Two-Way Soil Clearing Device for Grapevine Ridge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current soil clearing machinery for grapevines is inefficient, labor-intensive, and prone to damaging grapevine roots due to its inability to clear soil on both sides of the ridge simultaneously and lack of automatic depth adjustment, relying on manual operation and traditional tractors with low transmission efficiency and high failure rates.
Innovation Solution
A two-way soil clearing device with a double-frame mechanism, real-time distance measurement, and automatic depth adjustment using a scraper with a reset mechanism, allowing simultaneous clearing on both sides of the ridge and avoiding root damage, integrated with a riding-type construction machine for improved efficiency and reduced labor intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing soil clearing machinery is used, then it can remove soil from one side of the grapevine, but it cannot remove soil from both sides simultaneously, resulting in low operation efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two independent working ends, each equipped with its own scraper mechanism. The left and right frames are separable and can be connected through a connecting device, allowing each end to independently clear soil from opposite sides of the grapevine while maintaining structural modularity
Solution Approach 2:
Two soil clearing mechanisms that would normally require separate machines are merged into a single integrated device. The left and right frames with their respective scrapers are connected through a connecting device, enabling simultaneous two-way soil clearing from both sides of the grapevine in one operation
2Reliability
If manual operation is used for depth control, then the driver can adjust soil clearing depth, but the skill requirements are high and root damage may occur
Solution Approach 1:
Distance measuring sensors are installed at both ends of the device to detect the distance between the scraper and the grapevine in real-time. This feedback information is transmitted to the control unit, which automatically adjusts the scraper depth through the expansion and contraction device, eliminating the need for high-skill manual operation and preventing root damage
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic depth adjustment without requiring skilled manual intervention. The control unit receives sensor data and autonomously controls the expansion and contraction device to maintain optimal scraping depth, making the system self-regulating and reducing operator skill requirements
3Reliability
If traditional tractor suspension is used, then the soil clearing mechanism can be mounted, but the transmission efficiency is low and failure rate is high
Solution Approach 1:
The expansion and contraction device enables dynamic adjustment of the scraper position and depth during operation. This dynamic capability allows the system to adapt to varying terrain and grapevine positions, improving transmission efficiency and reducing mechanical stress that leads to failures
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AI summary
A two-way soil clearing device for single-ridge grapevine and a construction machine for mounting the device, comprising a frame part, a soil clearing mechanism, a distance measuring sensor, an expansion and contraction device and a control unit; the frame comprises a left side frame and a right side frame; the left side frame and the right side frame are provided with a soil clearing mechanism respectively and expansion and contraction devices; the distance measuring sensor is provided in front of the soil clearing mechanism; and the control unit is respectively connected with the distance measuring sensor and the expansion and contraction device. The present invention can flexibly remove the covering soil between the piles of the grapevine and the covering soil at the side of the grapevine at one time, and can operate on both sides of the same soil ridge at the same time during work.