Engineering and Economic Evaluation of a Prototype Fabricated for Harvesting Sugarcane

Shal, A. M. El; Mazrou, Yasser S. A.; Didamony, Mohamed Ibrahim El

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“…A key element influencing the amount of cutting force and power needed is the form of the cutting blade 15 . Compared to smooth knives, serrated knives had improved cut quality and cutting power, but the invisible loss was higher 3 , 16 – 18 . Liu et al 16 , and Srivastava et al 19 investigated that the pressure of the cutting device initially causes a permanent deformation in the SS, which depends on the time of contact, knife thickness, and characteristics of the cutting device, which causes a break of the SS fiber.…”

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Design, construction and field testing of a manually feeding semiautomatic sugarcane dud chipper

Elwakeel,

Mohamed,

Tantawy

et al. 2024

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Sugarcane is the main sugar crop, and sugar is an important agricultural product in Egypt. There are many problems with the technology used in the current planting method of sugarcane, which has a great impact on the planting quality of sugarcane, which have a series of problems, such as low cutting efficiency and poor quality. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to design, construct, and field testing of a semiautomatic sugarcane bud chipper assisted with pivot knives for cutting sugarcane buds and germinating them in plastic trays inside a greenhouse until they reached an average length of 35 cm, and then planting them in the field. In the field tests five cutting speeds (35, 40, 45, 50, and 56 rpm. (Revolution Per minute), three cutting knives (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm) were used for cutting sugarcane stalks with four different diameters (1.32, 1.82, 2.43, and 2.68 cm). The obtained results showed that the values of the damage index and invisible losses were within acceptable limits (ranging between − 1.0 and 0.0) for all the variables under the test. Still, the lowest damage index and invisible losses were recorded with the buds that were cut with a knife of 1.5 mm thickness and cutting speeds less than 50 rpm. The skipping rate increases with the increase in cutting speed and stalk diameter, ranging between 0.0 to 13%. The maximum machine productivity was 110 Buds per minute at a cutting speed of 35 rpm and stalk diameter of 1.32 cm. The paper's findings have important application values for promoting the designing and development of sugarcane bud chipper and sugarcane planting technology in the future.

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Design, construction and field testing of a manually feeding semiautomatic sugarcane dud chipper

Elwakeel,

Mohamed,

Tantawy

et al. 2024

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Sugarcane Harvester: A Bibliometric Review

Martins,

Filho,

Santana

et al. 2023

Sugar Tech

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Improving of the methodology for the economic justification of business decisions at agricultural enterprises based on the interests of consumers

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The improved method of evaluating the economic efficiency of projects for agricultural machinery modernization is developed and tested in the study. Traditional approaches are based on the use of investment project analysis methods to determine the economic efficiency of agricultural machinery modernization for the manufacturer. The suggested method includes the application of an integrated approach to evaluate the economic efficiency of equipment upgrade for both the manufacturer and the consumer. Benefits for the consumer are determined based on the specifics of developed technical solutions, which can be aimed at increasing the output of the machine, reducing operating costs, etc. The suggested method is tested using the example of analyzing the economic efficiency of the project for upgrading the pre-start system of the tractor engine with the application of a phase transition heat accumulator. The analysis conducted shows sufficient economic viability of technical solutions for both the manufacturer and the consumer of the tractor and indicates the potential for successful use of the improved method.

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Engineering and Economic Evaluation of a Prototype Fabricated for Harvesting Sugarcane

Cited by 3 publications

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Design, construction and field testing of a manually feeding semiautomatic sugarcane dud chipper

Design, construction and field testing of a manually feeding semiautomatic sugarcane dud chipper

Sugarcane Harvester: A Bibliometric Review

Improving of the methodology for the economic justification of business decisions at agricultural enterprises based on the interests of consumers

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