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Farm Machinery Practice Test: Numericals On Mouldboard Plough And Tractor Power Estimation
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Farm Machinery Practice Test: Numericals On Mouldboard Plough And Tractor Power Estimation
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1. A straight tooth gear having involute profile with 20° pressure angle transmits 20Nm torque. Pitch diameter of the gear is 24 cm. If only one pair of tooth is engaged at any instant of time, the force experienced by the tooth will be ______
2. A simple band brake has the tight side of the band attached to a fixed pivot. The angle of wrap is 280° about a 450-mm diameter drum. A torque of 170 mm is sustained at 900 revs min-1. If the co-efficient of friction is 0.2 the required belt tension at tight side of the belt will be _____
3. Total draft of four bottom, 40cm Mb plough when ploughing 17.5 cm deep at 5.5 km/hr speed is 1700. Field efficiency is 75%. Calculate the actual power requirement.
4. What would be the depreciation cost of a tractor purchased by the farmer having 25 KW power at a total cost of Rs 300000/-?
5. A flange mounted shear pin is used on a shaft as a safety device. The steel shear pin has a diameter of 2.38 mm and is to be mounted on the flange of shaft rotating at 650 rpm. The maximum power transmitted by the shaft is 4.5 KW. If the shear strength of material of pin is 30 MPa, the radial distance of its mounting is ____
6. A straight tooth gear having involute profile with 20° pressure angle transmits 20Nm torque. Pitch diameter of the gear is 24 cm. If only one pair of tooth is engaged at any instant of time, the force experienced by the tooth will be ______
7. A hydraulic circuit uses 25 litres of fluid per min. The fluid is supplied by a pump having a fixed displacement of 12.5 cm3 per revolution driven at 3000 rpm. The pump has a volumetric efficiency of 0.85 and torque efficiency of 0.88. If the system pressure is set at 18 MPa by the relief valve. What will be the power required to drive the pump?
8. A motor car has a wheel base of 2.73 m and pivot centre of 1.065 m. the front and rear wheel track is 1.217 m. What will be angle of outside lock and turning circle radius of the outer front and inner rear wheels when the angle of inside lock is 40°?
9. A simple band brake has the tight side of the band attached to a fixed pivot. The angle of wrap is 280° about a 450-mm diameter drum. A torque of 170 mm is sustained at 900 revs min-1. If the co-efficient of friction is 0.2 the required belt tension at tight side of the belt will be _____
10. A hydraulic circuit uses 25 litres of fluid per min. The fluid is supplied by a pump having a fixed displacement of 12.5 cm3 per revolution driven at 3000 rpm. The pump has a volumetric efficiency of 0.85 and torque efficiency of 0.88. If the system pressure is set at 18 MPa by the relief valve. What will be the power required to drive the pump?
11. What will be the interest per hour when the cost of 35hp tractor is ₨ 3,00,000/-, life of tractor is 10 years, rate of interest 10% and working hours per year is 1000 hours?
12. What is the area covered per day of 8 hours by a tractor down four bottom 35 cm plough if the speed of the ploughing is 6km per hour, the time lost in turning is 6%?
13. Total draft of four bottom, 40cm Mb plough when ploughing 17.5 cm deep at 5.5 km/hr speed is 1700. Field efficiency is 75%. Calculate the actual power requirement.
14. What will be the interest per hour when the cost of 35hp tractor is ₨ 3,00,000/-, life of tractor is 10 years, rate of interest 10% and working hours per year is 1000 hours?
15. Line of pull of a MB plough is 15° with the horizontal and is in a vertical plane which at an angle of 12° with the direction of travel plane which is at an angle 12° with the direction off travel. Calculate the side draft.
16. A four bottom 40 cm MB plough has a working depth of 15 cm and draft of 1600 kg. It is working at a speed of 15 cm and draft of 1600 kg. it is working at a speed of 4.5 km/hr with field efficiency of 70%. What will be the drawbar power?

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