Farm Machinery Laboratory detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of farm machinery laboratory is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- The students will be introduced to the practice of different farm machinery in the field on tillage, sowing, plant protection, harvesting and threshing; care and maintenance; lubrication; fits and tolerances and replacements; adjustments of farm machines; dismantling and reassembling of a disc harrow, seed-cum fertilizer drill and sprayer, engine pumps
Experiments
- Identification of major systems of a tractor and general guidelines on preliminary check measures before starting a tractor – procedure for starting, running and stopping the tractor.
- Identification of components of power tiller, their maintenance and study on preliminary check measures and safety aspects before starting a power tiller – procedure for starting, running and stopping the power tiller.
- Field operation and adjustments of ploughs
- Field operation and adjustments of harrows
- Field operation and adjustments of cultivators
- Field operation of sowing and planting equipment and their adjustments
- Field operation of plant protection equipment
- Field operation on mowers and reapers
- Field operation of combine and determination of field losses
- Field operation of threshers and their performance evaluation
- Studies on methods of repair, maintenance and off-season storage of farm equipment
- Opening and reassembly of disc harrows, determination and adjustment of tilt and disc angles
- Hitching of agricultural implements and trailers
- Study and operation of bulldozer
- Visit to agro-manufacturers
Text Books:
- Jain, S.C. and C.R. Rai. Farm Tractor Maintenance and Repair. Standard publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1999.
- Herbert L.Nichols Sr., Moving the Earth, D. Van Nostrand company Inc. Princeton, 1959.
Reference Books:
- John A Havers and Frank W Stubbs, Hand book of Heavy Construction, McGraw – Hill book Company, New York, 1971.
- Barger, E.L., J.B. Liljedahl and E.C. McKibben, Tractors and their Power Units. Wiley Eastern Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
Course Outcomes:
- To identify major systems in a tractor and general guidelines on preliminary check measures before starting a tractor.
- To have knowledge of the field operations and management of tillage implements.
- To have knowledge of the field operations and management of seeder devices and plant protection equipment.
- To have knowledge of the field operations and management of harvesters, threshers and combines.
- To have knowledge of the field operations and management of heavy earth moving machinery.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Agriculture Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Agri 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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