Forage Harvester Knife Response to Cutting Force
Forage Harvester Knife Response to Cutting Force
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DOI:
10.13031/2013.36047
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发表时间:
1976
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
M. T. Ige;M. F. Finner
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作者:
M. T. Ige;M. F. Finner
ABSTRACT LACK of knowledge about the nature of the forces developed during cutting and the response of the knives to these forces has made the evaluation of the performance of forage harvesters difficult. Attempts have been made by Prince et al. (1958) and Chancellor (1958) to measure the cutting force. But the usefulness of their results was limited by the fact that they worked at very low knife speeds and cut single or very few stems. These conditions are far dif-ferent from the actual operating con-ditions of a forage harvester. In this study, a two knife cutter-head, powered by an electric motor, was used to cut deep layers of alfalfa. The knife supports were instru-mented to measure cutting forces and knife displacement. Measurements for the cutting of alfalfa at different moisture levels were made at various knife speeds. Mathematical equa-tions were developed for the response of the knife to the cutting force. The resultant equation was a second order differential equation similar to that of Akritidis (1974). But the devel-oped equation is for rotational mo-tion while that of Akritidis was for linear motion.