Clarification on the soil cutter parameters used for cultivation

Abstract

The article provides analytical dependences for calculating such important parameters of the cutter for soil cultivation as the number of revolutions of the shaft with the knives fixed on it, the indicator of the kinematic regime, feed to the knife, as well as the power consumed by the cutter. Taking into account the results of research by other authors, numerical calculations were carried out. The following are the results of experimental studies of the process of milling the soil, carried out using a prototype machine. The torque on the drive shaft of the machine was determined using the strain gauge method. To determine the rotational speed of the cutter shaft, optical sensors were used, the translational speed of the machine was determined based on the processing of signals from a speed meter driven by the support wheel of the machine. As a result, it was found that the milling cutter with the values of the parameters determined theoretically provides high quality soil cultivation. The calculated values of the power consumed by the cutter are in good agreement with the experimental results.