The objective of this work was to find the power requirement for operating an axial flow bean harvester. Experimental tests were performed, the torque and angular velocity in the power take-off (PTO), the drawbar force, the machine speed and harvesting capacity were measured. To analyze the effect of the variables on the power needed, regression analysis were done. The drawbar power for the maximum grain bin capacity was 7.90 kW. The maximum PTO power to operate the machine was found to be 45.28 kW. The maximum harvesting capacity was 6.56 t h-1. The minimum specific energy consumption was 2.46 kWh t-1.
harvesting; pull-type machine; energy consumption
