DESIGN OF KELP AUTOMATIC DRYING AND HARVESTING MECHANISM

Guangying Ma, Chenyao Zhao, Wenfei Ji

ABSTRACT: Based on the current kelp drying, the lack situations of mechanical harvesting management, two kelp drying mechanisms are designed in this paper. And based on the two schemes of natural drying of kelp, two different kinds of automatic harvesting and bundling mechanism for kelp were designed. The mechanical automation technology was applied in the drying and later collection of kelp to realize the continuous automatic processing and efficient production process of kelp. In the design processing, mechanical technology and 3D Modeling software UG are used to design the mechanism of automatic clamping, binding and cutting kelp. The transmission mechanism and the movement coordination of each component are designed. The working principle of the two mechanisms are introduced, by comparing the different characteristics of the two schemes, the applicable circumstances of different schemes are given. The design of natural drying and harvesting mechanism of kelp in this paper, can reduce labors, improve work efficiency, and optimize the work.

Keywords: Kelp drying mechanism, automatic clamping, cutting, three-dimensional graph