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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Agricultural equipment"”.
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An Analysis of Selected Mechanical Tasks Performed in the Agricultural Equipment Service Industry in Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:53:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7524406.pdf: 8468887 bytes, checksum: 85edad489c03809e5e9a5f8d0a34cdaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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Converting activities to processes for operational efficency improvement of a South African agricultural equipment manufacturer
South African agricultural equipment manufacturers face increasing pressures from global competition, in response they have resorted to manufacturing customised machinery in a bid to secure market share. This strategy, while successful, introduces a high degree of product variation and complexity - …
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Nontraditional agricultural equipment lending trends in the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and Uniform Commercial Code data
… estimates are used by government officials and agricultural sector stakeholders to inform policy and financial decisions. Farm debt is categorized by both the debt type (real estate or nonreal estate) as well as the lender. The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) serves as the main …
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A Comparison of Certain Knowledges in Agriculture Needed by Workers in Farming, in Grain Elevator Businesses, and in Agricultural Equipment Businesses
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:23:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6511777.pdf: 13709720 bytes, checksum: 2d026e8438786cf83f8b2df6ec994e8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1965
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Design of a chain flail mower for leveling rough terrain
The flail mower is a piece of agricultural equipment that uses bladed attachments rotating around a drum to cut down bushes and grassy terrain. One major drawback to the flail mower is the rapid wear that happens almost immediately when any sort of rocks, gravel, or rough terrain are encountered. …
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Bearing failure detection in farm machinery using low-cost acoustic techniques
Unexpected bearing failures in agricultural equipment can result in considerable inconvenience, potential hazard, and monetary loss. Continuous bearing condition monitoring using vibration and audio spectrum analysis can detect imminent bearing failures before dangerous situations develop. Current …
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Design and analysis of a turbocharged single cylinder diesel engine intake system for increased power output and transient response
… in developing countries such as small-powered agricultural equipment, water pumps, and other power sources. Research has shown that the power of a turbocharged single-cylinder engine can match that of a larger displacement multi-cylinder, naturally aspirated engine, at a fraction of the cost. …
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Evaluation of product support sources
… reviews survey data collected from a large agricultural equipment company’s retailers on their satisfaction of product support tools and services provided by the company, and how the retailers utilize these product support tools and services when attempting to resolve a product issue. This …
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A Conceptual Design and Economic Analysis of a Small Autonomous Harvester
Current trends in agricultural equipment have led to an increasing degree of autonomy. As the state of the art progresses towards fully autonomous vehicles, it is important to consider assumptions implicit in the design of these vehicles. Current automation in harvesters have led to increased …
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Rearward visibility issues related to agricultural machinery: Contributing factors, potential solutions
… complexity, and speed of tractors and other agricultural self-propelled machinery have increased, so have the visibility-related issues, placing significant importance on the visual skills, alertness, and reactive abilities of the operator. Rearward movement of large agricultural equipment …
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Rapid fabrication of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization
… for products like truck body panels and agricultural equipment. FROMP had previously been limited by high catalyst loading requirements and short working time (<1 h). We were able to reduce the catalyst loading by 3-5 fold by performing FROMP with the more reactive exo-isomer of DCPD, …
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Using Polar Organic Chemical Integrated Sampler (POCIS) to monitor pesticide fluxes in Alpine streams
… freshwater and riparian ecosystems also include agricultural activities, which are often located near watercourses and lead to increased levels of nutrients and pesticides in rivers due to surface runoff from rainwater or from irrigation. One of the most widely used approaches to assessing …