DESIGN AND TEST OF POTATO CONVEYING AND GRADING DEVICE WITH VARIABLE SPACE-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

DESIGN AND TEST OF POTATO CONVEYING AND GRADING DEVICE WITH VARIABLE SPACE

Published:2023-04-30 Issue: Volume: Page:681-692
ISSN:2068-2239
Container-title:INMATEH Agricultural Engineering
language:en
Short-container-title:INMATEH

Author:

HE Xin¹,LI Longfei¹,LIU Xing¹,XIAO Yumeng¹,JIAO Taowei¹,LI Wei¹

Affiliation:

1. Northwest A&F University College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shaanxi Yangling 712100, China

Abstract

This paper proposed a technical idea of joint operation of conveying and grading and developed a potato conveying and grading device with variable space to realize efficient grading in the field because of the difficulties of field grading in the process of potato harvesting in the hilly mountains of northwest China. Based on field measurement of potato size distribution, the clearance between rotating plates of potato conveying and grading device was determined. The key structural parameters of the rotating plate were obtained by referring to the structure and relevant parameters of the conveying and grading device. Moreover, the conveyor chain elevation angle of the conveying and grading device was determined through the dynamics analysis of potatoes on the conveying and grading device. The inclined plane test determined the inclination angle of the potato guide plate. To reduce the damage to potatoes in the process of conveying and grading, damage analysis was carried out. Finally, Field tests were conducted with conveyor chain elevation angle, unit forward speed, and the conveyor chain line speed as test factors, and the grading accuracy and the damage rate of the potato conveying and grading device as test indexes. The test results showed that when the conveyor chain elevation angle, unit forward speed, and conveyor chain line speed were 21.0°, 0.8 m/s, and 1.3 m/s, respectively, the grading accuracy was 91.4% and the rate of potato damage was 0.88%. The operational performance of the prototype was stable, and all the test evaluation indicators could meet the agronomic requirements of the potato harvester.

Publisher

INMA Bucharest-Romania

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Food Science

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