Club of bologna proceedings

SESSION 2 
 
Official testing and evaluation of tractors and implements: a tool to 
assist farmers in assessing performance, safety and environmental 
factors 
 
 
 
Chairman :
Uri M. Peiper, Israel 

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Uri M. PEIPER
Israel 
 
Good morning to you, and thank you Prof. 
Pellizzi for the pleasure and honour of 
chairing this meeting. I recall that many many 
years ago, back in 1970, it was actually 
through testing of agricultural machinery that 
the two of us first met. And just as a little 
souvenir I have brought along some papers, 
including your very short CV from that time, 
 
it is all in here! Since then we have all gone a 
little grey - those of us who still have 
something to go grey! We have all gained a 
lot of weight and some experience since that 
time. So it is really my pleasure to chair this 
meeting on the testing of agricultural 
machinery, a topic which I worked on for over 
20 years before changing job. So without 
losing too much time I would like to call on 
the first keynote speaker - Mr. Takahashi. 
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Generality of the official testing 
system for agricultural machinery 
by 
Hiroyuki Takahashi 
JAPAN 
1. Role and objectives of official testing 
1.1 Elimination of poor quality products 
In the initial stages of the agricultural 
mechanisation process, many poorly designed 
and poorly manufactured machines may be 
put on the market. This situation poses serious 
problems at both the individual and the 
national level. Official testing of agricultural 
machinery was started with the primary 
objective of eliminating poorly designed and 
poorly manufactured machinery. It must 
however be remembered that, at the same 
time, testing tends to upgrade the technical 
level on the manufacturer’s side, thereby 
contributing to marked improvements in the 
performance and durability of agricultural 
machinery.