Testing an agricultural machine, is fundamentally the gathering of information with the purpose of taking a decision. It is widely accepted that technological inventions from implicit knowledge in modern agricultural machinery created many benefits to manufacturers, farmers and society in general. With this aim, the prototype of a soil micro-relief correction machine was evaluated, in order to assess its real ability on performing the intended design function. Two treatments were made, in this ware with four passages each. In those plots, land bumpiness was examined before and after the equipment usage. According to the measurements, the test results were considered inadequate for the original machine purpose. From those, suggestions were given to the manufacturer in order to contribute for improvements in machine specifications or even for a newly redesigned, better equipment, taking in mind the need of compliance with operational and safety specifications to really assure its quality.
agricultural engineering; agricultural machines; machine design; technological inventions
