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Research Facilities in Agriculture Engineering Department

Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Laboratory

Features

SSU Digital Muffle Furnace

  • For Micro Nutrient Analysis
  • Dimensions: 4” x 4” x 9”
  • Temperature up to 9000 C
  • Measures percentage organic matter in soil samples

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Non-Recording Rain Gauge

  • Up to 0.2mm
  • Capacity–20 cm
  • Measures rainfall

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Hydrometer

  • Grain size analysis of soil particles that pass through 75microns sieve
  • Accuracy – 0.0005
  • Scale – 0.995 to 1.030 gm/cc

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Sieve Shaker

  • Sieve dimensions : 4.75mm,2mm, 1mm; 600, 300, 150 and 75 microns
  • For soil particle analysis

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 Soil Tensiometer – 30cm and 60cm

  • Pressure range : 1000 to 0 millibars

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 Double Ring Infiltrometer

  • To measure the rate of infiltration of water into the soil

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Auger (Screw Type) – 7.5 cm diameter

Equal Digital Weighing Bench Scale – 50 kg

pH meter – For water quality measurement (0-14 pH)

EC meter – For water quality measurement (0-1000 Mhos/cm), Accuracy 1%

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Post Harvest Engineering Laboratory 

Features 

Hot Air Oven: Temperature range Maxi. 2500C
Grain Moisture Meter (8% to 20%)
Determine the moisture content of harvested grains

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Angle of Repose (Round and L-Type)

  • For hopper capacity determination

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Groundnut Decorticator

  • To separate nuts from the shell

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Thin Layer Dryer

  • To determine drying rate of kernel

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Rubber Roll Sheller

  • Remove husk from rice grains

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 Oil Expeller

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 Extruder

  • Used for developing processed products such as pasta, breakfast cereals, pet foods, supplementary foods and other textured foods

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 Water Activity Meter

  • Water activity measurement used for process and quality control of various food products
  • Range: 0 to 1

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 Refractometer

  • Measures the sugar concentration of beverages.
  • Range: 0 to 320Brix

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Farm Machinery and Equipments Laboratory 
Features
Agricultural Tractor

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Technical Specification - Agricultural Tractor

Model

MF 7250 DI, (2W)

 Engine 

3 Cylinder,2700 CC, 1800 RPM, 46 hp 

PTO hp

39 Hp

Steering Type 

Mechanical steering

Gear (Forward + Reverse )

8+2

Brake type

Oil immersed

Lifting Capacity 

2300 kg 

Fuel Tank Capacity 

55 Litres 

PTO RPM

540


Disc Plough

  • For loosening the soil before carrying out of agricultural activities

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Technical Specification - Disc Plough

Power Required 

30-40 hp Tractor 

Number of Bottoms

2

Length

1300 mm

Width

990 mm

Height

1120 mm

Cutting Width per disc

280 mm

Disc Diameter

660 mm

Weight

260 kg


Rotavator

  • For shallow tillage, soil pulverization, weed control and mixing of organic matter with soil

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Technical Specification - Rotavator

Power Required

45-55 hp Tractor 

Number of Blades

42

Working Width

1800 mm

Type of Drive (Gear/Chain)

Gear

Speed (Multi/Single)

Multi

Type of Blade (L/C/J)

L

Weight

395 kg


9 Tyne Cultivator

  • For soil pulverization, inter-cultural operations,seedbed preparation

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Shredder cum Pulverizer Machine

  • Agricultural farm waste both dry and wet can be converted into organic manure by the way of shredding them into small pieces and getting them decomposed

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Technical Specification - Shredder Cum Pulverizer Machine

Power Required 

45 hp Tractor

Weight

540 Kg

Grade

Semi-Automatic

Capacity

2100 to 2500 kg / hour

Transporting Unit

3 Point Linkage Arrangement Or 2 Nos. Of Pneumatic Wheels With Axle And Tow Bar

 

 

Crop Husbandry Lab

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Crop husbandry laboratory enables the students to practices various crop production activities such as preparing the field, selecting the seeds varieties, preparation of seeds, sowing, transplanting, weeding and harvesting the crops.


Instructional Farm

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Features

Location: Kuthampakkam

Area: 45 Acres

Facilities Available:

            Water Sources:

  • Open well -1 Number
  • Bore well - 4Numbers

Crops:

  • Mango orchard
  • Coconut Orchard
  • Banana Orchard
  • Jack fruit Orchard
  • Vegetables and Medicinal crops

Irrigation System:

  • Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation System

Other Amenities:

  • Nursery
  • Farm House
  • Seed Store House

Surveying and Levelling Laboratory

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Features

  • Ranging rods and Chaining
  • Chain Traversing
  • Plane table surveying
  • Levels and leveling staff
  • Theodolite
  • Total station
  • Tapes
  • Cross staff
  • GPS
    Acquiring practical knowledge on handling basic survey instruments including leveling and development of contour map of given area.

CADD

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Features

• 37 IBM computer systems
• Internet connectivity for all the systems
• Centralized air conditioned room
• Auto CADD, STAAD Pro, Solid works softwares ….etc installed in all systems
• Print and scan facilities of drawing sheets
To draft the plan, elevation and sectional views of buildings in accordance with development and control rules satisfying orientation and functional requirements as per National Building Code.

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

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Features

  • Bernoulli’s theorem – Verification Apparatus
  • Calculation of Meta centric height
  • Measurement of velocity - Pitot tube assembly\
  • Flow measurement :
  • Channel with provision for fixing notches
  • Flume assembly with provisions for conducting experiments on hydraulic jumps
  • Flow measurement in pipes
  •  Venturimeter
  • Orifice meter
  • Flow through orifice tank
  • Flow through mouth piece
  • Losses in Pipes
  • Major loss – Friction loss
  • Minor Losses - pipe line assembly with provisions for having Sudden contractions in diameter, expansions Bends, elbow fitting, etc
  • Pumps
  • Single stage Centrifugal pump
  • Multi stage Centrifugal pump
  • Reciprocating pump
  • Turbine
  • Impulse turbine
  • Francis turbine
  • Kaplan turbine

To measure flow in pipes and determine frictional losses and able to develop characteristics of pumps and turbines.

Strength of Materials

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Features

  • UTM
  • Torsion testing machine
  • Impact testing machine
  • Hardness testing machine
  • Beam deflection test apparatus
  • Le Chatelier’s apparatus
  • Vicat’s apparatus

To develop knowledge in the area of testing of materials and components of structural elements experimentally.

Soil Science Laboratory

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Features

  • Marshall Stability Apparatus
  • Hydrometer
  • Liquid and plastic limit apparatus
  • Shinkage limit apparatus
  • Proctor compaction apparatus
  • Direct shear apparatus
  • Field density measuring device
  • Triaxial shear apparatus
  • Three gang consolidation test device

To determine index properties and engineering properties such as shear strength, compressibility and permeability by conducting appropriate tests.

Food and Dairy Processing- Hands on training- Milk and Fibre enriched Noodles making

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