Design, and Performance Test of Cotton Stalks Puller

Abstract

The implement was designed and developed in the work- shop of Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology. The implement was constructed from series of disc blades mounted on a frame. The two discs arranged together with specific space and angles to adapt with cotton stalks pulling operation. The equipment mounted on the Tractor by three hitches linkage. After construction of the implement the field performance test was done in Gezira Scheme by measuring the tilt and rake angles parameter .The experimental design was IX ‫.‪replication‬‬ ‫‪The results revealed that the best performance (94%) of‬‬ ‫‪the implement was found at the tilt angle of 30 degree, and rake‬‬ ‫‪angle of 20 degree . The implement with this specification and‬‬ ‫-‪parameters can be manufacture in both industrial and semi‬‬ ‫‪industrial factories and even small workshops because the‬‬ ‫‪design was simple. And the manufacture cost of the implement‬‬ ‫. ‪s 3000 SDG and it will work for several years‬‬