Development of a Cabbage Harvester

Chagnon, R.; Eng, P.; Charles, Marie Thérèse; Fortin, Sylvain; Boutin, Jérôme; Lemay, Isabel; Roussel, Dominique

doi:10.13031/2013.17892

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“…However, the field rig operation caused more harm when the automatic harvester was compared to manual harvesting using a field rig elevator. Long-term storage studies were carried out at six different locations and found that mechanically processed cabbages could be preserved satisfactorily for up to 4 months and even up to 6 months in some instances [4].…”

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Fabrication and Evaluation of a Cabbage Harvester Prototype

Didamony

Shal

2020

Agriculture

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A cabbage harvester prototype was fabricated and tested to save time, cost, and labor for harvesting. This harvester was designed for harvesting operations to drive the prototype and control the harvester. The single-row prototype harvesting meets the functional requirements of the physical properties of the Egyptian cabbage. The performance of the harvester prototype was evaluated on two shapes of cutter disc, four cutter disc speeds, and four cutter disc angles; these parameters were assessed at 88% moisture content of the cabbage head and average forward speed of 1.5 km/h. The results demonstrated that the serrated edge cutter discs and 900 rpm disc speed produced actual productivity of 12.56 ton/h, 2.28 kW power requirements, 0.18 kW h/ton specific energy requirement, and of 3.66 $/h operating cost. It turns out that the harvester did not do major harm to the cabbage and less than 4% damage. Operating the harvester at the optimum parameters saves cost and time compared with manual harvesting.

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Fabrication and Evaluation of a Cabbage Harvester Prototype

Didamony

Shal

2020

Agriculture

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Design and Field Test of a New Compact Self-Propelled Cabbage Harvester

Du¹,

Wang²,

Xie³

et al. 2019

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Abstract. As a labor-intensive operation, manual harvesting greatly affects cost and therefore profitability in the cabbage industry. A new compact self-propelled cabbage harvester for small, separate fields was designed and field tested. This harvester included a crawler chassis, a picking mechanism, a lifting mechanism, a cutting device, and a leaf separator. Results of preliminary field tests showed that the harvester had good flexibility and maneuverability. Results of field performance tests showed that the harvester could pick cabbages with diameters of 15 to 25 cm, providing a harvesting capacity of 0.21 hm2 h-1 and a harvest loss of 10.2%. Compared with experiments conducted in traditional fields, harvest quality showed an improvement in fields with an experimental cultivation method. The harvest loss was reduced by 5.0%, while the picking rate and accurate cutting rate were improved by 3.0% and 5.4%, respectively. Keywords: Cabbage, Compact, Field test, Mechanical harvester, Self-propelled.

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Pulling Performance of a Self-Propelled Chinese Cabbage Harvester and Design of a Preprocessing Unit

김호진¹,

Choi²

2020

J. Agirc. Life Sci.

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Development of a Cabbage Harvester

Cited by 6 publications

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Fabrication and Evaluation of a Cabbage Harvester Prototype

Fabrication and Evaluation of a Cabbage Harvester Prototype

Design and Field Test of a New Compact Self-Propelled Cabbage Harvester

Pulling Performance of a Self-Propelled Chinese Cabbage Harvester and Design of a Preprocessing Unit

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