Segment mowers - a necessary assistant in the farm

Procurement of forage is quite a painstaking and difficult matter. Its main stage is directly mowing grass on the field. A number of devices have been invented to help agricultural workers, the productivity of which is quite different. Particularly popular are segment mowers.

Types of mowers

As a rule, all mowers are divided into 4 groups: self-propelled, mounted, trailed, semi-trailed (semi-mounted). Such a gradation is based on the methods of aggregating technology. Typically, the location of the mower on the tractor includes a side hitch that is located between the rear and front wheels. It is also often used semi-weights from the rear, but the side hitch gives a better visibility and facilitates control. Semi-mounted or rear mounted segment mowers are easier to mount / dismantle and perform more straight angles while mowing grass around the field.

All mowers differ in the number of cutting machines. The industry produces 1, 2, 3 and 5-beam mowers. Any of them is used only on a certain area. The smallest aggregates specialize in mowing grass in small plots, and large ones - on endless meadows. Mowers are distinguished also by the location of the cutting machines. There are 3 types: frontal, lateral, posterior.

Mowing machines segmental

According to the type of cutting device, the specificity of the plants being cut and the requirements of consumers, all the units are divided into 5 types: drum (rotary), rotary (for silage crops), beadless (for legumes, rice and soybean with low cut), segment-disk, segment-finger . It is the latter that enjoy the greatest popularity among consumers. Segment mowers are chosen for their simplicity, reliability, resistance to breakage. They easily cope with work on the hills and slopes.

Segment mowers can have different types of cutting device. Bespaltsev accordingly do not have protrusions (fingers). They are easily replaced by another knife, which comes towards the first. Their stroke is 38 mm, and the interval between segments is 76 mm.

Segmental mowers of the usual cut are the most common. They were designed so that the number of segments and fingers they have the same. The stroke of the knives is 76 mm, the interval between the segments and the fingers is 76 mm. A mower with a double stroke of the knife, like a normal cutter, has the same number of segments and fingers. It differs from the previous kind in that its knife passes through all the fingers. The stroke of the knives is 152.4 mm. The interval between the fingers and segments is 76 mm.

Mowing machine of segment type

This machine is designed to mow grass on natural and artificial meadows. A small-sized segment mower, the price of which is not too high, is quite affordable for small farms. It can be used in country and garden plots, on slopes and roadsides. A small unit weighs no more than 35 kg.

The hinged segment mower is most often used on tractors for mowing large amounts of grass. Small-sized devices are in the range of 15-28 thousand rubles. The price of large mowers can reach 50-90 thousand rubles. (Depending on the brand).