knifes. Knifes ought to have the option to arrive at 2.55 cm (0.981.97
in) beneath the most unfathomable compacted layer. Knife dividing and stature ought to be
flexible in the field. Towed subsoilers ought to have measure wheels to control the knife's
profundity.
Knifes typically are from 24 cm (0.791.57 in) thick. More slender knifes are appropriate for
rural use. Thicker knifes hold up better in rough conditions, yet require bigger, all the more
remarkable gear to pull them and upset the surface more.
Farming subsoiler executes will have various more profound arriving at sharp edges; every
edge is known as a scarifier or knife. Purdue University's Department of Agriculture shows
that normal subsoilers for horticultural use are accessible with three, five or seven knifes.
Subsoilers can be up to 15 feet (4.6 m) wide; a few models are towed behind work vehicles
while others are mounted to the three-point hitch.
One sort of subsoiler has a torpedo-formed tip and is known as a mole furrow on the grounds
that the tip portrays a way similar as the tunnel that a mole makes. Mole furrows are utilized
to make tile waste, with or without tiles or tile line added. A type of this execute (with a
solitary edge), a line and-link laying furrow, is utilized to lay covered links or lines, without
the need to burrow a profound channel and yet again fill it.
Power Harrow
Power Harrow is utilized to turn, break, refine and even conveyance of soil over the
whole working width to make an ideal seed bed. It separates even the most compacted
ground, frequently in single pass for setting up a space for ranch.
Profundity regulator is accommodated profundity control and to even out the dirt bed.
Self-movable side stone redirector is given to security by not permitting the stones to
disperse
The moldboard can be turned 360 and shifted up or down 15~45 effectively by
migrating the bolts.
The uncommon steel cutting edge forestalls the erosion and breaking.
Rotavator is an adaptable farm hauler execute to perform distinctive soil capacities like
blending, crushing, puddling and evening out at a similar time.Fieldking Rotavator is
extremely helpful for eliminating the previous yield buildups from the field and setting up the
dirt for the following harvest. It separates the hardpan layers of the dirt and makes it evened
out for planting. Its solid casing get together assists the carry out with working in various
sorts of soil with next to no mileage. It relaxes and circulates air through soil up to 7 inches
down.
Edges utilized in Fieldking Rotavator are of Boron steel which endures half more than
Hi Carbon.
Helical game plan of the sharp edges puts less burden on the farm vehicle which
makes culturing quick and affordable.
Fieldking Rotavator comes in Two manner Gear Box Arrangements Single Speed and
Multi-Speed.
Multileap seal present inside the gearbox forestalls dampness/mud passage into the
gearbox which further makes its tasks simple in wet fields.
It has Heavy obligation PTO shaft with a shear bolt for over-burden security.
It is intended to work in a wide range of soil for capacities, for example, soil breaking,
soil raising and soil reversal.
The furrow has extraordinary wear-safe steel bottoms with focuses for hardest
furrowing occupations.
Great mileage
Culturing is the agrarian readiness of soil by mechanical unsettling of different kinds, like
burrowing, blending, and upsetting. Instances of human-controlled ploughing techniques
utilizing hand devices incorporate scooping, picking, mattock work, digging, and raking.
Instances of draft-creature controlled or motorized work incorporate furrowing (upsetting
with moldboards or etching with etch knifes), rototilling, moving with cultipackers or
different rollers, frightening, and developing with cultivator knifes (teeth).
Native furrow is a carry out which is made of wood with an iron offer point. It comprises of
body, shaft post, offer and handle. It is drawn with bullocks. It cuts a V molded wrinkle and
opens the dirt yet there is no reversal. Furrowing activity is additionally flawed in light of the
fact that some unploughed strip is constantly left between wrinkles. This is decreased by
cross furrowing, however and still, at the end of the day little squares stay unploughed
Soil turning furrows are made of iron and drawn by a couple of bullocks or two relying upon
the kind of soil. These are likewise drawn by farm vehicles.
