SUBSTANTIATION OF TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF SEED CLEANING AND DRYING PLANT
The typical grain cleaning units and grain cleaning and drying plants that are used in agricultural production are poorly adapted to the flow processing of thrashed heap coming from combines due to the imperfections of the equipment comprising these production lines. This leads to decreased grain quality at one technological pass. In the cost of grain production, post-harvest cleaning and grading accounts for no more than ten percent. Insufficient quality of these operations, especially in seed preparation, leads to large financial losses. Therefore, the design of technological schemes of seed cleaning lines and seed cleaning-drying plants should meet the requirements for obtaining high-quality seeds during one technological cycle. The main technical and economic performance indices of a modern plant for post-harvest handling of grain and seeds have been determined.