Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology, Pantnagar
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Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

A department of the College of Technology within agricultural engineering, offering B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes in farm machinery and power engineering.

The Department

About the Department

Departmental Facilities: Following are the facilities in the department

  • Farm Machinery Laboratory
  • Tractor Power Laboratory
  • Bioenergy-Technology Laboratory
  • Utilization of Animal Energy Laboratory
  • Bio-Mechanics Laboratory
  • Field PracticeLaboratory
  • R & D Workshop
  • Computer Laboratory
  • Ergonomics Laboratory
  • Tillage and Traction Laboratory
Academics

Programmes

The department offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes.

Our people

Faculty

Each profile carries the faculty member's qualifications, research interests and publications.

Dr. T. P. Singh
Dr. T. P. Singh
Professor & Head
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Dr. Arun Kumar
Dr. Arun Kumar
Professor
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Dr. Jayant Singh
Dr. Jayant Singh
Professor
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Dr. R. N. Pateriya
Dr. R. N. Pateriya
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Dr. Ravi Pratap Singh
Dr. Ravi Pratap Singh
Professor
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Facility

List of laboratories

S.No.Name of the laboratoryName of the important equipments
Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
Farm MachineryVarious types of ploughs, harrows, seed drills, planters, cultivator, Pneumatic planter, Straw combine, Threshers etc.
Tractor PowerCut model of tractor, Cut models of two-stroke and four stroke cycle engine, Engine components, clutch gearbox of different type, differential final drive, fuel system, cooling system, lubrication system, electrical system, brake system, steering system etc.
Bio-EnergyEngine test set-up, Gas calorimeter, Gas chromatograph, Gas flow meter and other types of measuring instruments, various types of biogas plant at field laboratory
Animal MechanicsUniversal Testing Machine, Tri-axial test instruments, Animal tread mill, Hardness tester, etc.
Field PracticeDiesel Engines, Various types of tractors
Tillage & TractionLinear and circular soil test bin
Ergonomics and Human EngineeringAnthropometric Measurement Machine, ergometer etc.
Research WorkshopLathe machine, Milling machine, Radial drill, Welding set, grinder, Shaper, MIG welding and other instruments used during fabrication work
Research

Important Research Achievements

S.No.Name of equipment/ technology developed
Tractor drawn Pantnagar zero-till ferti-seed drill (Commercialized)
Pant- Wheat Thresher for hilly region
Pant spice thresher
Powered Harrow Plough with Seeding attachment
Pant-ICAR Subsoiler-cum-Differential Rate Fertilizer Applicator
Pant winged subsoiler with leading tines
Oscillatory sieve potato digger windrower
IRRI- Pantnagar Multi Crop Axial Flow Thresher
High Capacity Soybean Thresher
Pant spiked clod crusher
Pant adjustable width double neck yoke for hump less animals
Pant adjustable collar harness for single animal
Pant animal drawn zero-till seed drill for hills
Standardization of work-rest cycle for draught animal
Pauri nasuda
Pantnagar Pauri danala
Pantnagar Pauri damala
Paddy thresher-cum-winnower
Hand and foot operated winnower
Gadgets for conversion of diesel engine on biogas-diesel dual fuel
High pressure carbon dioxide scrubber
6 m3 Pant RCC Biogas plant for high water table areas
6 M3 completely insulated Pant Tarai Biogas Plant for Cold Regime (1-20 deg C)
Process standardization for bio-diesel production as alternative fuel for CI engine
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