Experimental Study on Flexible Strip Flower Thinning Actuator
Flower thinning can adjust the load of fruit trees and is an important factor affecting the yield and quality of fruit trees.To study the effect of mechanical flower thinning and its influencing factors,the independently developed flexible strip flower thinning machine was used to test peach flowers.The flower thinning strips made of rubber and nylon were se-lected.The effect of flower thinning was evaluated by the flower thinning index with the axial spacing of flower thinning strips,therows of flower thinning strips,spindle speed,and working mode as the test factors,and the working parameters of the device were optimized.The results showed that when nylon was used for flower thinning,the speed of the flower thinning shaft was 400 r/min,the number of flower thinning rows was 4,the working mode was vertical in the crown,and the axial spacing of flower thinning strips was 5 cm;When the rubber strip was used for flower thinning,the speed of flow-er thinning shaft was 450r/min,the number of flower thinning rows was 4,the working mode was parallel outside the crown,and the axial spacing of flower thinning strips was 4cm.The experiment showed that the design meets the require-ments of flower thinning and provides a theoretical basis for the research and development of flexible strip flower thinning machines.
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