EFFECT OF SOME OPERETIONAL FACTORS ON THE OPERATING COSTS IN SEED COATING PROCESS

Helmy, M.A.; Derbala, A.; Badr, S.; Amer, M.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2010.105057

EFFECT OF SOME OPERETIONAL FACTORS ON THE OPERATING COSTS IN SEED COATING PROCESS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Dept. of agric. Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelshiekh University, Egypt

² Dept. of agric. Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt

³ Agric. Eng. Res. Institute, El-Dokki, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/mjae.2010.105057

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of some engineering factors involved in processes of corn and wheat seed coating. The engineering factors were speed and slope of the coating pan, and speed of the spinner disk. The research study was carried out at the station of seed processing in Gemmiza agricultural research station [middle of the Nile Delta-Egypt]. The both of seeds were corn and wheat. The results revealed that, increasing the angle of coating pan and speed pan rotation leads to less needed time for coating 1 ton of corn and wheat seeds and vice versa. Then, the operating costs were reduced from 15.94 L.E/Mg to 10.53 L.E/Mg for corn and from 17.36 L.E/Mg to 12.68 L.E/Mg for wheat under θ₁ and θ_4, respectively and they reduced 16.92 L.E/Mg to 12.21 L.E/Mg for wheat and from 15.61 L.E/Mg to 11.31 L.E/Mg for corn under V₁ andV₄, respectively.

Main Subjects

Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

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