Abstract:
Stripper header invented by AFRC, UK, mounted on grain combine harvester showed its two shortcomings: Leave the stripped straw standing without windrowing and high level of shattering loss. This paper reports the invention of a stripping rotor with air suction for pneumatic conveying the materials, eliminating the previous auger and conveying belt on the stripper header. For processing the largely increased amount of threshed materials the author invented a vertically positioned “4 in 1”apparatus, performing 4 functions:the elevation,separation,cleaning,and rethreshing of the materials.The field trial of that machine showed that the shattering grain loss is significantly lower than that in stripper header and specially invented windrowing device justified itself by its clear cutting with lower stubble and being laid in good order windrow of the straw.