Res. Agr. Eng., 2024, 70(1):53-59 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2023-RAE

Reconstructed military machine for unique field testing of agricultural machinery capabilitiesOriginal Paper

Kornél Szalay1, Jiří Souček ORCID...2, Gábor Bércesi1, Adrienn Bablena1, Kovács Lászlo1, Sayakhat Orazovich Nukeshev3, Savelii Kuharets4, Volodymyr Kravchuk5, Gennadii Golub6, Antonín Machálek2, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dobrinov7
1 Institute of Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
2 Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Prague, Czeh-Republic
3 Technical Faculty, Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
4 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Agroecosystems, Zhytomyr National Agroecological University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
5 State Scientific Organization Leonid Pogorilyy Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Forecasting and Testing of Machinery and Technologies for Agricultural Production, Kyiv, Ukraine
6 Department mechanization of livestock, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
7 Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, branch in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Detailed performance testing of agricultural machinery is very important in determining its value in use. These measurements cannot be limited to laboratory tests, such as braking the power take-off (PTO) shaft of  a tractor or performing dynamic tests of implements in a soil bin. Field tests are the ultimate way to test the capabilities of agricultural machinery. However, during such field tests, there are many parameters that can interfere with and affect the test results, such as inhomogeneity of the soil and tyre characteristics. In order to minimise these effects as much as possible, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE) Institute of Technology, Agriculture Engineering Labs. has developed a dynamometer vehicle with an electronic brake control system that is suitable for measuring the traction characteristics of agricultural tractors and other terrain vehicles. It  is also capable of testing different track systems and tyre-soil interactions. This paper introduces this special test vehicle by presenting measurement results and also describes other interesting applications for the agricultural community.

Keywords: traction test; tractor field test; dynamometer vehicle

Received: June 11, 2023; Revised: September 22, 2023; Accepted: September 26, 2023; Prepublished online: March 12, 2024; Published: March 13, 2024  Show citation

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Szalay K, Souček J, Bércesi G, Bablena A, Lászlo K, Orazovich Nukeshev S, et al.. Reconstructed military machine for unique field testing of agricultural machinery capabilities. Res. Agr. Eng. 2024;70(1):53-59. doi: 10.17221/60/2023-RAE.
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