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Optimized Design and Performance of Pre-cutting Vibrating Sugarcane Sett Metering Device

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The present study aims to solve the problem of missing and overlapping of sugarcane setts during the mechanized planting process. A pre-cutting vibrating sugarcane sett metering device was designed. The overall structure and working principle of the seed metering device have been explained and analyzed. Based on the theoretical analysis of sugarcane sett filling, seed cleaning and the steepest drop line theory, an r-shape chain groove was designed. Furthermore, main dimension parameters were experimentally determined. The experiments were designed based on the Box–Behnken central composite experimental design principle and by considering the single-factor test and three-factor and three-level response surface approach. The feeding angle, seeding speed and cam speed were selected as experimental parameters. Moreover, the missing rate, overlapping rate and qualification rate were selected as the response indexes. The mathematical model of the response surface was established, while the effect of each factor on seed metering device performance was analyzed by Design Expert 8.0.6 software. The optimal combination of structural parameters for the sett-metering device was determined to be as follows: the feeding angle of 44°, the seeding speed of 7.5 r/min and the cam speed of 40 r/min. Experimental results showed that the qualification rate was 96.26%, the missing rate was 3.29% and the overlapping rate was 0.45%. Verification tests indicated that the actual value was close to the predicted value. This study provides a reference for the design of precision sugarcane metering devices.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by research on continuous and accurate planting mechanism and key technology of double bud sugarcane horizontal Planter (52165009), research on accurate control technology and whole machine integration of sugarcanehigh-efficiency pre-cutting double bud horizontal seed distribution (2018ab01002) and Guangxi science and technology base and talents special project(Grant No. Guike AD21220101)

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  1. College of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Bei Bu Gulf University, Qinzhou, 535011, China

    Fei Wu, Yongling He & Mengtian Song

  2. College of Electronic Information, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 530008, China

    Shangping Li

  3. College of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Fanglan Ma, Xiao Teng & Yehang Liang

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Wu, F., Li, S., He, Y. et al. Optimized Design and Performance of Pre-cutting Vibrating Sugarcane Sett Metering Device. Sugar Tech 25, 210–222 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-022-01168-6

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