2023
Farm Tractors and Self-Propelled Equipment
Name: Farm Tractors and Self-Propelled Equipment
Code: ERU13899L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Rural Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The technology of agricultural tractors is constantly changing, and during the course the student is encouraged to be aware of the new progress.
The course is intended for crop production students at a user's level and therefore is tailored to give an insight of tractor technology, maintenance, safety and performance. During the course students will drive tractors, perform implement attachment and are invited to attend the Agricultural Machinery Operator Training Summer Course, to develop operational skills.
Basic description of other relevant self-propelled farm equipment: combine harvesters; vine harvesters; olive harvesters; forage harvesters, complemented by field visits.
The course is intended for crop production students at a user's level and therefore is tailored to give an insight of tractor technology, maintenance, safety and performance. During the course students will drive tractors, perform implement attachment and are invited to attend the Agricultural Machinery Operator Training Summer Course, to develop operational skills.
Basic description of other relevant self-propelled farm equipment: combine harvesters; vine harvesters; olive harvesters; forage harvesters, complemented by field visits.
Contents
Tractor types in European agriculture. Trends in Portugal.
Four stroke Diesel Cycle. Basic engine structural and movement components.
Tractor power measurement methods and performance curves. Power control.
Air cleaners, turbo-charging, fuel-injection system. Engine cooling system. Lubricating system and lubricants. Tractor electrical system. Battery. Tractor engine maintenance.
Operator protection.
Tractor transmission and drive trains. Powershift & powershuttle transmissions. Transmission maintenance. Electronic transmission controls.
Tyres and tracks.
Three-point linkage. Position and draft control. Drawbar hitch. External hydraulic service. Power-take-off. Headland Management Systems.
Basic description of other relevant self-propelled farm equipment: combine harvesters; vine harvesters; olive harvesters; forage harvesters.
Four stroke Diesel Cycle. Basic engine structural and movement components.
Tractor power measurement methods and performance curves. Power control.
Air cleaners, turbo-charging, fuel-injection system. Engine cooling system. Lubricating system and lubricants. Tractor electrical system. Battery. Tractor engine maintenance.
Operator protection.
Tractor transmission and drive trains. Powershift & powershuttle transmissions. Transmission maintenance. Electronic transmission controls.
Tyres and tracks.
Three-point linkage. Position and draft control. Drawbar hitch. External hydraulic service. Power-take-off. Headland Management Systems.
Basic description of other relevant self-propelled farm equipment: combine harvesters; vine harvesters; olive harvesters; forage harvesters.
Teaching Methods
CLASSES: 44 hours of theoretical-practical complemented by field visits and pratical work.
ASSESSMENT: 2 papers of 3 hours each and/or final exam
APPROVAL: is obtained if the average mark of the 2 papers is ≥10.0 (in 20) and if none of the papers have been classified below 8.0 (in 20).
Students may opt to attend a final exam in which the approval mark is 10.0 (in 20).
ASSESSMENT: 2 papers of 3 hours each and/or final exam
APPROVAL: is obtained if the average mark of the 2 papers is ≥10.0 (in 20) and if none of the papers have been classified below 8.0 (in 20).
Students may opt to attend a final exam in which the approval mark is 10.0 (in 20).
Teaching Staff
- Anacleto Cipriano Pinheiro [responsible]
- António Fernando Bento Dias
