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Tillage equipment

Farm equipment used for the preparation of soil through mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.

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Tillage equipment

off-set disc harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A disc harrow with two gangs in tandem, capable of being off set to either side of the centre line of pull.

tandem disc harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A disc harrow comprising of four gangs with provision of angling in opposite direction.

single action disc harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A disc harrow with two gangs placed end-to-end displacing the soil outwardly.

angling mechanism

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A mechanism by means of which the gang angles are adjusted.

disc spacing

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

The transverse distance between the edges of two discs separated by a spool.

gang

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An assembly of concave discs mounted on a common shaft with spools in between.

gang angle

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

The angle between the axis of the gang and the line perpendicular to the direction of travel.

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