Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 1772-1783.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.08.21

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Design and experiment of swing intra-row weeding device for paddy field

TIAN Liang1(), CAO Chengmao1,2,*(), QIN Kuan1,2, GE Jun1,2, FANG Liangfei1   

  1. 1. School of Engineering, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
    2. Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Agricultural Equipment for the Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei 230036, China
  • Received:2021-12-16 Online:2022-08-25 Published:2022-08-26
  • Contact: CAO Chengmao

Abstract:

Aiming at the problems of high seedling damage rate and low weeding rate of intra-row weeding device in paddy field, a swing intra-row weeding device for paddy field was designed. The overall structure and working principle of weeding device were illustrated and analyzed. Theoretical analysis and structural design of eccentric mechanism and weeding spring tine were carried out. Combined with the reciprocating opening and closing movement of spring tine and rice planting agronomy, the movement process of weeding spring tine and the working mechanism of seedling avoidance system were analyzed. Based on ADAMS software, by taking the machine driving speed and eccentric rotational speed as test factors, coverage rate and intrusion rate as evaluation indexes, the virtual simulation test was carried out via two factor five level quadratic regression orthogonal rotation combination method. The simulation results revealed that the machine driving speed and eccentric rotation speed had significant (P<0.01) impact on the coverage rate and intrusion rate, and the machine driving speed was the main factor affecting the working performance of the weeding device. When the machine driving speed was 266.12 mm·s-1 and the eccentric rotational speed was 3.97 r·s-1, the coverage rate was 85.70% and the intrusion rate was 5.62% in simulation. The field test results revealed that when the machine driving speed was 270 mm·s-1 and the eccentric rotational speed was 4 r·s-1, the weeding rate of the weeding device was 82.5% and the injury rate was 5.1%, which was roughly consistent with the simulation results. Thus, the designed weeding device could meet the requirement of weeding agronomy in paddy field.

Key words: paddy field, swing type, avoiding seedlings, intra-row weeding

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