KUBOTA TECHNICAL REPORT No.50 JANUARY 2017

India has the world's largest tractor market with a demand of 600,000 units per year. Due to its low tractor penetration rate, further growth of the Indian market is expected. KUBOTA needs to launch full-scale operations in the world’s largest market, India, in order to become a Global Major Brand that can contribute the most to society by being trusted by the largest number of customers. Therefore, we have developed the heavyweight tractor MU5501 suited for Indian multi-purpose uses including high traction. We have frequently visited Indian market and have conducted market-oriented development with different concepts from those of the previous lightweight and compact KUBOTA tractors. Here we show the characteristic way of operating a tractor in the Indian market and how to meet market demand for products with low fuel consumption and high durability.

• Multi-purpose
• Market-oriented Development
• High Traction
• Low Fuel Consumption
• High Durability
• Strength Analysis

China is the world’s second-largest producer of corn, with 33,540,000 hectares of planted acreage, and a production of about 200,000,000 tons of corn a year. However the rate of mechanization of harvesting work is low at 48 % (2014) and there are expectations that from now on the market for corn harvesters will further expand. In addition, the machines that currently exist in the market and that are made by Chinese local manufacturers have a poor performance and experience many troubles; hence, farmers are requesting high-performance and high-quality machines. Kubota Agricultural Machinery (Suzhou) (hereinafter KAMS) can speedily grasp the market needs and reflect them in its development. And its Technical Development Department has linked up with Kubota’s Harvester Development Department from the design stage and participated in developing work blocks. As a result, we were able to quickly develop PRO1408Y, a corn harvester with a husking function, that meets the market’s requests for high-speed work, reduction of yield loss, high husking rate and low-fuel consumption.

• Corn Harvester
• High-speed Work
• Loss of Yield
• High Husking Rate
• Fuel-efficiency

Non-stop baling for reduced operator stress and fatigue, leading to improved operational efficiency. Increased output: Baling non-stop saves 15-18 seconds for every bale made. During a typical 300 bale day, this can give a time saving of over 1½ hours per day. Compact size: Despite its non-stop capacity, FastBale is smaller than other competitive baler wrappers, ensuring easy field access and stress free road transport. Simple bale transfer system and high speed vertical wrapping system ensure high output and gentle bale release. Fully automatic operation, with animated real time display, keeps the operator relaxed and fully productive throughout long working days.

• Non-Stop Baling
• High-Productivity
• Compact
• Automatic
• Time-Saving

Rapid economic development in emerging countries is leading to escalating personnel costs the costs for rice cultivation, too, and making it difficult to secure labor. Consequently, mechanization of rice cultivation in such countries China and so on is taking place. Rice transplanters in emerging countries tend to be used in the following way: the land owner entrusts rice planting to the owner of the rice transplanter, and the land owner pays a fee to the rice transplanter owner in proportion to the transplanted area. The larger the area planted, the more rewards the owner of the rice transplanter will receive. Based on this background, an ability to plant larger area, in other words a ”profitable machine,” is required. To meet this demand, Kubota has developed new rice transplanters based on the concept of ”global 6- and 8-row riding type rice transplanters which are able to produce a prof it for user and have a basic performance.” In this paper, we explain the technical development we conducted to meet three requirements―high efficiency, high durability and ease of maintenance―which are directly related to profitability.

• Emerging Countries
• Riding Type Rice Transplanter
• High Efficiency
• High Durability
• Ease of Maintenance

In recent years in China, a country that is seeing remarkable economic development, the amount of domestic and industrial sewage has been increasing, along with the progress of urbanization and industrialization and with the increase in scale of industrial activity. Therefore, there is increasing demand for water processing and sewage transfer equipment. Due to a greater need to move sewage and increases in environmental budgets, organizations are seeking to reduce their running costs and have submersible sewage pumps that are reliable. We developed a submersible pump with a good performance and reliability in order to respond to market demands and also to aim at business expansion in the Chinese market.

• Sewage Market in China
• Submersible Sewage Motor Pump
• High Efficiency
• Passage Diameter
• Fluid Analysis