Performance of New Design Mouldboard Plough Model (Double Sided Plough) in a Soil Bin

Authors : Gholamreza GHAHRAMANIAN, Engin ÇAKIR, Jacek KLONOWSKI, Aleksander LISOWSKI

Pages : 195-198

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Publication Date : 2014-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Mouldboard plough is common tillage tool tool in the traditional tillage system by farmers in the world. Single-sided moldboard ploughs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SMP); are used widely for conventional tillage. But, SMP forms ridges or open furrows in the field due to its way of entering to the field which causes deformation in the field leveling. Unnecessary empty turns of SMP decreases not only the efficiency of the plough but also increases the fuel consumption. To avoid the disadvantages of SMP, reversible mouldboard plough insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RMP); is used by farmers. But RMP requires high power tractors due to its heavy structure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2 ploughs in the same frame);. Beside its heavy structure, RMP are quite expensive to buy comparing the prices of SMP. The advantages of SMP are low buying price and not requiring high power tractors, but they have also disadvantages like causing deformation in the field leveling, high fuel consumptions and low efficiency comparing the RMP. New mouldboard plough was designed to avoid disadvantages but at the same time to gain advantages of both SMP and RMP. This new design plough was named Double Sided Mouldboard Plough insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DSMP); can invert the soil in both directions of the tractor like RMP does. DSMP has similar number of plough body like SMP and does not require a high power tractor. Due to its light structure, DSMP removes the disadvantages of RMP while maintains the advantages of both SMP and RMP. The objective of this research was to evaluate the performance of DSMP and compare the results with two different models SMP in a soil bin. For this purpose, one half scale of single bottom DSMP model was constructed and tested in the soil bin with 10% moisture content located in the department of farm machinery, Warsaw Agricultural Faculty, Warsaw, Poland. Tillage quality and specific draft of the DSMP at different travel speed were measured for the performances of the model plough in the soil bin. The results were compared with previously made experiment in which similar models of SMP used in the same soil bin with 14% moisture content. According to the results, DSMP can be used effectively as an alternative to the SMP and RMP in the field conditions once its frame properly designed.
Keywords : Conventional tillage, mouldboard plough, reversible plough, double sided plough, plough models, tillage