Research Article

Simulation and Experimental Investigations on the Sugarcane Cutting Mechanism and Effects of Influence Factors on the Cutting Quality of Small Sugarcane Harvesters under Vibration Excitations

Table 1

Levels of five experimental factors of the orthogonal experiment.

Level factor12

The axial cutter vibration frequency, x1 (Hz)96
The axial cutter vibration amplitude, x2 (mm)6.53.5
The cutter rotation velocity, x3 (RPM)700600
The sugarcane feeding velocity, x4 (m/s)0.60.4
The cutter installing angle, x5 (o)100