Information Package / Course Catalogue
Design of Harvesting Machinery
Course Code: ZTM510
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach the basic functions of the harvesting process and harvesting process.

Course Content

General Principles of Prototype Making. Effects of Function and Economy. Examination of Production, Maintenance and Operating Safety. Cutting Theory in Plant Material. Rake of Handle Material. Compression-Crushing Theory. Baling Machines. Blending Methods. Separation and Cleaning Methods and Layouts. Power Transmission Systems in Harvesting Machines. Capacity Calculations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Design philosophy of learning
2.To understand the biological and physicomechanical properties of the plant
3.To understand the theory of Interruption
4.To understand the theory of raking
5.To understand the theory of compression and crushing.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Agrıcultural Machınes Theory and Constructıon, Vol.2. Kanafojski, Cz., T.Karwowski, . Crop-Harvesting Machines, Foreign Scientificlications Dept. Of the National Center for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information, Warsaw, Poland, 1976
2.Hasat-Harman İlkeleri ve Makinaları. Güzel, E.,, Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitapları Yayın No: A-60, Adana, 1998.
3.Biçer-döverler. Erol, M.A., M.,Dilmaç, TZDK Mesleki Yayınları, 1982.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Biological and physicomechanical properties of the plant material- Harvesting machines presentation
Week 2 - Theoretical
The general principles of the construction of the prototype- General information on the design of the machine, the calculations
Week 3 - Theoretical
The effects of function and economy- Studies on the machine
Week 4 - Theoretical
Operation, maintenance and operation mode of manufacturing evaluate the safety of-Studies on the machine
Week 5 - Theoretical
Harvesting machines, mechanisms- Studies on the machine
Week 6 - Theoretical
Theory of plant material being cut- cutting applications
Week 7 - Theoretical
Rake handle material-raking applications
Week 8 - Theoretical
Compression-crushing theory-Studies on the machine
Week 9 - Theoretical
Baling machines-Studies on the machine
Week 10 - Theoretical
Method of Blending-Blending the introduction of machines
Week 11 - Theoretical
Separation and cleaning methods and layouts-Studies on the machine
Week 12 - Theoretical
Harvesting machines, power transmission systems,-Studies on the machine
Week 13 - Theoretical
Capacity calculations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Sample calculations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Lecture - Practice142256
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
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4
5
5
5
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5
5
OÇ-4
5
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5
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5
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5
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OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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