Vibration Mode for Effective Mechanical Harvesting of Shengy Olive

Document Type : Research Article-en

Authors

• H. Golpira ¹
• M. Loghavi ²

¹ Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

² Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.2021.58671.0

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to optimize the design parameters of the fruit shakers for efficient harvesting of Shengy olive. A single-degree-of-freedom spring-mass model was established to determine the natural frequency and damping coefficient of the limb. A tractor-mounted shaker that transmits vibration to limbs and fruits via a reciprocating mechanism was fabricated for field evaluation of the forced vibration modes. A 3×4 factorial experiment with a completely randomized design was conducted to investigate the effects of shaking amplitudes and frequencies on fruit removal. The shaking mode with a frequency of 10 Hz and amplitude of 80 mm transmitted the average power of 92 W to remove 95% of fruits in the field trial. This oscillation characteristic should be used to redesign the fruit shakers to pass human safety standards and efficient harvesting.

Keywords

• Fruit harvester
• Forced vibration
• Limb shaker
• Mathematical modeling
• Natural frequency

20.1001.1.22286829.1401.12.1.3.3

Main Subjects

• Modeling

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