Design and Topological Analysis of a New Manual Operation Sugarcane Loader with Metamorphic Function

Abstract

Sugarcane loader is a kind of agricultural machinery for sugarcane transport. Traditional sugarcane loaders are mostly hydraulic type powered by diesel engine, which is difficult to promote in small producing unit, because of its big size and high maintenance costs. A manual operation sugarcane loader with metamorphic function invented by the research of metamorphic mechanism applied to sugarcane loaders can change its topological structures according to different needs of work tasks. The grabbing and raising task of sugarcane can be done by a single operator action. This paper introduces the source-metamorphic mechanism of the sugarcane loader, as well as the metamorphic ways. Use the topological graphs to describe the topology changes of different work tasks and to analysis the principles and characteristics of configuration.