Mouldboard Plough
The pieces of mouldboard furrow are frog or body, mouldboard or wing, share, landside,
associating, bar, section and handle. This kind of furrow leaves no unploughed land as the
wrinkle cuts are sliced perfect and rearranged aside bringing about better crushing. The
creature drawn mouldboard furrow is little, furrows to a profundity of 15 cm, while two
mouldboard furrows which are greater in size are appended to the work vehicle and furrowed
to a profundity of 25 to 30 cm. Mouldboard furrows are utilized where soil reversal is
fundamental. Triumph furrow is a creature drawn mouldboard furrow with a short shaft.
Circle Plough
The circle furrow looks similar to the normal mouldboardplough. An enormous, spinning,
inward steel plate replaces the offer and the mouldboard. The circle turns the wrinkle cut
aside with a scooping activity. The standard size of the circle is 60 cm in distance across and
this turns a 35 to 30 cm wrinkle cut. The circle furrow is more reasonable for land in which
there is a lot of stringy development of weeds as the plate cuts and consolidates the weeds.
The plate furrow functions admirably in soils liberated from stones. No frightening is
important to break the blocks of the improved soil as in a mouldboard furrow.
Turn-wrest or Reversible or One-way Plow
The furrow base in this furrow is pivoted to the shaft with the end goal that the mouldboard
and the offer can be turned around to the left or to the right half of the bar. This change saves
the difficulty of turning the furrow in uneven lots, yet works with reversal of the wrinkle cut
aside as it were.
Dirt Plow:
Dirt furrow is intended to separate hard layers or container without carrying them to the
surface. The body of the dirt furrow is wedge formed and thin while the offer is wide to break
the hard container and making just an opening on the top layers.
Etch Plow:
Etch furrow is utilized for breaking hard skillet and for profound furrowing (60-70 cm) with
less aggravation to the top layers. Its body is meager with replaceable forefront to have least
unsettling influence to the top layers. It contains a replaceable offer to break the lower layers.
Turning Plow or Rotary Hoes:
Turning furrow cuts the dirt and pounds it. The cutting of soil is finished by either sharp
edges or tynes. The sharp edge types are generally utilized. The profundity of slice is
dependent upon 12 to 15 cm. It is reasonable for light soils.
Bowl Lister:
Bowl lister is a weighty execute with a couple of mouldboards or digging tools. These
digging tools are mounted on an exceptional sort of edge on which they act then again. This
execute is utilized to shape recorded wrinkles (broken wrinkles with little dams and bowls) to
forestall free overflow of precipitation and brushing off the dirt in low precipitation regions.
Auxiliary Tillage Implements
Various kinds of carries out like cultivators, harrows, boards and rollers are utilized for
auxiliary culturing.
Cultivator is a carry out utilized for better tasks like breaking lumps and working the dirt to a
fine tilth in the planning of seedbed. Cultivator is otherwise called turner or tooth harrow. It is
utilized to additionally release the recently furrowed land prior to planting. It is likewise used
to obliterate weeds that grow subsequent to furrowing. Cultivator has two columns of tynes
joined to its casing in staggered structure. The principle object of giving two lines and
amazing the situation of tynes is to give leeway between tynes so hunks and plant buildups
can unreservedly go through without impeding. Arrangement is likewise made in the casing
by penetrating openings with the goal that tynes can be set close or separated as desirect. The
quantity of tynes goes from 7 to 13. The portions of the tynes can be supplanted when they
are exhausted.
Clear Cultivator
In stubble-mulch cultivating, it is hard to set up the land with normal carries out due to
stopping up. Clear cultivator is the executes valuable under this condition. It comprises of
enormous transformed V formed edges joined to a cultivator outline. These edges run
corresponding to soil surface at a profundity of 10 to IS cm. They are armged in two columns
and staggered. Clear cultivator is utilized to slice up to 12 to 15cm profundity of soil during
first activity after collect and shallower during resulting tasks. It is worked oftentimes to
control weeds. It can likewise be utilized for reaping groundnut.
