VOLUME TWO

PART FIVE. MACHINES FOR HARVESTING GRASSES FOR HAYMAKING

CHAPTER I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Types of Fodder Obtained from Grasses

2. Agronomic Requirements of Haymaking Machines. Forage Harvesting Zones in the USSR

3. Production Processes of Forage Harvesting and Machines for Large-scale Mechanization

CAPTER II. CUITING EQUIPMENT OF HARVESTING MACHINES

4. Physico-mechanical Properties of Grass and Cereal Stalks

5. Resistance to Cutting

6. Speed of Cutting of Stalks

7. Cutting Angle of the Knife Segment

8. Deflection of Stalks in Cutters

9. Maximum Permissible Feed Rate

10. Stroke Length of Knife

CHAPTER III KNIFE DRIVES

11. Kinematics of the Drive Mechanisms of Cutting Equipment

12. Balancing of Inertia Forces of Cutting Equipment

CHAPTER IV. MOWERS

13. Classification of Mowers

14. Design and Construction of Mowers

15. Fingerless Mowers

16. Mowers with Rotary Cutting Units

17. Mower-Crushers

18. Mower-pick-up Chopper and Loader

CHAPTER V. MACHINES FOR RAKING, TEDDING AND STACKTNG HAY

19. Dump Rakes

20. Finger-wheel Rakes

21. Tedders

22. Pick-up Stacker

CHAPTER VI. HAY BALERS

23. Classification, Construction and Operation of Hay Balers

24. Binding Mechanisms

25. Baling Force

26. Pressure Distribution in the Baling Chamber

27. Flywheel Design

28. Machines for Loading, Transporting and Storing Hay Bales

29. Working Tools for Hay Briquetting

PART SIX. G W N HARVESTING MACHINES

CHAPTER I. MACHINES FOR ILAXVESTDJG GRAINS AND LEGUMINOUS CROPS

1. Agronomic Requirements in Grain Harvesting

2. Production Processes of Grain Harvesting

CHAPTER II. WINDROW HARVESTERS

3. Types of Harvesters and Their Agronomic Requirements

4. Harvesting Units and Design of Their Components

5. Reels

6. Conveyors

CHAPTER III. GRAIN HARVESTING COMBINES

7. Types of Grain Harvesting Combines

8. Attachment of the Reaper to the Thresher of the Combine

9. Production Process of the Self-propelled Combine Harvester Niva

10. Feed Rate of a Combine

11. Pickers

12. Augers

CHAPTER IV. THRESHING UNIT

13. Physical Principles of Threshing

14. Types of Threshers and Their Production Process

15. Production Capacity of Threshing Units

16. Grain Separation in Threshing Units

17. Fundamental Equation of the Thresher Drum

18. Selection of Principal Parameters of Thresher Drums

19. Balancing of Thresher Drums

CHAPTER V. STRAW WALKERS

20. Types of Straw Walkers

21. Operating Process of a Twin Crank-shaft Oscillating Section Straw Walker

22. Fundamentals of Separation

23. Motlon of Straw over Straw Walker Sections

24. Kinematic Operating Conditions of the Oscillating Straw Walker

25. Selection of Principal Parameters of a Twin-crank-shaft

Oscillating Straw Walker

26. Improvement of the Oscillating Straw WaIker

CHAPTER VI. GRAIN CLEANERS, FANS AND ELEVATORS

27. Cleaning Equipment and Its Production

28. Calculation of Principal Parameters of the Cleaning Process

29. Air-blown Series Cleaning

30. Classification of Fans

31. Measurement of Pressure of Air Stream Developed by a Fan

32. Fundamental Equation of Fans

33. Design of Fans

34. Blower Fans

35. Elevators

CHAPTER VII. GRAIN STORAGE BINS

36. Elements of the Theory of Flow of Bulk Material from Bins

37. Grain Bins of the Combines Niva and Kolos

38. Vibration Generators on Grain Bins of Combines Niva and Kolos

CHAPTER VIII. PROCESS CONTROL MECHANISMS OF GRAIN HARVESTING COMBINES

39. Hydraulic System of Self-propelled Combines

