Design and field testing of a sugarcane cutter | ||||
| Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Engineering | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2021, Page 39-48 PDF (1.27 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/azeng.2021.209947 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Abdallah E. Elwakeel  1; Saad F. Ahmed2; Abdalla M. Zein Eldin2; Waleed M. Hanafy3
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| 1Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alshatby, Alexan-dria, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of agriculture and natural resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Sugar is an important strategic commodity for all countries of the world. Sugar after wheat is of strategic importance in Egypt. It was, therefore, necessary to pay full attention to sugary crops, especially sugar cane, to increase productivity and to bridge the gap between production and consumption by increasing the productivity of sugarcane. The main problem of sugar cane plantation is the harvesting process. The sugarcane harvesting season lasts for 5 months in Egypt, starting in Dec. and ending in May. A tractor-operated sugarcane harvester was designed, manufactured, and tested, and the machine parts was designed by using “SolidWorks” software, and this program helps to find out the typical dimensions of various components of machine with great accuracy in small time. The machine was manufacturing and constructed by using the low-cost material available in local market. Results of the tests showed that the effective field capacity ranged from 1.16 to 1.3 Fed/h and increased with an increase in row spacing and forward speed. In the high crop density fields, the cutter head efficiency averaged 100 %. It, however, increased with a decrease in cutting height and, increased with an increase in row spacing and number of knives. The throughput capacity increased from 42.9 to 79.02 t/h as the row spacing increased from 71 to 88.75 cm and the maximum total operating costs are 120 EGP/h (98.5 and 92.3 EGP/Fed) depending on the power requirements. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sugarcane Harvesting Systems; Mechanized Systems; Sugarcane Combine; Tractor Mounted Cutters | ||||
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