Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 2233-2239.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20221118

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Design and experiment on portable self-propelled tea picker

YU Guohong1(), ZHENG Hang1, YE Yunxiang1, XUE Xianglei1, FU Tong2   

  1. 1. Institute of Agricultural Equipment, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • Received:2022-07-29 Online:2023-09-25 Published:2023-10-09

Abstract:

In order to solve the problems that the current double hand-lifted tea picker need to be equipped with a large number of operators and the use comfort was poor, a portable self-propelled tea picker suitable for hilly and gentle slope terraced tea gardens was investigated. Its basic structure and working principle of the whole machine were explained, and its key components such as crawler chassis, tea-picking lifting mechanism, hydraulic transmission system and so on were designed and analyzed. Field tea picking experiments were carried out to test the performance of the prototype. The results showed that the fresh leaves under the integrity was more than 81.1%, processable tea rate was more than 93.7%, measured tea machine loss rate was less than 0.82%, measured tea machine leakage rate was less than 0.77%. The portable self-propelled tea picker had a good performance, which meet the requirements of tea farmers for picking.

Key words: tea, tea picker, hydraulic system, motion analysis, experiment

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