Special Farm Equipment Agri 8th Sem Syllabus for BE 2017 Regulation Anna Univ (Professional Elective VI) detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is collected from the Anna Univ official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8020), Category (PE), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
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Course Objective:
- To study the special machineries used for agricultural applications
Unit I
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Unit II
Sprayers and Dusters
Sprayers – Sprayer operation – boom sprayer – precaution – coverage – factors affecting drift. Rotating disc sprayers – Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) – Electrostatic sprayers – Areal spraying – Air assist sprayers – orchard sprayers – Dusters – types – mist blower cum duster – other plant protection devices, care and maintenance.
Unit III
Threshers and Harvesters
Construction and adjustments – registration and alignment. Windrowers, reapers, reaper binders and forage harvesters. Diggers for potato, groundnut and other tubers. Sugarcane harvesters -cotton pickers – corn harvesters – fruit crop harvesters – vegetable harvesters.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Specialized Farm Equipment
Pneumatic planters – air seeders – improved ploughs – reversible ploughs – suction traps – seed and fertilizer broadcasting devices, manure spreaders, sweep weeders – direct paddy seeders, direct paddy cum daincha seeder, coconut tree climbing devices, tractor operated hoist, tractor operated rhizome planter – Transplanters and Balers.
Course Outcome:
- After completion of the course, the students will have a thorough knowledge on special farm equipment required for various agricultural operations.
Text Books:
- Jagdishwar Sahay. 2010. Elements of Agricultural Engineering. Standard Publishers Distributors, Delhi 6.
- Michael and Ojha. 2005. Principles of Agricultural Engineering. Jain brothers, New Delhi.
References:
- Kepner, R.A., et al. 1997. Principles of farm machinery. CBS Publishers and Distributers, Delhi.
- Harris Pearson Smith et al. 1996. Farm machinery and equipments. Tata McGraw-Hill pub., New Delhi.
- Srivastava, A.C. 1990. Elements of Farm Machinery. Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi
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