Content (Syllabus outline)
• importance of selection and maintenance of agricultural machines
• required equipment for current maintenance of agricultural machines
• servicing-preventive maintenance
• daily and weekly technical maintenance of tractors
• diagnostics
• maintenance and servicing of driving unit and attachment machines
• engine maintenance
• tribological requirements for units in agriculture
• theory of lubrication, oil and grease; their physical, chemical and mechanical properties
• recycling and ecological problems of oil, tyres, plastic materials, storage batteries, etc.
• servicing workshops and equipment, spare parts
• safety at work with agricultural machinery
• ergonomics
• renewable sources of energy (biodiesel fuel, bio-gas, biomass, solar and geothermal energy, hydro energy, wind energy, hydrogen, etc.)
• technical maintenance aspects affecting the machine service life
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• construction of engineering materials,
• the influence of microstructure on their properties and technologies for changing their properties and forming the products
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
Students are capable of selecting the adequate maintenance of agricultural machinery, select suitable lubricants and have a high degree of ecological consciousness.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
Students are capable of selecting the adequate maintenance of agricultural machinery, select suitable lubricants and have a high degree of ecological consciousness.
Readings
Muršec, B. in Stajnko, D. 2009. Elementi strojništva v biosistemskem inženirstvu. Fakulteta za kmetijstvo in biosistemske vede, Pivola.
Viktor Jejčič, 2007. Traktor.
Muršec, B. 2005. Vzdrževanje kmetijskih strojev. Gradivo za vaje. Samo za interno uporabo. Fakulteta za kmetijstvo, Maribor.
Jejčič, V., Cunder, T., Poje, T., Košir, B., Žlender, B., Juvan, I. 2003. Tehnična raven opremljenosti slovenskih kmetij s traktorji. Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije, Ljubljana.
Mrhar, M. 2002. Tlom prijazna obdelava. Kmetovalčev priročnik, Ljubljana.
Riedl, H. 2000. Handbuch praktische Traktorentechnik: Grundlagen, Fehlersuche, Selbsthilfe. Verlags Union Agrar. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft München Wien Zürich.
Mrhar, M. 1997. Kmetijski stroji in naprave: Kako delujejo. ČZD Kmečki glas, Ljubljana.
Emert, R., Jurić, T., Filipović, D., Štefanek, E. 1995. Održavanje traktora i poljoprivrednih strojeva. Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek.
Bartz, H. 1994. Schmierung von Verbrennugs Kraftmaschinen. Expert Verlag, Hamburg.
Mrhar, M. 1992. Tehnika priprave in spravila sena. Izdalo in založilo ČZP Kmečki glas, Ljubljana.
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