Design and Manufacture an Automatic Knife For Date Palm Tree Frond Cutting Operates by Frequency Theory Cutting
Prepared by:
Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzak A. Jasim/Department of machinery and agricultural machinery, Faculty of agriculture, University of Baghdad
Prof. Dr. Muaed Rajab Abood/Department of horticulture and landscape gardening, Faculty of agriculture, University of Baghdad
ABSTRACT
According to the requirements for date palm fronds cutting for a huge man power ,thus ,to do this operation easily and to reduce the effort ,time and cost .Automatic knife designed and manufactured to cut the palm tree fronds by frequency cutting technique, the equipment included by the following parts:- 1- Engine 2- Clutch 3- flexible shaft 4- fixed shaft 5- bevel gear case 6- cutting tool (knife) . the equipment take the power from two stroke engine which supplied by flexible and fixed shafts connected to the cutting head (gear case ) operated I the frequency motion to complete the mechanically cutting and the equipment has enough durability to complete the cutting operation .