40. Optical Indicators and Audible Alarms on Combines

41. Automatic Feed Regulator of the Combine

CHAPTER IX. MODERN TRENDS IN GRAIN EIARVESTLNG TECHNIQUFIS

42. Development of Reapers

43. Development of Grain Harvesting Combines

CHAPTER X. MACHINES FOR HARVRSTTNG GRAIN-FREE PART OF THE CROP

44. Methods of Harvesting Straw and Chaff

45. Combine Attachments for Harvest of Straw and Chaff

46. .Machines for Piling Straw and Chaff

PART SEVEN. MACHINES FOR CLEANING AND GR4DING GRAINS

CHAPTER I. PRINCIPLES OF CLEANING AND GRADING GRAINS

CHAPTER II. PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS

1. Aerodynamic Properties of Grains

2. Classification of Pneumatic Systems of Grain Cleaning Machines

3. Vertical Air Channel

4. Inclined Air Channel

5. Settling Chambers and Dust Collectors

CHAPTER III. SIEVES

6. Design of Sieves

7. Selection of Sieves

8. Theoretical Principles of Operation of Plane Sieves

9. Kinematic Operating Conditions of Sieves

10. Limiting Velocity of Grains over Sieves

11. Factors Affecting Separation of Grains on Sieves

12. Clogging of Sieves

13. Determination of Principal Parameters of Plane Sieves

14. Cylindrical Sieves

CHAPTER IV. GRADERS

15. Grading Equipment

16. Theoretical Principles of Operation of Graders

17. Computation of Principal Parameters of Cylindrical Graders

CHAPTER V. OTHER MACHINES FOR CLEANING AND GRADING GRAINS

18. Frictional Cleaning Devices

19. Vibrating Grain Cleaning Machines

20. Pneumatic Grading Table

21. Magnetic Separator

22. Electric Corona Discharge Separators

23. Machines for Sorting Grains by Color

CHAPTER VI. UNITS AND MACHINES FOR POSTHARVEST PROCESSING OF GRAINS

24. Production Planning and Machine System Requirements for Post-harvest Treatment

25. Arrangement of Grain Cleaning Machines and Grain Cleaning-Drying Assemblies

PART EIGHT. ROOT TUBER HARVESTING MACHINES

CHAPTER I. MACHINES FOR HARVESTIN0 AND POST-HARVEST PROCESSING OF POTATOES

1. Agricultural Produce and Physico-mechanical Properties of Potatoes

2. Potato Harvest Technology

3. Agronomic Requirements of Potato Harvesting Machines

4. Classification, Principles of Operation and Characteristics of Potato Harvesting Machines

5. Cutting Tools

6. Separating Devices

7. Sorting Devices

CHAPTER II. SUGARBEET HARVESTING MACHINES

8. Physico-mechanical Properties of Sugarbeet during Harvest

9. Harvesting Sugarbeet-Agronomic Requirements of Beet Harvesting

10. Classification of Sugarbeet Harvesters

11. Diggers

12. Puller Units

13. Topping Unit

1 4. Beet Topping Units

15. Sugarbeet Cleaners

PART NINE. MACHINES FOR IRRIGATION AND PLANT PROTECTION

CHAPTER I. MACHINES FOR IRRIGATION

1. Irrigation: Effectiveness and Prospects. Main Trends in the Mechanization of Irrigation

2, Sprinkler Irrigation. Agronomic Requirements of Artificial Rain

3. Types of Sprinklers and Their Construction

4. Principal Types of Sprinkler Attachments

5. Determination of Principal Parameters of Sprinkler Nozzles and Machines

CHAPTER II. MACHIVES FOR PLANT PROTECTION

6. Methods of Plant Protection

7. Agronomic Requirements of Equipment for Chemical Protection of Plants from Pests, Diseases and Weeds

8. Chemical Seed Dressers

9. Sprayers

10. Aerosol Generators

11. Dusters

12. Fumigators

13. Design Parameters of Principal Working Components of Machines

14. Use of Airplanes for Chemical Plant Protection

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