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The effect of two different Toft basecutters on ratoon yield
(1992)
The visual appearance of the cane stubble remaining after harvesting with the Toft angled underslung basecutter usually fitted to 7000 series harvesters is different to that remaining after harvesting with the horizontal ...
Optimising rejection of dirt by cane harvesters : SRDC Final report BS26S
(1994)
Project objectives were
Optimisation of cultural practices for efficient mechanical harvesting : SRDC Final report BS20S
(1991)
Some progress has already been made in identifying field conditions and practices which lead to high dirt levels. These include lodged cane, wet field conditions and cutting with the harvester basecutter below ground ...
Improvements in base cutter design and cane feeding : Final report NCE004
(SRDC, 2002)
This project followed on from Project US2 (Cutting of sugarcane), which showed that
conventional basecutters and knockdown angles contributed to cane damage and loss by
way of disk contact, multiple layered cuts and ...
Close-range, microwave radar for automatic control of base-cutter height and other cane harvester operations : SDRC Final report JCU019
(SRDC, 2002)
The harvesting of sugar cane is the first stage in the commercial milling of cane to produce sugar. It is well known that harvesting plays a major role in determining the overall efficiency of the sugar production process. ...