Evaluation of the chop-throw system for incorporation in a two-row harvester : SRDC Final report BS103S

Abstract

This report outlines a three-year project to develop a two-row, chop-throw harvester in conjunction with a Bundaberg innovator and evaluate its performance under commercial conditions. The role of the BSES in this project was to provide some technical input into cleaning system design, and to evaluate field performance. It was evident during this project that background research under non-commercial conditions was required to perfect the chop-throw device and design a suitable cleaning system. The various cleaning systems tried on prototype chop-throw harvesters were not optimised due to commercial pressures, and it is recommended that modelling of the chop-throw cleaning system be carried out to assess cleaning potential before further commercial development is attempted.