Transactions of the ASAE · 1990 · 19 citations · 2 references
AgricultureAgricultural EngineeringAgronomyAgricultural RoboticsCrop ManagementCrop ProductionAgricultural MachineryHarvesting EquipmentHarvesting MachineryHarvesting SystemsMechanical HarvestingMechanized HarvestingField Crop HarvestingHarvest Machinery DesignHarvester OperationHarvesting Platform DesignMechanical Harvesting ProductivitySugarcane HarvestingTangential VelocityVelocity
ABSTRACT Sweet sorghum can be readily grown in the Eastern U.S. Piedmont, but irregular-shaped fields on rolling terrain present a challenge to mechanical harvesting. An Atkinson sugarcane harvester was converted from a three-point hitch to a pull-type machine. Gathering chains captured the stalks as they were cut at the base, and elevated them at a 30 angle. The stalk was gripped between two rotating disks and flipped to the horizontal position. Disk tangential velocity was 24% greater than chain velocity. Total power required was 33 kW (44 hp) with 67% for the chains and 28% for drawbar pull.
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Sweet sorghum for ethanol industry for the Piedmont
John S. Cundiff, D. H. Vaughan · Energy in Agriculture · 1987 · 12 citations · Full text
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