Lecture 3

Question 1

What are two government agencies responsible for the development of Performance Rating

Answer 1

AMTEC - Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center

AMMDA - Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and Dealers Association

Question 2

What is the scale rating that the system give to machines

Answer 2

scale of 2 to 10

Question 3

A rating above “6” implies what?

Answer 3

above minimum performance

Question 4

a rating below “6” implies?

Answer 4

below minimum performance

Question 5

As an initial output, AMTEC has come up with three catalogues of AMTEC-tested machines

When did these catalogues contain machines tested?

Answer 5

from 1993-2003

Question 6

Just Read

Answer 6

Percentage of Machines tested by AMTEC

Engines -46%
Hand tractors - 40%
Centrifugal Pumps - 72.6% for bare pumps, 32.4% for pumpsets
Dryers - 66.7%
Rice mills - 41.7%

Question 7

Just Read.

Answer 7

Importance:
1. Prospective Buyers/End-users of agricultural machines
2. Improve the energy use efficiency of machines being use
3. Manufacturers