Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines

A study was conducted to test the effects of three different speeds of 1830, 2066 and 2440 rpm of a mower knife with serrated edges and two different feeding angles of 45° and 90° on the pulverization of sweet potato vines. The results indicated that all the treatments were significant at 99% signif...

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Main Authors: Kakahy, Amer N. N., Ahmad, Desa, Akhir, M. D., Sulaiman, Shamsuddin, Aris, Ishak
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Language:English
Published: Trans Tech Publications 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28462/
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author Kakahy, Amer N. N.
Ahmad, Desa
Akhir, M. D.
Sulaiman, Shamsuddin
Aris, Ishak
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Ahmad, Desa
Akhir, M. D.
Sulaiman, Shamsuddin
Aris, Ishak
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description A study was conducted to test the effects of three different speeds of 1830, 2066 and 2440 rpm of a mower knife with serrated edges and two different feeding angles of 45° and 90° on the pulverization of sweet potato vines. The results indicated that all the treatments were significant at 99% significance level for the pulverized percentage of sweet potato vines remaining on the sieve. The best result was for the 45° feeding angle with lowest vine pulverized percentage of 47.20%. The second speed of 2066 rpm had the finest vine pulverized percentage of 57.47%. The best performance for overlapping effect between feeding angle and speed of mower was achieved by the 45° feeding angle and a mower speed of 1830 rpm resulting in an average percentage of 44.45 % of pulverized vines.
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spelling upm-284622015-12-02T01:14:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28462/ Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines Kakahy, Amer N. N. Ahmad, Desa Akhir, M. D. Sulaiman, Shamsuddin Aris, Ishak A study was conducted to test the effects of three different speeds of 1830, 2066 and 2440 rpm of a mower knife with serrated edges and two different feeding angles of 45° and 90° on the pulverization of sweet potato vines. The results indicated that all the treatments were significant at 99% significance level for the pulverized percentage of sweet potato vines remaining on the sieve. The best result was for the 45° feeding angle with lowest vine pulverized percentage of 47.20%. The second speed of 2066 rpm had the finest vine pulverized percentage of 57.47%. The best performance for overlapping effect between feeding angle and speed of mower was achieved by the 45° feeding angle and a mower speed of 1830 rpm resulting in an average percentage of 44.45 % of pulverized vines. Trans Tech Publications 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28462/1/Effects%20of%20feeding%20angles%20and%20cutting%20speeds%20of%20a%20mower%20knife%20with%20serrated%20edges%20on%20the%20pulverization%20of%20sweet%20potato%20vines.pdf Kakahy, Amer N. N. and Ahmad, Desa and Akhir, M. D. and Sulaiman, Shamsuddin and Aris, Ishak (2013) Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines. Advanced Materials Research, 626. pp. 260-264. ISSN 1022-6680; ESSN: 1662-8985 http://www.scientific.net/AMR.626.260 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.626.260
spellingShingle Kakahy, Amer N. N.
Ahmad, Desa
Akhir, M. D.
Sulaiman, Shamsuddin
Aris, Ishak
Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title_full Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title_fullStr Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title_full_unstemmed Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title_short Effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
title_sort effects of feeding angles and cutting speeds of a mower knife with serrated edges on the pulverization of sweet potato vines
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