| Author | Sakhawat, Hossian A. H. M. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-80-27 |
| Subject(s) | Agricultural machinery--Thailand
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | A locally manufactured power tiller was tested for its performance. A rope brake for measuring the input power to the power tiller axle was
designed and fabricated. The tiller was mounted on a frame and one side of the axle was connected to the brake shaft by means of a flexible coupling.
At full throttle setting the engine was loaded by placing weights on the brake hanger. Varying the center distance between engine pulley and transmission pulley as well as the linkage setting of the clutch lever, transmitted
power for various possible combinations using two sets of belts was measured from the brake. For a particular configuration power transmission was affected
significantly by change in belt tension. Sag (indicating belt tension) of 25 nun/m of center distance was found to transmit maximum power, For new
belts this sag was achieved at a center distance of 78 cm and in that case the transmission efficiency was about 94%. |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra |
| Examination Committee(s) | Konaka, Toshio ; Jindal, Vinod Kumar ;Apichart Anukularmphai
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Commonwealth Secretariate |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1980 |