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TANZANIA STANDARD Agricultural equipment – Disc plough – Specifications TANZANIA BUREAU OF STANDARDS This Tanzania Standard was published under the authority of the Board of Directors of Tanzania Bureau of Standards on 2011-07-28. Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) is the statutory national standards body for Tanzania established under Standards Act No. 3 of 1975 repealed and replaced by standards Act No. 2 of 2009. The Mechanical Engineering Divisional Standards Committee, under whose supervision this Tanzania Standard was prepared, consists of representatives from the following organizations: College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam National Institute of Transport (NIT) Mechanical Engineering Industries Development Agency (MEIDA) Ministry of Works and Infrastructure Weights and Measures Agency Tanzania Industrial Research Development Organization (TIRDO) ALAF ltd Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology The following organizations were directly represented on the Technical Committee entrusted with the preparation of this Tanzania Standard: College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO) Tanzania Automotive Technology Centre Centre for Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Technology (CAMARTEC) AFRICATIC Ltd INCAR Ltd Tanzania Bureau of Standards P O Box 9524 Dar es Salaam Tel: +255 (22) 2450206/2450949/2450298 Fax: +255 22 2450298 E-mail: info@tbstz.org ISBN: 978-9987-11-272-2  Agricultural equipment – Disc plough – Specifications 0 Foreword The disc plough is an agricultural implement used to turn over the surface of the soil in order to cultivate crops. The disc plough is usually mounted on a tractor, though, some may have a rear support by one or more wheels, and some may be trailed. The equipments are most popular and commonly used in Tanzania especially in rural areas for agricultural p