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English: This cross-sectional diagram of a typical combine harvester shows the path followed by a generic grain crop as it is harvested from a field: the stalks of the plants are cut by a series of blades at the front of the combine, after which the cut stalks are conveyed to the interior of the machine (red); the useful grain (yellow) is then loosened and separated from the cut stalks and ...
Case IH 7140 rotary harvester with corn header with cutaway showing rotary threshing mechanism. Case IH axial-flow combines (also known as rotary harvesters) are a type of combine harvester that has been manufactured by International Harvester, and later Case International, Case Corporation, and CNH Global, used by farmers to harvest a wide range of grains around the world.
It was the disadvantages of the rotary combine (increased power requirements and over-pulverization of the straw by-product) which prompted a resurgence of conventional combines in the late nineties. Perhaps overlooked but nonetheless true, when the large engines that powered the rotary machines were employed in conventional machines, the two ...
A combine harvester combines the reaping (plus or minus binding), threshing, and winnowing functions into one machine, hence the "combine" part of its name. To that list, the Baldwin brothers' Gleaner added self-propulsion. Earlier combines, the so-called pull-type or tractor-drawn combines, were towed by tractors.
Image of components in a rotary union; a shaft, housing, bearings, seals and retaining clip. The independent shaft and housing allow for continuous rotation of either component. This is an example of a two-passage rotary union with independent channels that allow both liquids and gases to transfer simultaneously. [1]
Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming.The best-known example of this kind is the tractor.. From left to right: John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head.
In 1977, International Harvester introduced the first Axial-Flow rotary combine. This machine, produced at East Moline, Illinois , was the first generation of over 30 years of Axial-Flow combines. In 1979 IH introduced two tractors, the 3388 and 3588, known as the 2+2 4WD line.
In the late 1970s, International Harvester had pioneered rotary combines with their Axial flow machines and were soon followed by other manufacturers, but Deere continued to build only conventional walker combines through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1999, John Deere introduced the Single-Tine Separation (STS) system on its 9550, 9650, and 9750 ...