Zonal Research Center

Z O N A L R E S E A R C H C E N T R E

Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute

Coimbatore - 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

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Zonal Research Centre

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Research

The following are the research schemes functioning at the centre

Sl. No	Title	Funding Agency	Scientists in-charge
1.	All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Farm Implements and Machinery (AICRP on FIM)	ICAR : TNAU 75 % : 25 %	D.Ananthakrishnan R.Karunanithi V.M.Duraisamy R.Kavitha
2.	Prototype Manufacturing and Supply for PFT/FLD to ICAR funded FIM centres	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy D.Ananthakrishnan
3.	FLD on Agrl. Implements and Machinery	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy D.Ananthakrishnan
4.	FLD on improved Implements and Machinery major Oilseed crops	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy D.Ananthakrishnan
5.	FLD on improved Agrl. Machinery for major Pulses crops	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy D.Ananthakrishnan
6.	Revolving Fund Scheme on Manufacture and Supply of Proven Agricultural Equipment and Machinery.	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy A.Tajuddin
7.	Study relating to formulating long term mechanization strategy for each agro climatic zone/state	ICAR 100 %	D.Ananthakrishnan V.M.Duraisamy
8.	NATP on Prototypes Manufacturing of Agricultural Implements	ICAR 100 %	V.M.Duraisamy R.Karunanithi
9.	NATP– Mechanization of Intensive Irrigated Agriculture for Sugarcane Production	ICAR 100 %	D.Ananthakrishnan R.Kavitha

The ongoing projects include refinement of existing designs of farm tools and equipment by using Computer Aided Design facility with the involvement of farmers and manufacturers, development of high capacity machines like multirow weeder for wide row crops, equipments for orchard tree crop management, vegetable transplanting and clearing of banana crop residues after harvest. Survey of agricultural machinery manufacturers and indigenous tools in Tamil Nadu is also undertaken. The following are the thrust areas:

Refinement of existing designs of farm implements and machinery
Development of high capacity farm machines
Horticultural crop mechanization
Sugarcane mechanization
Groundnut crop mechanization
Industrial extension for commercialization

The Centre has so far developed 70 farm implements & equipments and evaluated more than 35 farm implements and machinery developed by other centres. Forty two farm implements and equipment have been released from the Centre so far and about 25 implements and equipments have been commercialized.

The farm equipments developed at the centre are

Sl.No	Name of the equipment	Year
1.	Groundnut stripper-drum type (hand operated)	1973
2.	Groundnut stripper-comb type (hand operated)	1973
3.	Maize sheller	1974
4.	Dry land weeder (Star weeder)	1974
5.	Dry land weeder (Peg weeder)	1974
6.	Groundnut decorticator (hand operated)	1974
7.	Groundnut grader	1975
8.	Sweep (Animal drawn)	1975
9.	Sunflower seed sheller	1976
10.	Paddy harvester (power tiller operated)	1977
11.	Chaff cutter(power operated)	1977
12.	Cup feed seed drill (5 tyned)	1978
13.	Husker sheller for maize	1978
14.	Cup feed seed drill (three tyned)	1979
15.	Groundnut decorticator (power operated)	1979
16.	Kovai planter	1980
17.	Multipurpose tool bar (Animal drawn)	1980
18.	Low cost power tiller	1980
19.	Combination Tillage tool	1982
20.	Wide bed former cum seeder	1982
21.	Urea super granule applicator	1982
22.	Tapioca sett cutter	1982
23.	Bed furrow former	1983
24.	Improved Seed planter (Animal drawn)	1987
25.	Improved gorru – seed cum fertilizer (Animal drawn)	1987
26.	Seed planter attachment to tractor drawn cultivator	1987
27.	Castor sheller (power operated)	1988
28.	Basin lister (tractor drawn)	1988
29.	Improved broad bed former cum seeder (tractor drawn)	1989
30.	Paddy seeder (tractor drawn)	1989
31.	Self propelled paddy harvester	1989
32.	Low volume sprayer (battery operated)	1991
33.	Bush clearning machine	1994
34.	Power weeder	1996
35.	Direct Paddy seeder	1997
36.	Paddy harvester (power operated)	1998
37.	Fodder sorghum harvester	1999
38.	Groundnut thresher	1999
39.	Groundnut harvester	1999
40.	Paddy-green manure seeder	2000
41.	Power rotary and earthing equipment	2001
42.	Lawn mower	2002

The following equipments are successfully popular now

Bullock drawn seed planter
TD cultivator seed planter
Maize sheller
Castor sheller
Groundnut decorticator
Paddy drum seeder
Groundnut thresher
Groundnut harvester
Long handled weeder (star)
Long handled weeder (Peg)
Paddy harvester
Paddy cum daincha seeder
Cono weeder
Power rotary weeder

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