Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1946-1955.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.10.19

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Design and experiment of double layer flat screen type Pinellia ternate harvester

WANG Feng1(), ZHANG Fengwei1, DAI Fei1, ZHANG Luhai2, ZHAO Wei3, YANG Xiaoping1,*()   

  1. 1. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Gansu Agricultural Mechanization Technology Extension Station, Lanzhou 730070, China
    3. Dingxi Sanniu Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Dingxi 743022, China
  • Received:2021-03-02 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-11-02
  • Contact: YANG Xiaoping

Abstract:

The artificial harvest of Pinellia ternata in hilly and mountainous areas has problems of high labor intensity, low efficiency, long harvest period, high harvest loss rate, etc. Meanwhile, the application of current harvester also has shortcomings of incomplete harvest, poor separation effect, large workload of secondary impurity removal and so on. To overcome these problems, a Pinellia ternata harvester was designed. The prototype is mainly composed of digging device, lifting device, screening device and collection device. Analytical method is used to analyze and determine the lifting speed of the lifting device, hence determine the lifting capacity and power.The conditions of vertical and horizontal movement of Pinellia ternata and soil complex is analyzed, and the eccentric wheel speed is determined in the range of 530-753 r·min -1, along with the eccentric distance range of 15-25 mm.By analyzing the motion characteristics of Pinellia ternata from the lifting device to the sieve surface, the height of the top of the lifting device to the sieve surface is determined as 350 mm. EDEM software is used to simulate the screening process to verify the rationality of parameter selection. The simulation results show that when the frequency of the flat screen is 9 Hz and the amplitude is 20 mm, the distribution of the complex particles on the sieve surface is uniform.The complex particles can complete the backward movement, forward movement and throwing movement, without siltation and other screening obstructions.The periodicity of the complex particles and the difference of the total velocity in the vertical direction are obvious, indicating that the design of the screening device with selected parameters are reasonable. The field test of the prototype of Pinellia ternata harvest shows that when the speed is 0.5 m·s -1, the digging depth is 83 mm, and the output speed of the tractor is 540 r·min-1, the net excavation ratio is 97.3%, the damage rate is 3.51%, and the impurity content is 4.97%. The test indexes all meet the technical requirements of quality evaluation and prototype design requirements. This study can provide application examples and technical references for the design and development of Pinellia ternata harvester.

Key words: Pinellia ternate, lifting device, screening device, discrete element method, numerical simulation

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