Problem statement.

Agricultural machinery and tools must endure stressful working conditions. This machine bear continuous wear and tear, with field work exposing equipment to severe abrasion. In agriculture the two main reasons for replacing machinery or equipment.
First, upgrading old equipment and replacing equipment due to wear and corrosion. Corrosion is the deterioration of material by chemical interaction with its environment. Cost for replacement is expensive. Failures of various kinds may occur. Even though the amount of metal destroyed due to corrosion is quite small.

Problem Areas of Wear Corrosion in the Agriculture Industry

Soil cultivation

Agricultural machinery and equipment used in soil cultivation is exposed to continuous wear and stress. During tough and challenging field work, the machinery is susceptible to abrasion. Larger implements and more powerful tractors operating at higher ground speeds, creates an increased demand for wear resistance on the structural components.

Roller bearings

Tractors

Roller bearings used in critical areas such as driveline positions, gear cases, and wheel shafts are required to have greater power densities, and an ability to operate longer at higher loads. Roller friction and shock loads transmitted from the track chain create heat in the interior of rollers and on the roller surface and this can cause wear.

Balers

Hay and forage machines are subjected to wear primarily at points which get into intensive contact with the crop, which includes all types of blade, but also sheet metal channels through which the crop is past at high speed

Combines/Harvesters

Roller bearings in combines need to be dependable with the ability to operate in dusty, dirty, and harsh conditions. There are especially hard conditions for forage harvesters, in which a lot of sand and dust are taken in along with the maize.

Corrosion caused by agricultural chemicals

Corrosion is the deterioration of materials by chemical interaction with their environment. The consequences of corrosion are many and varied. The effects of these on the safe, reliable and efficient operation of equipment or structures are often more serious than the simple loss of a mass of metal. The two main reasons for replacing machinery or equipment include upgrading old equipment and replacing it because of wear and corrosion