Development of low-loss ear-picking and conveying device for fresh corn
In order to solve the problem of high damage rate of fresh corn and seed corn on the cob caused by ear collision during ear picking and ear shifting,a corn harvester with low-loss ear picking and conveying device was developed,the device was optimized based on the common corn harvester,which replaced the traditional six-edge pulling stem roller with the self-made staggered inclined cutter pulling stem roller,and pre-cut the ear stalk,in order to reduce the pulling impact between the ear and the ear-picking plate during the ear-picking process,the rigid ear-pulling chain and the screw aggregate conveyor were changed into the rubber flexible ear-pulling belt and the rubber flexible ear-collecting and conveying device,at the same time,a small number of broken stalks were fed and transported with a screw grabber to reduce the breakage rate of fresh corn ear,which was reduced by 20%-30%,the results provide a reference for harvesting fresh corn.