International Journal of Engineering Research
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 7

Investigations on Sugarcane De-Trashing Mechanisms

  • Author:
  • Joby Bastian1,, B. Shridar2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 453 to 457

1Regional Agricultural Research Station, Kumarakom, Kerala Agricultural University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

2Agricultural Machinery Research Centre, AEC&RI, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding Email: bastianjoby@gmail.com

Online published on 8 November, 2017.

Abstract

Mechanisation of harvesting is crucial for ensuring cost effectiveness of sugarcane cultivation. Detrashing is the removal of leaves and top from harvested cane stalk. The operating parameters of a high speed rotating brush type de-trashing mechanism were investigated so as to aid the development of a combine harvester.

Keywords

Sugarcane de-trashing, Rotating brush, Detrashing efficiency, cane velocity