Harrows
Harrows are utilized for shallow development in activities like planning of seedbed, covering
seeds and obliterating weed seedlings. Harrows a~ of two kinds: plate harrow and sharp edge
harrow. '
Circle Harrow
Sharp edge harrows are utilized for various purposes like evacuation of weeds and stubbles,
squashing of hunks working of soil to shallow profundity, covering the seeds, intercutivation
and collecting of groundnut and so on The edge harrows valuable for intercultivation are
examined later. Sharp edge harrows are two sorts viz. native and improved.
The overall plan of a native sharp edge harrow which is known as guntaka comprises of a bar
to which two stakes are joined at the closures. An edge is appended to these two stakes. Two
shaft posts and' a handle are different pieces of guntaka. Contingent upon the pillar length
and weight, the are known by various names and utilized for-various purposes.
2.Edge furrow
3.Bund previous
Nation furrow and edge furrow are utilized for spreading out the field into edges and wrinkles
or to format water system channels.
Edge furrows, when appended to a casing can be utilized for making wide bed wrinkles.
Bunds for water system in the nursery lands are made normally by physical work utilizing
spades. Bunds are additionally shaped across the forms in the low precipitation districts to
preserve soil dampness. The bund rancher is intended to frame these bunds supplanting
difficult work. This carry out comprises of a couple of iron shape sheets fixed inverse way
confronting each other with the front end opening outwards and back and shutting in to frame
bunds.
CHAPTER 6
POWERVATOR
This gear can be connected to a tracker with movable hitch focuses for simple connection. It
additionally considers smooth compatibility between the chain drive and stuff drive. While
working on chain drive mode, an uncompromising chain and auto chain tensioning
component is utilized to build the life expectancy of the Agristar Powervator. For better eco-
friendliness, the stuff proportion and sprocket proportion can be coordinated to the work
vehicle power.
Considering the toughness and eco-friendliness of TAFEs Agristar Powervator, it makes the
venture practical also. Generally, rotational turner is an optimal speculation to get the ideal
soil surface for your seeds to sprout to their fullest.
Removes weed, mixes manure/fertilizer into soil, chops stubbles, breaks clods and
levels the field.
Short turnaround time post harvest for soil preparation for the next crop-cyclewhile
ensuring effective usage of soil moisture content.
Best suited for dry and wet land applications, especially for paddy seedbed
preparation and sugarcane farming.
Stubbles and roots are completely cropped and mixed with the soil ensuring better
mulching.
Seedbed is ready with one or two passes unlike multiple passes required with
conventional implements.
Features
Sturdy, versatile and economic implement which combines ploughing, tilling and
harrowing operations.
Imported cardan shaft provided with shear bolt torque de-limiter to prevent excessive
torque going into the tractor.
Heavy-duty and high module gear for longer life, quieter and smoother operation
Provision for preloading of Taper Roller Bearing (TRB) in gearbox and side
dropdown
Unique tailboard design toavoid mud splash on the driver during puddling
Superior rotary shafts and blades. High schedule seamless tube and boron steel blades
for increased life.
Specially designed blades ensure full soil pulverization, mulching and mixing.
Sturdy and adjustable leveling board controls pulverization and ensures proper ground
level after tilling.
High-grade alloy steel and induction hardened gears and shafts for better load bearing
capacity and durability.
Suitable for varied soil types and available in both - soft soil and hard soil versions.
Fig 6.1:Powervator
CHAPTER 7
BASICS OF HYDRAULICS
Introduction
Hydraulic systems are used for transmission of power through the medium of hydraulic oil.
The hydraulic system works on the principle of Pascal’s law which says that “ the pressure in
a fluid at rest is transmitted uniformly in all directions” .
The fluid medium used is hydraulic oil, which may be mineral oil or water or combinations.
This area is also known as oil hydraulics.
filter which is in suction line of pump inside the tank or on tank inlet line.
