Design of a Reciprocating Sprout Harvester

DOI

10.2991/icmmcce-17.2017.149How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Reciprocating; Harvester; Sprout; Reciprocating Device; Matlab

Abstract

This reciprocating sprout harvester is designed to solve the issues including high labor intensity, low work efficiency as well as difficulty in ensuring reaping quality regarding manual sprout harvesting. SolidWorks software is adopted to conduct 3D modeling of every part as well as the overall unit and form the mathematical model of kinematic analysis of the reciprocating device. Matlab language is applied to work out the rules for the change in plate groove displacement and velocity line acceleration. As for the reciprocating sprout harvester based on this design, the application test shows that single-disk harvesting time is 10s; compared with manual harvesting, work efficiency increases by more than 300%; moreover, labor intensity is reduced; stubbles after reaping are neat and consistent so as to reduce loss of reaping by more than 20%. Moreover, such mechanism is characterized by simple structure, convenience operation, safety and low manufacturing cost. This harvester effectively solves the issues relating to mechanization of sprout reaping, so it has a good prospect for extension.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yi Guo
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - Design of a Reciprocating Sprout Harvester
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 5th International Conference on Mechatronics, Materials, Chemistry and Computer Engineering (ICMMCCE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 829
EP  - 834
SN  - 2352-5401
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