Machinery for biosystems 1 | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Machinery for biosystems 1 (17.M304)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Mechanization and Construction Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Mechatronics (Year: 4, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Biosystems Engineering
ECTS	6

Acquiring fundamental knowledge on agricultural machines.

Knowledge on technologies and agricultural production machines.

Study programme, projects, literature, role of engineers in biosystems. Patents, development tendencies, innovations, standards. Occupational safety in operating agricultural machines, construction solutions. Land cultivation – procedures. Basic and additional land cultivation. Modern land cultivation procedures – conservation processing. Mineral fertilizers distribution. Organic fertilizers distribution. Chemical protection procedure. Biomaterials characteristics. Biomaterials cutting. Trnalatorz mowing equipment. Rotary mowing equipment. Mowing machines. Combines. Agricultural machine transport. Biomaterials pressing. Separation and classification of herbal materials.

Auditory classes and laboratory practice, visits to farms and agricultural machine factories visits.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Final exam - part one	No	Yes	20.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Final exam - part two	No	Yes	50.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00