DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
AG31201 Design of Farm Machinery
LECTURE OUTCOME
Students will get an overview of the
cultivator used in farm machinery
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CULTIVATOR
• secondary tillage implement
• functions:
pulverizing and partly crushing the
tilled soil beds
• mounted or semi-mounted type
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CULTI VATOR COMPONENTS AND
FUNCT IONS
Source: Google Images
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WORKI NG ELEMENT TY PES OF A
CULTI VATOR
• Flexible tooth
• Semi-rigid tooth
• Rigid type
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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WORKI NG ELEMENT TY PES OF A
CULTI VATOR
Source: Google Images
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PROBLEM
Find the volume of soil handled per unit time when a
tractor drawn 11×30 cm shovel-type cultivator is
operated in sandy loam soil at a depth of 10 cm and at
a forward speed of 4 km/h.
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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LECTURE OUTCOME
Students will be able to
design a cultivator
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DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
• spacing
• working width
• number of tines
• size of shank
• throat clearance
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DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
Design of Shank
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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DESIGN OF CULTIVATOR
Design of Frame
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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DESIGN PROBLEM
Design a tractor-drawn 9-tine cultivator for a
45hp two-wheel drive tractor.
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Manufacturing of Cultivator Sweeps Yucheng City China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeVTbi0bMV4&t=26s
Sweeps arrangement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PzonG3TjZY
Working of a cultivator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfEYSRRnQ8M
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POWER TRA NSMISSI ON I N TRACTOR
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PROBLEM
If the unit draft of a tractor drawn 9×25 cm shovel-type
cultivator when operated in sandy loam soil at a depth of 10 cm
is 25 kN/m2, find the total draft requirement of the cultivator. The
total weight of tractor and cultivator is 2500 kg. Assuming rolling
resistance of tractor and cultivator as 10% of its total weight, find
out the total power requirement to carry out tillage, when the
cultivator is to be operated at 4 km/h.
Source: Raheman and Sarkar, 2024
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READING ASSIGNMENT
• Principles of Farm Machinery by Kepner, Bainer, Barger
• Tillage Machinery – Passive, Active and Combination by
Raheman and Sarkar
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