a machine for mowing and simultaneously shredding and loading planted and natural grasses into vehicles and for harvesting farm crops for silage. The USSR produces two models: the KIK-1.4 and KIR-1.5.
The KIK-1.4 machine consists of a frame with a shredder and removable attachments: a mower with a finger-type cutter for cutting low-stalk crops; a double-row corn harvester for harvesting high-stalk crops; a picker for picking up windrows of grass; and a cutting trough that is mounted on the mower-shredder when it is used as a stationary straw-and-silage cutter. When the mower-shredder is in operation the cut plants (or those picked up from windrows) are transported by a conveyor to the shredder,
| Table 1. Mowers produced in the USSR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSKh-2 1A KSKh-2 1B | KSP-2 1 KSP-2 1A | KFN-2 1 | KZN-2 1 | KNU-6 | KPS-6 10 | |
| Number of cutters .......... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Total operating width, m .......... | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 10.0 |
| Power, kW (hp) .......... | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 9 (12) | 15 (20) |
| Productivity, hectares/hr .......... | 1.4 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.73 | 3.36 | 7.76 |
whose blades shred them; they are then discharged through an unloading pipe into a vehicle.
The KIR-1.5 machine has a cutting drum-shredder and mower-type cutter. It operates in the same way as the KIK-1.4. The working elements of the mower-shredder are driven by a takeoff shaft from a tractor; it can produce 15–45 tons/hr.