Electric motor / Diesel or petrol engine which is the primary source of power
Hydraulic pump driven by motor or engine
Direction control valve which controls the direction of fluid flow so as to change the
direction of motion of a linear or rotary actuator
Actuator – A cylinder for linear movement or a hydraulic motor for rotary actuation of
load
Application areas:
Hydraulic systems are generally used for precise control of larger forces. The main
applications of hydraulic system can be classified in five categories:
Industrial: Plastic processing machineries, steel making and primary metal extraction
applications, automated production lines, machine tool industries, paper industries, loaders,
crushes, textile machineries, R & D equipment and robotic systems etc.
Mobile hydraulics: Tractors, irrigation system, earthmoving equipment, material handling
equipment, commercial vehicles, tunnel boring equipment, rail equipment, building and
construction machineries and drilling rigs etc.
Automobiles: brakes, shock absorbers, steering system, wind shield, lift and cleaning etc.
Marine applications: Controls in ocean going vessels, fishing boats and navel equipment.
Aerospace equipment: Rudder control, landing gear, breaks, flight control and transmission,
rocket motor movement.
Much stiffer (or rigid) due to incompressible fluid Better speed of response
Disadvantages
• Material of storage tank, piping, cylinder and piston can be corroded with the
hydraulic fluid. Therefore, one must be careful while selecting materials and
hydraulic fluid.
• Structural weight and size of the system is more which makes it unsuitable for the
smaller instruments.
• Small impurities in the hydraulic fluid can permanently damage the complete system.
Therefore suitable filter must be installed.
• Leakage of hydraulic fluid is also a critical issue and suitable prevention method and
seals must be adopted.
CHAPTER 8
MARK 1A HYDRAULICS
DC Lever
Draft control
External application
Operation Draft Control As the draft of the execute fluctuates because of anomalies of ground
shape, soil surface, or pitching of the tractor, the load on the top connection of the three-point
linkage will vary. These changes are moved through the internal mechanism into water
powered valve movement. An increase in carry out draft will build the pressure or reduce the
strain on the top connection and the framework will go to lift. Conversely, a reduction in
execute draft will cause the system to go lower. Due to setting of the draft control switch, the
heap required to keep up with the valve in the stand firm on foothold is governed. Therefore,
the heap the work vehicle needs to pull is maintained irrespective of ground form, soil
conditions, or the pitching of the tractor. The switch is pushed Ahead to extend the carry out
and Rearward to shallow it. Setting the Draft Control
CHAPTER 9
MARK 1A HYDRAULIC LINKAGES
8.1 PC Lever
turns.
trailer.
Setting the stature of out of ground
auxiliary application.
The forward development gives more profundity and aft development gives shallow
profundity.
This switch ought not be utilized for lifting the execute out of the ground/during
turn/during transportation and furthermore during hitching the execute.
Standard back power take off is a splined shaft and is locked in and withdrawn by
P.T.O. switch. Activity
Move the lead representative control switch to the low inactive position Push down
the grip pedal completely. Shift high/low selector switch forward to low range. Keep
grip pedal discouraged.
Connect with the PTO shaft moving the switch to the aft position.
Connect with the ideal farm truck gear (this doesn’t make a difference if the farm
truck is to remain writing material)
Move lead representative control switch to acquire required power and speed of PTO
shaft.
Delivery the grip pedal. N Dual grip and steady running P.T.O
First phase of grasp pedal travel separates the farm vehicle wheel drive.
CHAPTER 10
BASICS OF ENGINE
1. Stroke-Bore Ratio:
Stroke-bore ratio -The ratio of length of stroke (L) and diameter of bore (D) of the cylinder is
called stroke-bore ratio (L/D). In general, this ratio varies between 1 to 1.45 and for tractor
engines, this ratio is about 1.25.
