AMTEC performance rating system: a guiding tool in the appropriate selection of agricultural machinery

Issue Date

1-2018

Abstract

The Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC) has come up with a machinery Performance Rating System which will guide the prospective users in the selection of agricultural machinery according to tested performance. The Performance Rating System was developed by AMTEC in consultation with the AgriculturalMachinery Manufacturers and Dealers Association, Inc. (AMMDA). The system gives machines a rating in the scale of 2 to 10. A rating of "6" implies that the machine just meet the minimum requirements. A rating above "6" implies above minimum performance and below "6" implies below minimum performance. The parameters in the system are based mostly on Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards and if there are no established standards yet, they are based on test data of AMTEC. As an initial output, AMTEC has come up with three Catalogues of AMTEC-tested machines. These catalogues contain machines tested from 1993 - 2003. They contain information on the machines and rating points based on the AMTEC Performance Rating System. Based on the catalogues, 46% of engines and 40% of Hand Tractors tested were within and above the minimum requirements. While for Centrifugal pumps, 72.6% of bare pumps and 32.4% of pumpsets were within and above the minimum requirements. For dryers and ricemills, 66.7% and 41.7% were within and above the minimum requirements, respectively. These data are very useful to the prospective buyers/end-users of agricultural machines. In general, the Performance Rating System can improve the energy use efficiency of machines being use, since it recommends those machines whose performance ratings are within and above the minimum requirements. For the manufacturer, if their machines are below the minimum requirements they will not be able to sell their machines unless they make some improvements to meet/pass the minimum requirements

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Mechanization Journal

ISSN

0118-8275

Volume

15

Issue

1

Document Type

Article

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

Subject

Agricultural equipment

En – AGROVOC descriptors

FARM EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY INDUSTRY; RICE; EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE; PHILIPPINES

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