Design and Experiment of Star-toothed Concave Disk Row Cleaners for No-till Planter

WANG Qi, JIA Honglei, ZHU Longtu, LI Mingwei, ZHAO Jiale

Abstract

The corn planting model of full straw returning and no-tillage sowing techniques was used in the northeastern part of China. Due to the thick and abundant maize straws, limited the quality and efficiency of sowing operations and reduced crop yield, the concave disk row cleaners with star-tooth capable of efficient straw cleaning in whole straw mulching fields were designed. The kinematic pattern of straw particles at surface of disc row cleaner during the operation was clarified through the use of theoretical analysis, the main structural parameters affecting the operational quality of the row cleaners were clarified, and the range of values of each parameter were determined. Combined with rotational orthogonal test design and EDEM discrete element simulation technology, the optimal structural parameter combination of the row cleaner was achieved. The performance of the row cleaners was verified by field comparison test. The results showed that the main structural parameters affecting the performance of the device were radius of gyration of the disk, projection length of disk camber and radius of curvature. When the radius of gyration of the disk was 152.5mm, the projection length of disk camber was 50.9mm,and the radius of curvature was 160mm, the working performance of the row cleaners was the best, and the straw cleaning rate and working resistance were 92.2% and 142.6N, respectively. The working performance of the row cleaners was better than that of the plane row cleaners, and the operation quality was stable, which satisfied the agronomic and technical requirements of no-till planting.


Keywords: no-till sowing, corn, row cleaners, discrete element method, structural optimization

 

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