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Results and discussion<br />

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Horizontal position (x) [mm]<br />

Vertical position (y) [mm]<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

-200<br />

-400<br />

100 200 300 400 500 600 700<br />

Travelled distance (z) [mm]<br />

50<br />

0<br />

mi3<br />

re3<br />

fr3<br />

re1<br />

re2<br />

+ mi1 + mi2 +<br />

fr1<br />

+ +<br />

-50<br />

mi3<br />

100 200<br />

re1 mi1<br />

300<br />

fr1<br />

400<br />

re2 mi2<br />

500<br />

fr2<br />

600<br />

mi3<br />

700<br />

Travelled distance (z) [mm]<br />

Figure 5.14 Hoeing trajectories <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool with nine arms in a<br />

field with 200 mm intra-row distance between plants<br />

(arm length 440 mm, angular position <strong>of</strong> all arms<br />

adjusted to fr= 17°, mi= 0°, re= –17°, � - position <strong>of</strong> the<br />

plant)<br />

5.2.3 Examination <strong>of</strong> influences <strong>of</strong> the ratio between the<br />

rotational speed <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool and the <strong>for</strong>ward<br />

speed <strong>of</strong> the carrier<br />

One very important aspect <strong>of</strong> the optimisation is defining <strong>of</strong> the angular speed <strong>of</strong><br />

the hoeing tool. The preliminary idea was designing <strong>of</strong> the rotary hoeing tool<br />

with 3 arms, with a 120° degree angular shift between each. In that case a full<br />

rotation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool is necessary to achieve three cuts between every two<br />

following plants. The necessary number <strong>of</strong> cuts between two plants depends on<br />

the shape and size <strong>of</strong> the duckfoot knives and the average intra-row distance<br />

between plants. For successful extermination or injuring <strong>of</strong> the <strong>weed</strong>s, an<br />

overlapping <strong>of</strong> the areas covered by successive cuts is desired. The size and<br />

shape <strong>of</strong> the duckfoot knives were designed based on the assumption that it will<br />

fr2<br />

+<br />

mi3

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