Energetics of Pulling Flax Stalks With a Disc-Belt Flax-Pulling Apparatus

Abstract

The article describes a new design of the disc-belt flax-pulling apparatus, which will increase the durability of the pulling belts and reduce the material consumption of the flax gleaning machine. The geometrical parameters of the pulling section of the disc-belt flax-pulling apparatus have been established. The energetics of the process of picking flax stalks, which are clamped in the curved longitudinal pulling stream of the disc-belt flax-pulling apparatus, have been theoretically investigated. The dynamics of changes in the components of pulling power when moving the flax stalk along the pulling stream were studied, depending on: the initial inclination of the flax stalk; from the forward speed of the flax harvester; from the angle of inclination of the pulling apparatus to the horizon. The energy per second of pulling and the value of its components are determined.