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Design and Development of Sugarcane Leaf Pruning Machine for Sugarcane Seed Purpose by Using Hydraulic system |
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| Creator | Tinnasit Kaisinburasak |
| Title | Design and Development of Sugarcane Leaf Pruning Machine for Sugarcane Seed Purpose by Using Hydraulic system |
| Contributor | Danai Saratunpithak, Anucha Chaochot, Mongkol Tunhaw, Puttinun Jaruwat, Preecha Ananratanakul, Anuchit Chamsing, Ratchada Pratcharoenwanich, Jiravee Kaisinburasak, Kunthakorn Khaothong |
| Publisher | Department of Agriculture |
| Publication Year | 2563 |
| Journal Title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 38 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 33-49 |
| Keyword | Sugarcane Leaf Pruning Machine, Hydraulic System, Fuzzy logic controller |
| URL Website | http://at.doa.go.th/journal |
| Website title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| ISSN | 0125-8389 |
| Abstract | The pruning of sugarcane leaves are usually carried out two months before harvesting in order to facilitate the harvesting by human labors and to avoid traditional burning of the sugarcane leaves. Generally, the sugarcane leaf pruning machine is used in harvestingsugarcane for factory. However this type of machine is not suitable for removing sugarcaneleaves for planting because it can damage the seed bud up to 6070%. The objective ofthis research was to design the mechanism of Sugarcane Leaf pruning for sugarcane seedpurpose by applying the hydrostatic power transmission to the Sugarcane Leaf PruningRoller which could be moved in a vertical direction attached to 25 hp tractor. The machinecould remove the sugarcane leaves from the ground up to 3.5 m. The revolution of therollers was controlled by using fuzzy logic controller. The controller will open a proportionalvalve allowing hydraulic oil moving to drive the hydraulic motor and using the rotary encoderas the feedback signal. It was tested with the LK92-11, KhonKaen 3, Uthong 84-12, K95-84and Kamphaeng Saen 01-12 sugarcane cultivars which were 11 months old and had theheight of 2.31-2.93 m. in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province. The experiments wereconducted at the forward speed of 2.09 km h-1, a linear velocity of the Sugarcane LeafPruning Roller of 0.5 m s-1 and upward direction of the Sugarcane Leaf Pruning Roller.The experimental results showed that the average seed buds damage was 1.28% and theaverage stalk damage was 3.41%. It could work at the rate of 1.88 rai/hr while the fuelconsumption was 2.36 liter/rai and the average germination percentage of sugarcane was68.57%. The average damage of seed buds and stalk, and germination percentage were notsignificantly different when compared to results of human labor. Fuzzy-based controller wasfast and accurate for removing of sugarcane leaves although it gave a few overshoots.The cost of the Sugarcane Leaf Pruning Machine was 134,000 baht. Considering thatthe labor cost of sugarcane leaf pruning is 300 baht/rai for 8 hr/day, the Break Even pointwas calculated to be 175.61 rais. |