3. Pressure Ratio:
The warm proficiency of a motor doesn't move toward the hypothetical effectiveness of an
Otto cycle motor as is given by
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Where ,
r = Compression proportion
n = Cp/Cv (Ratio of explicit hotness of air at consistent strain and steady volume)
Thus, it is clear that the proficiency of an ideal otto cycle increments as the pressure
proportion increments. There are many motivations behind why the real proficiency is
generously beneath the hypothetical effectiveness. A portion of the disparities can be
represented by the accompanying elements
For a free breathing motor (not supercharged) the volumetric proficiency will be
under 100%
Enormous changes in the pressure proportion of diesel motors are not viable. Most
diesel motors have pressure proportions that reach from 16:1 to 22:1
The shape and size of the ignition chamber has a chosen impact upon the appropriate
blending of the fuel and air and furthermore upon the fuel explosion. Overall the ignition
chamber is intended to make choppiness of the blend for better burning and more noteworthy
fire proliferation speed, in this manner diminishing the ignition time and working on
antiknock attributes. A short and minimized burning chamber for the most part requires lesser
time for ignition and works on the antiknock attributes of fuel
There are numerous varieties in the plan of ignition office of diesel motors fitted in the farm
vehicles. A few varieties are because of the various strategies for beginning the burning
chamber process in the chamber. Since the fuel to air proportion is exceptionally low as the
fuel is first infused into the chamber, start won't start until the proportion is in the burnable
reach. Accordingly if the fuel were infused straightforwardly into the burning chamber, there
would be a pointlessly long postponement before start starts, bringing about an exceptionally
high beginning strain.
CHAPTER 11
BRAKES
The stopping mechanism is a significant framework in the work vehicles used to dial back or
stop the farm hauler movement. It is additionally used to keep the farm truck from moving
when it is fixed. During field tasks it helps in taking sharp turns by applying differential
brakes on the two back tires.
The brakes utilize the monetary power to diminish the movement of the wheels. Grinding is
utilized to change over the motor energy into heat.
The brake game plan serves to deliberately offer protection from the development of the farm
truck. Most normal are the grinding brakes. These are basically heat gadgets that change the
active energy of the moving vehicle into heat, by goodness of grinding between a turning part
and a fixed part which are precisely moved so they interact with the pivoting part. The fixed
are fixed with a hard wearing erosion material. At the point when this material is moved into
contact with the pivoting part, slowing down happens.
Brake is utilized to stop or dial back the movement of a farm truck. It is mounted on the
driving pivot and worked by two free pedals. Each pedal can be worked freely to help the
turning of farm hauler during the hands on work or locked together through a lock.
Inner growing shoe type: Two brake shoes made of frictional material fitted within the brake
drum are held away from the drum through springs. One finish of each shoe is support while
the other is allowed to move by the activity of a cam which thusly applies power on the
shoes. The development of the cam is brought about by the brake pedal through the linkage.
The drum is mounted on the back pivot while the shoe get together is fixed and mounted on
the back plate.
Fig 11.1: Brakes
Two activating plates have openings penetrated in each circle where steel balls are set. At the
point when the brake pedal is discouraged, the connections help to move the two circles in
inverse ways. This brings the steel balls to shallow piece of the openings penetrated in the
plate. Therefore, the two plates are extended and slowing down circles are squeezed in the
middle of the circles and the fixed lodging. The slowing down plates are straightforwardly
mounted on the differential shaft, which at last exchanges the heading out impact to the
differential shaft.
Hydraulic stopping mechanism depends on the guideline of pascal's law. The brake liquid,
which is normally a combination of glycerin and liquor, is filled in the expert chamber. At the
point when the pedal is discouraged, the cylinder of the expert chamber is constrained into
the chamber and the whole framework goes to a strain framework. Promptly, the cylinder of
the wheel chamber slides outward which moves the brake shoes to stop the turning drum. At
the point when the pedal is delivered, the return spring of the expert chamber moves the
cylinder back to its Slowing down Efficiency.
CHAPTER 12
STEERING SYSTEM AND FRONT AXLE
1.Steering System:
The system, governing the angular movement of front wheels of a tractor is called
steering system. This system minimizes the efforts of the operator in turning the front wheel
with the application of leverages.
