1Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAsra College of Engg. & Technology, Bhawanigarh (India)
2Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAsra College of Engg. & Technology, Bhawanigarh (India)
3Research Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Asra College of Engg. & Technology, Bhawanigarh (India)
Online published on 8 May, 2017.
Tractor is used as a main source of power in developing countries. In order to reduce the cost of production it is necessary to understand and predict tractor performance, which is a goal of our researcher. The performance of tractor mainly depending on the handling of the implement with respect to the tractor and drawbar pull. Objectives of this paper is to maximizing the fuel efficiency of the engine and drive train, minimizing the travel reduction, and finding different means by which we can improve efficiency and travel speed of given tractor-implement system. Simple experiments are conducted and an instrumentation system is mounted on a Sonalika DI-750 tractor to measure the various performance parameters of the tractor and attached implements. Tractive performance evaluation was made by comparing the relationships of travel reduction, working depth and fuel efficiency. Highest performance was obtained in a given field by optimum gear selection and ballasting.
Three point hitch, ballast, travel reduction, draft sensing, implements
