ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
A.K. YADAV1*, A.K. SHARMA2
1Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, College of Technology & Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan, India
2Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, College of Technology & Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan, India
* Corresponding Author : arvindyadav.k@gmail.com
Received : 01-02-2020 Accepted : 13-02-2020 Published : 15-02-2020
Volume : 12 Issue : 3 Pages : 9531 - 9536
Int J Agr Sci 12.3 (2020):9531-9536
Keywords : Wear, Rotavator blade, Surface hardening
Academic Editor : Prof Jaime Cuauhtemoc Negrete, Basavaraj
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, College of Technology & Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed
In agriculture, tillage is one of the most important filed operation. The land is usually ploughed by using plough and cultivators. But these cannot serve the purpose as they invert only the upper layer of soil, without proper mixing. Hence, to have a good soil tilth, additional field operations using rotavator, harrow etc. are highly essential. Compared to cultivator, a tractor mounted rotavator saves 30-35% of time and reduces 20-25% in the cost of operation. But there is a limitation that the rotavator blades might be subjected to wear and fatigue under dynamic loading. Abrasive wear has been emerged as a serious problem in rotavator blades. It increases the down time and maintenance cost. Wear of rotavator blades occurs because the material used are softer than the natural abrasives in the soil. The rotavator blades available in the market are not properly heat treated so the wear rate is considerably more as compare to the heat-treated blades. So, there is a need to study wear characteristics of rotavator blades.
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