Subtopic: Functional requirements, principles of working, construction and operation of manual, animal, tractor and renewable energy operated equipment for tillage, sowing, planting, fertilizer application, inter-cultivation, spraying, mowing, chaff cutting, harvesting and threshing
Question Statement:
In vertical conveyer reaper windrowers, crop stems are cut and conveyed to the side by:
Options:
(A) Flat luggage belts with spring-steel star wheels against a guide frame
(B) Air blowing pipes
(C) Screw augers submerged in water
(D) Shaking grates
Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
Vertical conveyor reapers use star wheels on upper and lower lugged belts to hold stems upright and deliver windrows neatly aside.