Department of mechanization

Vasily Dmitrievich SHAFOROSTOVVasily Dmitrievich SHAFOROSTOV

Head of the department of mechanization

Tel: (861) 254-06-96      
Fax: (861) 254-06-96      
E-mail: mechanization@vniimk.ru

The department of mechanization was established in 1932.

During its work, it has developed and put into production:

— the device for the square-bed planters for the precise sowing of sunflower seeds SKV-34 A and castor bean seeds — SKV-35A (V. A. Bartenev), the device for grain planters for sowing of small-seeded oil crops (M. I. Polnyakov);

— 34-103 Zmievsky device for the grain header for sunflower harvesting (M. E. Zmievsky);

— PSP-1,5 device for combine SK-5 «Niva» and PSP-10 for combine Don-1500 for sunflower harvesting (V. I. Moskalenko, A. I. Klyuchnikov, I. Y. Rogochiy);

— technology of seed preparation of sunflower, soybean, castor bean, flax, mustard, rapeseed (V. A. Bartenev, A. I. Bortnikov, V. D. Shaforostov);

— castor bean harvesters KKS-4, KKS-6, KKS-8 (A. V. Zhukova, A. D. Savin);

— technology of two-stage harvesting and post-harvest processing of castor bean seeds (V. G. Matyusha, A. D. Savin, A. I. Bortnikov, V. D. Shaforostov);

— technology and machinery complex for peanut cultivation, harvesting and drying (A. B. Barabash, V. I. Moskalenko, S. D. Krokhmal, V. D. Zhulid);

— complex of machines for mechanization of work in breeding and seed production (M. I. Polnyakov).


At present the following tasks are being solved:

— development of a third-generation sunflower harvesting machine;

— development of seed preparation technology based on the basis of new machines and complexes;

— development of machines for mechanization of work in breeding and seed production.