Syllabus - On Field Farm Machinery Operations (AT505)

Agriculture Engineering

On Field Farm Machinery Operations (AT505)

V-Semester

Operation and maintenance of tractors, power tiller and self-propelled units

Operation of primary and secondary tillage equipment – MB Plough, Cultivator, Rotavator, Harrow, etc.

Operation, calibration and adjustment of seeding and planting equipment– manual, animal drawn, self propelled and tractor operated.

Operation, calibration and adjustment of spraying and dusting equipment

Operation and maintenance of different types of weeders – manual, animal drawn, self propelled and tractor operated.

Operation and maintenance of different types of harvesters – Sickle, vertical conveyor reaper, combine harvesters, other harvesting machines, etc.

Operation and maintenance of different types of threshers and shellers – manual, animal drawn, engine/ motor operated and tractor operated.

Operation and maintenance of different types of cleaners & graders.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Jain SC. & Rai CR. 2012. Farm Tractor: Maintenance and Repair. Standard Publishers.

  • Jain SC. & Rai CR. 2018. Farm Tractor Power Tiller: Maintenance and Repair. Standard Publishers.

  • HansenSteve&HansenAnnlarken Hansen. 2011. Maintaining small farm equipment. ISBN-13: 978-1612125275. ISBN-10: 1612125271

  • Gupta, R.B., and Gupta, B.K. (1987). Tractor Mechanic, Theory, Maintenance and Repair, .SathyaPrakashan and Tech India Publications, New Delhi.

  • Liljedahl John, B., Casleton Walter, M., Turnquist Paul, K., and Smith David, W. (1951). Tractors and Their Power Units, John Wiley & Sons, New‐York.

  • Ghosh, P.K, and Swain, S. (1993). Practical Agricultural Engineering. NayaProkash, Calcutta.