Fig No.12.1
It uses to carry the weight of the front part of the vehicle as well as to facilitate
steering and absorb shocks due to road surface variations. It is made of I-section in center
position while the ends are made either circular or elliptical with the construction.
Fig No.12.2
The front axle uses to carry the weight of the front part of the vehicle as well as to
facilitate steering and absorb shocks due to road surface variations. It is made of I-section in
center position while the ends are made either circular or elliptical with the construction.
It takes bending loads and also torques due to braking of the wheel. To keep the low
chassis heights, its center portion gives a down step sweep. Sometimes it also transmits torque
from the differential to the drive wheels.
CHAPTER 13
POWERTRAIN
The transmission system is basically the drive line of any automobile or a tractor in our
case. This system consists of components that are used to transmit the torque developed
by the prime-mover or the engine to the driving wheels and to vary the torque and
direction of rotation of the ground wheels. The main drive line units are shown
schematically in the Fig No.14.1.
Fig No.13.1
Clutch – The device that connects or disconnects two torque transmitting devices.
Transmission– A device for transmitting power at a multiplicity of speed and torque.
P.T.O. Drive – The parts that transmit torque from the engine to the PTO spline on the rear
of the tractor.
Differential – The device, usually in the axle housing, that allows the two wheels on an
axle to rotate at different speeds.
Brake – The device, usually in the axle housing, that stops the motion of the tractor.
Axle – The shaft and connecting parts that transmits torque from the differential or final
gear reduction, to the wheels.
Engine – Crankshaft – flywheel – clutch – transmission box – differential – final drives –
axle – drive wheels.
A power transmission system for a tractor has two functions:
10.1 CLUTCHS
Clutch:
Clutch is device which connects or disconnects the power from engine to gear box.
Functions:
To disconnect the engine power from the gear box as required under following
circumstances
To start the engine warm it up and run it at high speed to develop power to moving from
the rest.
Disconnect power to gearbox for easy shifting of gear so that damage to the gear is
avoided.
Disconnect drive from the engine to stop the tractor after application of brakes.
Allow the engine to take up load gradually.
Type of clutchs:
Friction Clutch
Dog Clutch
Fluid Coupling Clutch
Single Disc Clutch
Dual Disc Clutch
10.2 INTRODUCTION OF GEAR BOX
Gear Box:
Gearbox is assembly used for increasing torque and reducing speed.
In this type of gear box in which the power of engine comes from clutch shaft which is
engaging with engine shaft. The clutch gear meshes 20 with counter or lay-shaft gear and
thus, causes rotation of all the fix gears of it. Those gears which are at main shaft while
engaging with rotating gear of counter shaft separately due to action of its selecting
mechanism of shift forks resulting to different speed of rotation of drive wheel.
Fig No.13.2
Constant Mesh Type Gear Box:
In this type, the gear of counter shaft and main shaft are always meshed each other as
shown in fig. and the gear on main shaft are free to rotate while that of counter shaft is fixed.
The engaging of gear takes place due to the action of gear engaging dogs slide over the main
shaft.
Fig No.13.3
It is basically a constant meshed type gear box having an extra device called
synchronizer to equalize the speed of mating parts before they engaged
Fig No.13.4
Differential
The differential is a compact gear arrangement, it permits inner axle to move slower
than the outer axle and reduce the turning diameter. The pinion gear on the gearbox output
shaft meshes with the large sized differential crown gear. The differential cage is mounted on
the crown gear. The cage consists of two sun gears and four star gears. The sun gears are
connected to the rear axles.
Functions of Differential:
Fig No.13.5
Differential Lock:
Whenever one wheel offers less resistance, it turns faster causing a loss of traction. If
one wheel gets in the mud or loose soil, the wheel on the solid ground will not be driven while
the other spins around due to the differential action. To overcome this problem, all tractors are
provided with a locking system known as differential lock. The differential lock is to join both
half axles so that even if one wheel is under less resistance, the tractor comes out from the
mud, etc. as both wheels move with the same speed and apply equal traction.
