Maintenance and care of calves during the milk period, when it is necessary to distribute mainly liquid feed, is very laborious. Most of the time is associated with the delivery of feed on a cart in milk flasks and filling buckets from flasks when hand-watering the calves. proposed Feeder device on a mobile frame (rod), which moves on rollers with the help of an electric drive, proposed for distributing liquid feed to calves in boxes. It consists of a carrier conveyor with fixed buckets, which alternately reciprocates towards the feeders. This technical solution is applicable on farms where separate group cages or boxes are used for keeping calves. The proposed liquid feed distribution technology raises the level of the entire calf feeding process. It was found that as a result of the work of the distributor, the use of manual labor decreased by 90%. The actual labor productivity was at least 400 heads per hour, therefore, one operator, when working with a distributor, is fully capable of drinking 200 calves in 0.5 hours. The use of a mechanized system for distributing liquid feed on farms has a positive effect on reducing the level of morbidity in calves associated with the digestive organs - by 20%. Gross and average daily gains in live weight increase by 5-6%.
The purpose of the research was to determine the functional dependencies of the friction parameters of root crops on various surfaces for subsequent use in energy calculations of working bodies. The research methodology provided for the experimental determination of static and kinetic friction coefficients on various surfaces and subsequent statistical processing of experimental data to obtain a regression model of indicators from the pressure of compression. Based on the research, equations were obtained that characterize the friction processes of root crops on various surfaces (steel, rubber, painted steel), which will serve for their further use in the design of machines and energy calculation. The highest friction coefficient corresponds to a pressure of 4.0-5.0 kPa, regardless of the static or dynamic loading method. At motion speeds of surfaces up to 2.0…2.6 m/s, the released juice manages to squeeze out of the contact zone. This increases the friction coefficient. At speeds from 2.000…3.095 m/s, the resulting juice does not have time to leak out of the contact zone, and therefore works as a liquid lubrication. As the speed increases, the friction coefficient decreases.
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