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Electric Rotary Cultivator

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Electric Rotary Cultivator

 

an agricultural implement for tillage and embedding fertilizer in the soil, used in hothouses, hotbeds, and hotbed complexes. The type FS-0.7A self-propelled electric rotary cultivator manufactured in the USSR consists of the following major subassemblies: a 3-kilowatt electric motor, a reduction gear with a clutch, and a reel 420 mm in diameter with blades as working members. The reel rotates at a rate of 200 rpm, has an operating width of 0.7 m, tills the soil to depths down to 22 cm, and can work 600 sq m of soil per hr.

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