CHAPTER 14
BASICS OF ELECTRICAL
The electric power age framework is driven by V-belt, which gets drive from the driving rod.
It changes over mechanical energy got from motor into electrical energy. Its primary capacity
is to re-energize the battery. It additionally supplies electric flow to different adornments
when motor is running. Generators can be DC (dynamos) or AC (alternators). Alternators can
surrender current yield to 35 amps while dynamo yield is restricted to 12-14 amps.
Controller is additionally fitted on the farm vehicle to manage the current created by the
generator. If no controller is given, the flow created by the Alternator would be such a lot of
that it would harm the battery and the other electrical units of the Tractor. High electric flow
is allowed to stream by the controller when battery is in a released condition or when the
farm hauler electric unit is turned on. It helps in controlling the voltage delivered by the
Alternator when the battery is in a charged condition or when the electric units are turned off.
The battery stores energy in synthetic structure. The response in the battery begins when any
circuit is finished by the activity of a switch. It supplies current up to 400 amps, needed to
wrench the motor and a restricted current to the frill. It is ceaselessly charged by the
Alternator when motor is running.
The power unit additionally gives an electrical method for turning the motor, since the
equivalent isn't equipped for beginning without help from anyone else. It consequently
controls the voltage in the framework. It likewise supplies power for lights and different
embellishments. The farm hauler electric framework is very basic notwithstanding the way
that it assumes a significant and diverse part in the activity of the work vehicle.
The starter is a DC engine gets a substantial portion of current from the battery. It is intended
for discontinuous assistance under weighty over-burden. The four shafts are series associated
and give high beginning force. At the point when the circuit is finished by the solenoid
switch, the pinion of the engine naturally work with the driving rod ring gear. The decrease
proportion between these two is 8:1 or 16:1. As the motor is turned over the pinion is tossed
back to its underlying situation because of inactivity impact.
In the lighting arrangement of farm truck the lights (bulbs) are utilized for warming reason
and lights for brightening reason. The primary lights incorporate the headlamps, the tail light,
the number plate light, the tail lights the course pointer lights and dashboard lights. . The total
lighting circuit comprises of various individual circuits for a solitary light or a couple of
lights each with its own switch, live association and earth association.
The adornments like horn are associated equal across the battery terminals. It has a different
switch. The dashboard measures like oil pressure check, the temperature check don't have
separate switch. These can be worked when start switch is on.
Battery
The primary motivation behind the battery is to give the electrical to working the turning over
engine self starter. It additionally supplies the energy to work the lights and different things
of electrical gear, some of which might be required when the motor isn't running.
The battery is an electro-substance gadget. In the farm vehicle battery utilize lead and
sulphuric corrosive as the dynamic materials, and are known as lead corrosive batteries.
Every battery comprises of various cells. As the voltage of every cell, when completely
energized, is somewhat multiple volts, 6 cells are needed for a 12 volt battery.
The battery is a method for putting away electrical energy in a compound structure. While the
work vehicle is running regularly the battery is consequently charged through the its charging
framework. Electrical energy is changed over into compound energy while the plates of the
battery are being charged. At the point when the battery is being released, the energy put
away in the synthetic compounds is delivered as power. A battery is supposed to be released
when it is at this point not equipped for delivering power at a usable voltage. The farm truck
is furnished with 12 Volt-80 AH/88 AH upkeep free batteries. The adverse terminal is
earthed. The battery is associated in series. Perspective on batteries terminals associated in
series (Courtesy: Escort Tractor)
a) To give a wellspring of current to motor turning over, lighting and utilization of horn.
