AREN 308 — Agricultural Machinery Technology
Agricultural Engineering · University of Ghana
The performance and design characteristics of crop establishment, protection, harvesting and handling equipment, the selection of suitable machinery to meet the performance requirements of various agricultural operations. Tillage: Objectives of tillage, primary and secondary tillage equipment (plows, harrows, etc). Ploughs - Functions of the ploughs, principle of operation of the plough, types of ploughs, setting and adjustments of ploughs, calculating draught requirement for ploughs; Cultivators and Harrows - Types of cultivators, functions of the cultivators principle of operation of cultivators; Ridgers - Types of ridgers, principles of operation of ridgers. Planters and seed drills; methods of seed establishment, functions of a seeder, seed metering devices. Fertilizer distribution/broadcasters, Husbandry equipment: Field sprayers/dusters: Types of sprayers (hydro-pneumatic, mist blower etc). Factors affecting sprayer performance. Harvesting equipment: Harvesting methods, combine harvesters of grains, tubers and fruits (basic operations, working principles, and combine losses). Equipment for Livestock - Milking systems an mechanisms, principle of operation, Hatchery equipment: setters and hatchers; egg handling - layout of setters, puckers etc.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AREN 301 — Soil and Crop Mechanics Application to Mechanization
- AREN 302 — Agricultural Materials Handling
- AREN 304 — Soil Mechanics
- AREN 305 — Heat Transfer
- AREN 306 — Hydrology and Water Resources Management
- AREN 307 — Farm Structures and Environmental engineering
- AREN 309 — Soil and Water Engineering
- AREN 312 — Energy and Power Utilization on Farms
- AREN 101 — Engineering Graphics
- AREN 102 — Engineering Drawing
- AREN 201 — Engineering Surveying
- AREN 202 — Physical and Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).