ISHS Acta Horticulturae 577: VII International Symposium on Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Pomology
A MACHINE WITH ACTIVE DISK WORKING ELEMENTS FOR UPROOTING FRUIT TREES IN THE NURSERY |
| Authors: | ZH.S. Roussalimov, S.M. Mandradjiev |
| Keywords: | mechanization, uprooting, active disk elements, vibration, transporter, nursery |
| Abstract:
The machine is designed for uprooting one row of two-year old fruit trees in the nursery. The active working rotor disk elements, inclined both to the motion and vertical direction, cut bilaterally a prismatic soil volume with a triangular cross section, in a depth of up to 50 cm, containing the root system of trees. The working disk elements lift the cut soil volume and transmit it to a breaking drum. Behind the drum, a wave-motion vibrating chain-bar conveyor with angular moving of the carrying elements, is mounted for soft shaking down the soil from the tree roots. The development of this equipment initiates a design process for multipurpose machines and combines equipped with active and soft working elements, for mechanizing the most labour-intensive process in fruit nurseries. The developed next generation machines of this type improve considerably labour productivity, replacing the existing machinery with passive cramp cutting tools, requiring great drag strength and imposing hard, unattractive conditions of work. | |
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