Table 7 Statistical comparison of the three cutter bar blades.

From: Force and power requirement for development of cumin harvester: a dynamic approach

Experiments

Cutting force

Cutter bar power

Pair

Blade

t

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

t

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Pair 1

Blade-B1 & Blade-B2

 − 24.87

2

0.002

 − 118.02

2

0.0001

Pair 2

Blade-B2 & Blade-B3

 − 33.01

2

0.001

 − 96.30

2

0.0001

Pair 3

Blade-B1 & Blade-B3

 − 189.12

2

0.001

 − 119.23

2

0.0001