combine harvester![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Vehicle that harvests seed crops, usually grain; it cuts, threshes and separates the seeds from the chaff.
divider ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Unit at the end of the cutter bar that separates the furrow meant to be cut from the others.
cutter bar ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Unit that consists of a metal blade with beveled sections and is of adjustable height; it is used to cut the crop stalks while moving.
pickup reel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rotating unit underneath the cutter bar that draws the stalks into the rotating auger.
bat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Toothed bar that rotates on the pickup reel’s transverse axle.
tooth ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Prong on the bat that causes the crop stalks to fall.
feeding tube ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Usually rotating unit that regulates the flow of the harvested crop arriving at the thresher, which separates the grain from the chaff.
rotating auger ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Double rotating worm that gathers the harvest to the center of the header, where it is conveyed to the feeding tube.
straw spreader ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Propeller device that spreads hay from the back of the harvester the width of the cut to facilitate plowing the hay under the soil.
unloading tube ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Duct through which the grain is transferred from the tank to a trailer.
motor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device converting the combustion of fuel and air into mechanical energy.
cab ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Compartment from which the driver operates the combine harvester.
grain elevator ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Mechanism that conveys the harvested grain to the tank.
grain tank ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Container that temporarily stores harvested grain.