Laboratory of Farm Mechanisation
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The laboratory is dealing with the mechanisation of farm practices: specifically with soil tillage and the effects to the soil, design and development of farm equipment, testing of farm machinery, measurements of forces developed and power requirement of farm machinery working in the field, crop residues management, biomass harvesting and handling mechanization, energy crops and crop rotations and their interaction to soil tillage systems, farm machinery management, vegetable oils extraction by cold pressing and their use in farm tractors to develop energy self-sufficient farms, modeling erosion and runoff for soil protection,, precision agriculture applications in crops like cotton, cereals and high value crops like apples, vines and pears, robotics applications in agriculture and development of autonomous vehicles.
Research Activities:
Soil tillage.
Development and testing of farm machinery.
Farm machinery management.
Biomass production and use for energy production.
Precision agriculture.
Research Projects:
Crop residues collection and use for energy production 1987-1996. Funding by the Greek Miistry of Education and the research commitee of the TEI of Larissa.
Comparison of methods of production of ensiled feedstock with methods suitable for small holdings.Ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα 1987-1996. Funding by the Greek Miistry of Education and the research commitee of the TEI of Larissa.
Vinasse (alcohol industry waste) recycling in agriculture (1991-93) Funded by the Greek Industry of Alcohol Production.
Vinasse (alcohol industry waste) recycling in agriculture (1993-94) Funded by the Greek Minoistry of Labour and the European Spocial Fund.
Comparison of the ploughs produced by TERRA SA and imported ploughs. 1993-94 Funded by the Greek Minoistry of Labour and the European Spocial Fund.
Imporovement of the disk harrow produced by Sambris Ltd 1994- 1996 Funded by the General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Cotton planting in single and twin rows. Funding by thw Research Committee of the University of Thessaly.
Tranditional farm machinery – Tools and equipment in Thessaly. Funding by the Research Committee of the University of Thessaly.
Use of alternative methods for soil tillage and the the establishment of cotton crop to reduce costsa and protect the environment Funded by the General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Measurement of the forces developed and the energy requirements form mounted and trailed equipment. Funded by the by the Research Committee of the University of Thessaly.
Desing, Construction and Tesing of tools for cotton cultivation inn Ridges for reduced energy and chemicals consumption. Funded by Skarlatos Company and the General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Desing, Construction and Tesing of a heavy cultivator to reduce constraction costs, optimization of energy requirements and of soil tillage. Funded by the Saliarakis and Papakostas Company and and the General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Project Health and Safety in Agriculture funded by the Ministry of Education.
Management of farm machinery and data with application of ICT in precision agriculture funded by the Ministry of Education.
Models of special and temporal variability in agriculture. Applications in cotton and apples. Funded by the Ministry of Education.
Application if ICT in agriculture in order to manage temporal and special variability through variable rate technology Funded by General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Biofuels Production in Thessaly, Funded by General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry of Development.
Future Farm funded by the Commission of EU (7th PF).
Precision agriculture application in Olive Orchard. Funded by the MOSANTO Hellas SA.
A feasibility study of variable rate irrigation in the Black Sea Region, Funded by the BSC.
RoboFarm, Funded by ICT AGRI.
Friendly to the environment Biomass production funded by the Greek Minixtry of Education under THALIS programme.
Precision Agriculture applition in apples funded by the General Secretary of Research and Technology, of the Ministry ofEducation through the Greek –Romania scientific cooperation.
Laboratory Infrastructure:
Instrumented farm tractor able to measure forces, fuel consumption and power requirements of farm machinery during field works.
No tillage planting machines.
Dynamometer for tractor PTO testing.
Vegetable Oil extraction press.
Instrumentation of precision agriculture vegetation indices measurements, wireless soil water measurement instrumentation, autonomous vehicle under development etc.
Research Results / Products:
Strip tillage equipment.
Improvement of a ripper by adding shallow tines.
Crop cultivation studies for rape seed, sunflower and sweet sorghum.
| Όνομα | Επίθετο | Iδιότητα - Θέση | Τηλέφωνο |
|---|---|---|---|
Theofanis | Gemtos | Director | +30 24210 93228 |
Christos | Cavalaris | Senior Researcher | +30 24210 93229 |
Christos | Karamutis | Researcher | +30 24210 93232 |
