DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF BED FORMER IMPLEMENT POWERED BY HAND TRACTORS
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Published:2021-12-30
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Page:241-247
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ISSN:2068-2239
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Container-title:INMATEH Agricultural Engineering
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language:en
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Short-container-title:INMATEH
Author:
Mustaqimah Mustaqimah1, Bulan Ramayanty1, Syafriandi Syafriandi1, Imanda Reza1, Uzair Uzair1, Sartika T. Dewi2, Sitorus Agustami3
Affiliation:
1. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Syiah Kuala University/ Indonesia 2. Department of Civil Engineering, Nusa Putra University/ Indonesia 3. Research Centre for Appropriate Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) / Indonesia
Abstract
Soil tillage, like making raised beds, is time-consuming and labour-intensive if it is done without the help of mechanization. Therefore, this study aims to develop and test a bed former powered by a hand-tractor for upland. It was carried out in the experimental field (sandy clay loam texture) at a furrower depth of 15 cm and 20 cm with a tractor forward speed of 0.5 m/s. The bed's former design results have dimensions of length, width, and height of 1200x1000x 820 mm. The performance test results showed an increase in tillage depth resulted in increased bed height, bed width, bed width, and slip. However, field capacity decreases with increasing tillage depth. The bed former's performance was found to be satisfactory in general.
Publisher
INMA Bucharest-Romania
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Food Science
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