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At present, the potato’s mechanized harvesting rate in hilly and mountainous areas is very low. The reasons for this are that in heavy soil, the separation of potato rhizomes from soil or vines is not sufficient, harvesting machinery is seriously damaged by the potato epidermis, and the harvested potato is easily buried in soil, resulting in a missed harvest. In this paper, a two-stage cleaning potato harvester with wave-type and roller-group-type separating mechanisms was designed, and its overall structure and working principle are introduced in detail. The new cleaning mechanism can increase the effective separating length and effective contact area of the potato–soil mixture so as to achieve the purpose of removing clay and heavy soil. The main separator uses a structure that combines offset waves with opposite waves and a staggered arrangement of large–small diameter straight bars. The secondary separator adopts a device combining left-hand and right-hand separating rollers. The discrete element model of the whole machine was established, and the results of the theoretical analysis were verified by simulation. The key factors affecting the harvest quality were analyzed by variance analysis and response surface analysis, and the field experiment was carried out with the rate of clean potatoes, damaged potatoes, and peeled potatoes harvested as the indexes. The field experiments showed that the machine achieved a rate of photos on or out of the earth of 98.87%, a damaged potato rate of 0.91%, and a peeled potato rate of 1.13%. The research results provide theoretical support and a technical reference for the design and optimization of potato harvesters, as well as the improvement of the potato–soil separating efficiency and harvest quality.
At present, the potato’s mechanized harvesting rate in hilly and mountainous areas is very low. The reasons for this are that in heavy soil, the separation of potato rhizomes from soil or vines is not sufficient, harvesting machinery is seriously damaged by the potato epidermis, and the harvested potato is easily buried in soil, resulting in a missed harvest. In this paper, a two-stage cleaning potato harvester with wave-type and roller-group-type separating mechanisms was designed, and its overall structure and working principle are introduced in detail. The new cleaning mechanism can increase the effective separating length and effective contact area of the potato–soil mixture so as to achieve the purpose of removing clay and heavy soil. The main separator uses a structure that combines offset waves with opposite waves and a staggered arrangement of large–small diameter straight bars. The secondary separator adopts a device combining left-hand and right-hand separating rollers. The discrete element model of the whole machine was established, and the results of the theoretical analysis were verified by simulation. The key factors affecting the harvest quality were analyzed by variance analysis and response surface analysis, and the field experiment was carried out with the rate of clean potatoes, damaged potatoes, and peeled potatoes harvested as the indexes. The field experiments showed that the machine achieved a rate of photos on or out of the earth of 98.87%, a damaged potato rate of 0.91%, and a peeled potato rate of 1.13%. The research results provide theoretical support and a technical reference for the design and optimization of potato harvesters, as well as the improvement of the potato–soil separating efficiency and harvest quality.
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