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Results and discussion<br />

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Figure 5.13 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 520 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 />

Another nine-arm hoeing scenario with shorter arm lengths (440 mm) and<br />

angular position θ adjusted to 17°, 0°, –17° is introduced in Figure 5.14. The<br />

segments <strong>of</strong> the trajectories under the soil surface are highlighted and the<br />

expected crop positions are x=200 mm, 400 mm, 600 mm; y=0. In this case<br />

arms are again shifted from the plant by the <strong>for</strong>ward-backward rearrangement<br />

and the distances between consecutive cuts <strong>of</strong> every section are much closer to<br />

one another. Thus, the protected area around the crop plant is much bigger in<br />

relation to the hoeing scenario described in Figures 5.12 and 5.13. With this<br />

adjustment variation the applicability <strong>of</strong> the rotary hoe to different crop <strong>system</strong>s<br />

and growth stages can be easily demonstrated.<br />

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