DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN AND INVESTIGATION OF OPERATION PROCESSES OF SMALL-SCLALE ROOT CROP AND POTATO HARVESTERS

Abstract

Having analyzed the designs and the technological process performance of root crop and potato harvesting machines, new approaches to the designing of such types of machines, which allow to reduce their longitudinal clearance due to the use of a multilevel root crop and potato cleaning system and the decrease of the intensity of the effect of operating elements on root crops and potatoes as they move away from a digger, have been suggested. The article presents the developed designs of root crop and potato harvesters with alternating direction of conveyance and cleaning of root crops and potatoes and the results of their testing.