ANALYSIS OF TIMES AND EFFICIENCIES OF THE MECHANIZED HARVEST OF SUGARCANE (Saccharum spp.)

Authors

  • Neisvaldo Barbosa Dos Santos Universidade Federal do Piauí-UFPI http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6167-5747
  • Mauri Martins Teixeira Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV
  • Haroldo Carlos Fernandes Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV
  • Casimiro Dias Gadanha Júnior Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz-ESALQ/USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3738/1982.2278.2794

Keywords:

Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Mechanization, Agronomy, Management

Abstract

Sugarcane culture directed to sugar mills is of great economic and social importance in Brazil. Harvesters are the most important equipment in the sugarcane mechanized harvesting system, since the production process in sugar mills depends on machine operating performance, which is directly related to field efficiency. Therefore, efficiency is relevant because it involves the service time and operational efficiency of the harvester and it takes place when the operation is implemented. The current study aims to analyze the times and efficiencys in sugarcane mechanized harvesting. To current study took under consideration primary data on the mechanized harvesting of a sugarcane plant, which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The reduction in time lost increases the time worked. Operational and use efficiency have strong impact on the mechanized harvesting performance.

Author Biographies

  • Neisvaldo Barbosa Dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Piauí-UFPI
    Campus Professora Cinobelina Elvas - Curso de Engenharia Agronômica
  • Mauri Martins Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV
    Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola - Área de Máquinas Agrícolas
  • Haroldo Carlos Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV
    Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola - Área de Máquinas Agrícolas
  • Casimiro Dias Gadanha Júnior, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz-ESALQ/USP
    Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas - Área de Mecânica e Máquinas Agrícolas

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Published

2018-04-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2018)

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ANALYSIS OF TIMES AND EFFICIENCIES OF THE MECHANIZED HARVEST OF SUGARCANE (Saccharum spp.). (2018). Nucleus, 15(1), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.3738/1982.2278.2794

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