Chp1 Module 1

• Agricultural Machinery


  Deals with the study of the application, use and management of various agricultural machines, tools and equipment used for production and post-production operations
• Agricultural Mechanization


  The development, manufacture and extension of appropriate agricultural tools, implements, and machinery using animal, human, mechanical, electrical, and other renewable sources of energy for agricultural production and development and post harvest operations
• Classifications of Agricultural Machines

  • Agricultural Field Equipment
  • Farmstead Equipment
• Agricultural Field Equipment


  • Equipment designed primarily for agricultural field operation, including agricultural tractors, self-propelled machines, implements, and their combinations
• Agricultural Tractor


  A traction machine designed primarily to supply power to agricultural implements and farmstead equipment, propelling itself and providing force to the direction of travel to enable attached soil-engaging and other agricultural implements to perform their intended function
• Agricultural Implement


  An implement that is designed to perform agricultural operations, further classified into: (a) towed; (b) mounted; and (c) semi-mounted implements
• Self-Propelled Machine


  An implement designed with integral power unit to provide both mobility and power for performing agricultural operations
• Farmstead Equipment


  • Equipment other than agricultural field equipment used in agricultural operation for the production of food and fiber, including livestock equipment, waste handling system, crop drying and milling systems, material handling systems, and others
• Classifications of Agricultural Field Equipment According to Operation

  • Tillage Equipment
  • Crop Establishment Equipment
  • Crop Maintenance Equipment
  • Harvesting and Threshing Equipment
  • Drying Equipment
  • Milling Equipment
  • Storage Equipment
• Plow


  A primary tillage implement which constitutes the initial major soil-working operation, normally designed to reduce soil strength, cover plant materials, and rearrange aggregates
• Harrow


  A secondary tillage implement designed to control weed growth and to create specific soil surface configuration before seeding
• Power Tiller


  A hand operated machine used to till small sizes of land enough to replace draft animals, including Hand Tractor and Floating-Type Floating Tiller
• Seeder


  Machines used to open a furrow, place the seeds, and cover it in a prepared soil, including Drill planter, Row Planter, Broadcaster, and Drum Seeder
• Planter


  Machines used to place seedlings or plant parts in a prepared soil, including Rice Transplanter and Sugar Planter
• Sprayer


  Machines used to break the liquid into droplets of effective size and distributes them uniformly over the surface or space to be protected, including Compressed Air Sprayer, Knapsack Sprayer, Power Sprayer, and Aerosol Sprayer or Fogging Machine
• Reaper Harvester


  Harvesting machines used to cut the standing crops and lay them down on the field in an orderly manner in a row, including Reaper-Windrower and Reaper-Binders
• Stripper Harvester


  A machine that combines harvesting and threshing into a single operation, removing the grain directly from the head or panicle without cutting the stalks
• Combine Harvester


  A self-propelled machine which harvests and threshes the grain at the same time to make it ready for drying and storage, including Check-Row or Oriental-Type and Reel-Type or Western-Type
• Rice Thresher


  A machine that separates the rice grain from the panicle, including Hold-on or Thrown-In, Axial Flow or Radial Flow, Peg-Tooth, Wire Loop, or Rasp Bar, with or without a Cleaner or Mobile with cleaner
• Sheller


  Machines used to separate seeds from the cobs or pods, including Corn Sheller, Peanut Sheller, Coffee Bean Sheller, and Coffee Sheller
• Grain Dryer


  Machines used to reduce the moisture of the grain from a level that is in equilibrium with the atmosphere or at about 14%, including Flatbed Dryer, Re-circulating Dryer, Continuous Flow Dryer, In Storage Bin Dryer, Warehouse Dryer, and Flash Dryer
• Rice Mill


  Machines used to convert paddy into milled rice, including Single Pass Rice Mill and Multiple Pass Rice Mill, with Rubber Roll, Stone Disc, Steel Flueted Mill, and Centrifugal Huller
• Pump


  Machines used to lift water at a given flow rate and head, including Axial Pump, Centrifugal Pump, Mixed-flow Pump, Lift Pump, and Screw Pump
• Size Reduction Equipment


  Machines used to reduce the size of material in granular or powdered form either by cutting, shearing, impact or their combinations, including Hammer Mill, Burr Mill, Steel-Flueted Mill, and Pulverizer
• Biomass Shredder


  Machines used to reduce the size of fibrous materials and shattered its fiber through impact action of the beaters or hammers
• Grain Storage Equipment


  Equipment used to safely store the grain immediately after drying without significant loss in their quality, including Bin and Silos, Bucket elevator, Belt conveyor, and Screw conveyors
• Photos, illustrations and schematic diagrams of equipment or machine parts are shown in the presentation solely for educational purposes to facilitate comprehension of the topics by the students. Showing them does not endorse a product nor imply criticism of similar products not mentioned.
• The presentation is by Engr. Alexis T. Belonio, MS, an Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer, and ASEAN Engineer.