Evaluation the performance of the locally Developed Corn Thresher Machine from Manual to Mechanical System

Al-Dola, Ayoob A. A. M.; Rajab, Adel A. A.

doi:10.58928/ku23.14205

Authors

¹ Nineveh Agriculture Directorate, Iraq.

² Agricultural Machines and Equipment, Collage of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, Iraq

Document Type : Research Paper

10.58928/ku23.14205

Abstract

Abstract

This study was conducted to develop corn thresher located in the College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul - Iraq in 2022, and this thresher operated by manual system. 1The factors were studied using two varieties of corn (Rayal, ZP), rotation speed 50, 100 rpm, and clearance between threshing wheel and pressing plate 10, 20 mm on some indicators, namely: productivity (kg.h-1), percentage of damaged grains (%), percentage of non-threshed grains (%).Operating costs (dinars. kg-1), the experiment was implemented according to a Complete Randomized Design (CRD), and with three replications .The main objectives of the study were to develop a manual system of thresher machine and to select the most appropriate operating factors that affect its performance. The results of the study showed that the (Rayal) variety was superior to the (ZP) variety in recording the lowest percentage of damaged grains. The rotation speed 100 rpm achieved the highest productivity values and the lowest values for each of (percentage of non-threshed grains, Operating costs), The clearance 20 mm was superior in achieving the highest values for productivity and the lowest values for the percentage of damaged grains, while the clearance 10 mm achieved the lowest values for the percentage of non-threshed grains.

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Agricultural machinery and Equipment

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Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)

Evaluation the performance of the locally Developed Corn Thresher Machine from Manual to Mechanical System

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Volume 14, Issue 2
July 2023
Page 54-66

Evaluation the performance of the locally Developed Corn Thresher Machine from Manual to Mechanical System

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Volume 14, Issue 2July 2023Page 54-66

Volume 14, Issue 2
July 2023
Page 54-66