Design and testing of a revolving blade for sweet sorghum base cutter / Rosani Pallasigui Manalastas ; Delfin C. Suministrado, chair, advisory committee.

Date

6-2011

Abstract

This study was conducted to design and test a revolving blade for a sweet sorghum stalk base cutter. The performance of the developed blade was evaluated in terms of cutting force, power and quality. The test were conducted using a test rig. The effects of blade thickness, blade rpm, and the angle of cut on cutting force, power, and quality were determined. Based from the results, the combination that registered the minimum cutting force with good quality of cut was treatment using the 3mm blade thickness at 1000 rpm and +20° angle of cut with 142.06 N. The combination that registered the minimum cutting power with good quality of cut was treatment using 3mm blade thickness at 700 rpm at +20° angle of cut with 3322.04 W. For the cutting quality, +20° and 0° angles of cut registered the best cutting quality with no crushed stalk.

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering

College

Graduate School (GS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Delfin C. Suministrado

Committee Member

Pepito M. Bato, Arsenio N. Resurreccion, Engelbert K. Peralta

Language

English

LC Subject

Sorghum, Sorghum industrhool, Agricultural engineering Institute of Agricultural Engineering

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 996 2011 A2 M36

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