Studies on the H60 Rice Harvester

Abstract

We made a small self-propelled machine to mechanize harvesting rice. It threshes the rice in the state of standing.
The main functional elements of this machine consist of:
(1) feeding or guiding packers
(2) threshing or separating mechanism
(3) an Impeller-type cleaner
(4) a mower which cuts threshed crops
(5) crawlers
Tests were made at the forward speed, 22.4cm/s and 50.0cm/s.
Although guiding and threshing are well performed, header loss and chaffs in the grain tank are fairly much.