Fig 14.1:Battery
a) Construction of battery
The battery is developed in such a way that every cell contains positive and negative plates
then again positioned close to one another (Fig: 3.). Each regrettable plate is isolated from the
positive plate by a non-leading permeable separator, which keeps the plates from contacting
one another. Every one of the positive plates are combined to a post tie, shaping a positive
(+ve) gathering, and every one of the negative plates are consolidated to a comparable post
tie, framing a negative (- ve) bunch. There is consistently one more negative plate than
negative plates in every cell. The terminals are developed through the covers from the
negative and positive gathering plate lashes. Every cell has an opening at the top through
which fluid electrolyte can be added when the channel covers are unscrewed.
With the float in an upward position, away from the side of the barrel, take the perusing with
eye at the level of the lower part of the bended piece of the fluid.
Explicit gravity ought not differ more than 0.025 focuses from one cell to another.
If the particular gravity is underneath 1.250 charge the battery and investigate the charging
framework to decide the reason for the low battery charge.
Check and guarantee that the earthing lead association from the battery is connecting with the
differential lodging and that the getting nut is tight.
Really take a look at the particular gravity of the electrolyte in every cell to inspect the
condition of charge of the battery.
Take the voltage trial of every cell to cheek the state of the cells.
Continuously see that the battery is charged appropriately by the current delivered by
alternator and try not to over charge the battery. The temperature ought not surpass degree C
while quick charging, if not it could be seriously harmed.
Under ordinary states of part, water is the main synthetic lost because of charging. Never add
sulphuric corrosive to top up the battery except if the electrolyte level has been lost through
spillage and electrolyte, whenever added should be of the right explicit gravity.
The alternator contains essentially
Rotor
Stator
Rectifier Pack
Controller/Brush Box
a) Rotor
The rotor and brush gear give the attractive field of the alternator not at all like an immediate
current generator where the field is fixed. The rotor is belt driven from the motor through a
pulley keyed to the rotor shaft, which runs in substantial fixed ball race direction. A
fundamental fan, adjoining the pulley, draws cooling air through the alternator. Current is
provided to and gotten back from the rotor field curl by means of two carbon brushes, which
bear against slip rings on the rotor shaft. As current goes through the copper wire of the rotor
field curl an attractive field is delivered and held inside an armature shaped into shaft shoes.
The arrangement of the shaft shoes guarantees centralization of the attractive field.
b) Stator
The stator contains the windings into which current is actuated by the spinning attractive field
of the rotor.
The stator is created from covers of dainty steel pressings onto which three separate wires are
wound. The overlays are uncommonly framed to think and gather the attractive field. During
each total insurgency of the rotor, every one of the three stator windings have incited flows
passing first one way and afterward the other; all in all a 3-stage rotating current. Since
substituting current is produced in a progression of throbs, the rotor highlights six sets of
posts to give a general smoother yield. For each unrest of the rotor the yield normal for every
stator winding finishes six cycles.
Exchanging current (AC) is inadmissible for charging the battery, which requires
unadulterated direct current (D.C.). Accordingly, the three-stator windings are associated
with a rectifier pack, which amends or converts the alternator yield to coordinate current.
The controller controls and keeps up with the alternator yield voltage at a protected working
level. The managed voltage level is set up in produce and can't be changed in assistance: The
controller parts are housed in a fixed gathering, which is vital with the alternator brush box.
Individual brush box and controller parts are not useful and must be supplanted as a total
gathering.
d) Alternator Operation:
At the point when the beginning key switch is turned on, a sum little current stream from the
battery through the rotor field windings. The circuit is made by means of the charge pointer
cautioning light, alternator terminal IND, the rotor field winding, the alternator controller and
ground.
At this stage the admonition light is enlightened and the rotor somewhat polarized. At the
point when the motor is turned over and the somewhat charged rotor rotates inside the stator
windings a 3-stage exchanging current is created.
During the ascent in created yield voltage (reflected at terminal IND) the splendor of the
notice light is diminished and when the voltage at the IND terminal compares to that at the
battery side of the notice light the light is smothered.The voltage keeps on ascending until the
foreordained managed voltage level is reached. In case of drive belt breakage the voltage
won't develop inside the alternator thus the charge marker light will stay on to show
disappointment.
CONCLUSION
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