Development of Autofeeding Device Applicable to a Biodegradable Pot Tray

Seok-Joon Hwang, Moon-Kyeong Jang and Ju-Seok Nam ()
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Seok-Joon Hwang: Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, 1 Kangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon 24341, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
Moon-Kyeong Jang: Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, 1 Kangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon 24341, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
Ju-Seok Nam: Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, 1 Kangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon 24341, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: In this study, a pot autofeeding device for a biodegradable pot tray was developed. The tensile strength and bending strength were measured to identify the physical properties of the biodegradable pot tray. As a result of the measurement, the tensile strength and bending strength of the biodegradable pot tray were 0.06 and 0.17 times smaller than those of the plastic pot tray. Therefore, a new type of pot tray extraction mechanism was designed, considering the physical properties, dimensions, and geometry of the biodegradable pot tray, and it was applied to the pot autofeeding device. The developed pot autofeeding device consists of a pot slot, pot-separating blades, pot holders, air cylinders, and a conveyor device. It can supply 240 pot trays per hour to the seeding process without deformation or damage to the biodegradable pot tray.

Keywords: autofeeding device; biodegradable; pot tray; separating blade; tensile strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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