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How Combine Harvesters Are Made: Raw Materials, Manufacturing Process, Quality Control, And More

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 Combine harvesters are excellent equipment for farmers to perform two or more basic harvesting functions at any given time. A combine harvester would allow you to perform crop reaping, threshing, and separating the grain kernels from seed coverings and chaff. Some of the best combine harvesters will enable you to bale the straws after threshing cutting down your harvesting time even further.  Raw materials  Combine harvesters are easily one of the largest pieces of equipment that one can find in the farming industry, made using thousands of kilograms of raw materials. Sheet steel is probably the main raw material used to create these combines, which are often 48 inches wide and normally weigh around 5,448 kilograms. Massive rolls of sheet steel are delivered to the manufacturer, who then uncoil them and cut them into plates before grilling, shaping and welding to make the combine's body, grain tank, external panels etc.   Manufacturing process: 1. Cutting the steel...

Operation and Efficiency of Different Types of Combines

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 The need for bigger and faster harvesters has brought forth models that work with higher efficiency and better robustness. In a broad sense, different types of combines fall into two categories - controlled combine harvesters and self-propelled harvesters. The controlled harvesters are further classified into those with auxiliary engines and those without. The controlled combines are also called tractor-pull combines or the pull-type harvesting combines . Harvesting Using a Combine   First, a word about the operation of the different types of combines. In the tractor-pull combines, a tractor supplies the power to the threshing and harvesting machine. It also pulls the machine and helps with separating and cleaning. The power gets transferred from the power shaft of the tractor. It involves a slight change in the operating principle. The separate engine from the tractor does the cutting and thrashing operations of the crop. Types of Combines In Use The other model among the d...