Effect of rake angle and cutting speed on energy demands of mulcher with vertical axis of rotation
| dc.contributor.author | Čedík, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pexa, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pražan, R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-31T10:43:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-31T10:43:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Article | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | The contribution deals with the reduction of agriculture energy demands. For maintenance and treatment of permanent grassland areas, areas left fallow and put to rest the mulching in combination with other workflows (mowing, grazing) is advantageous procedure. As conventional impact grass cutting and chopping is energy demanding procedure, it is proper to reduce the energy demands of such device. In the paper the effect of shape of cutting tool, particularly the rake angle, on energy demands of mulcher with vertical axis of rotation is studied. The effect of cutting speed on energy demands is also verified. The measurement was performed using mulcher MZ 6000 made by Bednar FMT Ltd. with working width of 6 m and three rotors. During the measurement the test rides using the cutting tools with different rake angle and cutting speeds of 105m s-1 , 89 m s-1 and 79 m s-1 were performed. The rake angle of cutting tools were chosen 0°, 15° and 25°. The test area was pasture with permanent grassland. During the measurement the torque and power, transferred through PTO to the machine, fuel consumption and GPS coordinates were measured. From each test ride the samples of grass matter were taken in order to determine the yield and moisture content. It was found that increase of the rake angle up to 25° and decrease of the cutting speed resulted in decrease of the power requirement of the mulcher. | eng |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1406-894X | |
| dc.identifier.publication | Agronomy Research, 2017, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1540-1549 | eng |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10492/3492 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.15159/ar.17.007 | |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2009 by Estonian University of Life Sciences, Latvia University of Agriculture, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, incl. photocopying, electronic recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission from the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Latvia University of Agriculture, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. | eng |
| dc.subject | mulcher | eng |
| dc.subject | permanent grassland | eng |
| dc.subject | energy demands | eng |
| dc.subject | cutting tool | eng |
| dc.subject | rake angle | eng |
| dc.subject | cutting speed | eng |
| dc.subject | articles | eng |
| dc.title | Effect of rake angle and cutting speed on energy demands of mulcher with vertical axis of rotation | eng |
| dc.type | Article | eng |
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