Study on some Physical Properties of Sugar Cane for Whole Stalk Harvester Design

Authors

  • Banshaw Bhaholyotin Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
  • Prasarn Kradangna National Agricultural Machinery Center, KURDI, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
  • Kazumoto Ichito Short term expert, National Grassland Research Instituet, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Japan
  • Yoshiaki Goto Long term expert, Japan

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine some physical properties of sugar cane which play an important role in harvester design and development. Three varieties of sugar cane F 140, F 156 and U-Thong I were measured in terms of hardness, shearing, compression and tension forces. Twenty regular size and length of stalks were taken as the sample of each variety. The specimens of hardness, shearing and compression force measurement were taken three portions of cane stalk : bottom, middle and top. The tension force measurement was done only at the bottom and top portions. It was found that the effective weight and stalk diameter of U-Thong I were more than the other two. The hardness and shearing force of F 140 were more than of F 156 and U-Thong I while the compression and tension force of F 156 were more than that of F 149 and U-Thong I. U-Thong I had less hardness, shearing compression and tension force.

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Published

1988-12-31

How to Cite

Banshaw Bhaholyotin, Prasarn Kradangna, Kazumoto Ichito, and Yoshiaki Goto. 1988. “Study on Some Physical Properties of Sugar Cane for Whole Stalk Harvester Design”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 22 (5). Bangkok, Thailand:88-90. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242571.

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 5 (1988): January-December

Section

Research Article

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online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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