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31/08/23 20:06 PM IST

Compact Electric Tractor- CSIR PRIMA ET11

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  • CSIR-CMERI has indigenously designed and developed compact 100% Pure Electric Tractor named CSIR PRIMA ET11 mainly to cater small and marginal farmers of India.
Features
  • The first very important point that entire tractor has been designed and manufactured with indigenous components and technologies.
  • The main purpose of the tractor is to cater the demand of agriculture field application, it has been designed in such a way that its dynamics, weight distribution, transmission engagements, then lever and pedal position everything has been well designed and considered.
  • Another USP of the developed technology is that it Women friendly. For this we have given special attention in the ergonomics, for eg: All the lever, switches etc has been placed for easy approach to the women. Further to minimize the effort many mechanical system is being replaced with electronic switches for easy operations.
  • The farmers can charge the tractor using conventional home charging socket in 7 to 8 hours and operate the tractor for more than 4 hours at field. Otherwise, tractor can run more than 6 hours in case of normal Haulage operation. We have seen that the usual practice of farmer in India that they start their work from morning and at noon they usually take the rest and during this time they can charge their tractor so that theyr can again use it for their work in the afternoon.
  • The tractor is being designed with the robust and efficient transmission system by using the semi Synchronized type gearing system. The design helps to achieve the desired efficiency in min cost.
  • The tractor is equipped with best in class hydraulic with lifting capacity of 500 kg or more. It implies that tractor can lift implement required not only for field operation but also hauling operation. It is also to be mentioned that the tractor can tow 1.8-ton capacity trolley with a max speed of 25 kmph.
  • Its robust designed along with necessary covers and guards protects it from mud and waters.
  • Coming to electric aspects the battery we have chosen as the state of art Lithium ion battery with Prismatic cell confirmation. It has deep discharge capability for farming application and having a life of more than 3000 cycle.
  • The controller and the instrument cluster has been modified to suit the agriculture needs.
  • Another distinct feature, we have provided that there is a port called V2L i.e. vehicle to load, This means when the tractor is not in operation, it battery power can be utilized for other secondary application like pump and irrigation etc.
Source- PIB

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