IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF HARVESTING GRAIN CROPS

Harvesting crops, including cereals, is the most responsible and resource-consuming stage of crop production. Therefore, the solution of issues on improving the technology of harvesting grain crops is an urgent topic currently. The aim of the research presented in the article was to increase the efficiency of the technology of harvesting grain crops by increasing the main (operational) time of work of grain harvesting equipment without a fundamental change in its design and composition. The result of the research is an analytical, theoretical and practical substantiation of the effectiveness of the use of non-stop unloading of the combine harvester in vehicles in the technology of harvesting grain crops, which will allow, depending on the type and yield of the crop: – to increase the main operating time TО on average by 14-14.7%; – to ensure that the areas with an uneven distribution of crushed straw are excluded. In the future, non-stop unloading of the combine may be recommended for use during operation of driverless combines.