Developing a small commercial vibrating potato digger (I) - Assessment of kinematic design parameters

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 807-811

  Kang, Whoa Seug ^a   Wen, Xue Z ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acceleration ratio; Design parameter; Potato digger; Vibrating blade

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; CROPS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HARVESTERS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACCELERATION RATIO; KINEMATIC DESIGN PARAMETERS; POTATO DIGGER; VIBRATING BLADE;

HARVESTING;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 27844540810     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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