Introduction
Unlike regular crops, the peanut fruit is in the soil, which makes it difficult for you to harvest, and prolonged and repeated bending may damage your waist. Are you looking for a machine that can lighten your load? Peanut combine will be your choice! In this article, I will introduce the information about the peanut combine, if you are interested, read on!
Peanut Combine Harvester Definition
A peanut combine harvester is an agricultural machine that can dig peanuts out of the ground. Not only that, it can also do a great job of separating the dirt, peanut stems, and leaves from the peanuts. It leaves only the peanut fruits and sends the relatively clean peanuts to the fruit bin. It helps you finish the digging, picking, cleaning, transporting, and storing all at once.
How a Peanut Combine Harvester Works
Components
Transmission system
The engine generates power and transmits it to the various working parts of the combine to ensure the machine operates normally.
Grass holding device
Because peanuts are clustered and close to the ground, when harvesting peanuts, it is necessary to hold up the fallen peanut seedlings, which is conducive to digging and pulling up the peanut seedlings later.
Digging device
Consisting of a plow knife and an iron frame, it effectively breaks the surface of the ground and loosens the soil around the peanut plants, making it easier to pull them up.
Gripper conveyor
It consists of two sets of interlocking toothed chains, which move in opposite directions and can pinch, pull, and transport peanut plants backward.
Shaker
It consists of two shaking poles, which can shake off the large soil clods on the peanut fruit by reciprocating motion.
Fruit picker
Two fruit-picking rollers, each equipped with four evenly distributed fruit-picking leaves positioned 90 degrees apart, separate the peanut from the peanut fruit.
Cleaning and lifting system
Fans, grilles, and lifting systems primarily make up the mechanism, further removing soil and other impurities from the peanut fruit and lifting it to the fruit bin.
Fruit-collecting device
Temporarily store the cleaned peanut fruit.
The Working Principle of Peanut Combine Harvester
When you open the peanut harvester to the ground full of peanuts, and adjust the plow knife, grass lifter, soil shaker, and fan, you can begin to harvest peanuts.
First of all, the grass lifter will be inserted into the ground, lifting the fallen peanut seedlings, so that the peanut seedlings are gripped by the conveyor gripping chain while exposing the peanut stem. At this time, the digging shovel, also known as the plow knife, can cut into the surface of the land, loosening the soil around the peanut seedlings.
As you drive the machine forward, the conveyor gripping chain moves the peanut seedlings backward, pulling them out. The trapped peanut seedlings will pass through the shaker, and the two shaker sticks can shake the large amount of soil on the peanut fruit by hitting the peanut seedlings. The peanut seedlings that have been initially cleaned then move to the fruit picking roller, and the fruit picking leaves rotate with the fruit picking roller to “comb” the peanut fruit. The peanut seedlings are transported further back along the conveyor gripper chain and fall out of the machine, while the peanut fruits fall on the bottom of the grid screen, which is constantly vibrating with the eccentric rocker mechanism.
The screen vibration and the airflow from the fan clean the peanuts a second time. The screen’s vibration causes the cleaner peanuts to fall onto the peanut elevator, which then transports them to the fruit bin for temporary storage.
Benefits of Peanut Combine Harvester
High efficiency
Big data shows that a person can harvest only 0.0625 mu of peanuts per hour by hand. In contrast, our ANON peanut combine can harvest 2 to 3 mu per hour. That’s over 40 times more efficient, helping you complete your peanut harvest quickly.
Versatility
The combined peanut harvester digs peanuts out of the soil, removes clods, and separates peanut fruit from the vine.
It also features a fan that blows away film and peanut leaves during harvest, leaving only clean peanut fruit, which is then lifted into the fruit bin.
This harvester performs multiple functions, such as supporting seedlings, digging soil, pulling seedlings, clamping and transporting, shaking off soil, picking fruit, skew screening, fan cleaning, roller chain cleaning, and collecting.
Labor-saving
The combine completes a variety of procedures in the harvest process in one go, offering a high level of automation. A single person can operate it, eliminating the need for tedious manual digging and screening. This greatly reduces labor requirements.
Low loss rate
Statistics show that the total field loss rate of the peanut combine is less than 5%. This includes the working crushing rate, buried fruit rate, and ground fruit rate. In comparison, the total loss rate for manual harvesting is about 8%. This means machine harvesting can help you save 2% to 3% more peanuts.
Easy to operate
The peanut combine features a high degree of automation and a reasonable, clear panel design. With proper adjustments made to all parts before harvest, a single-rod operation efficiently handles the entire peanut harvesting process.
How to Adjust Peanut Combine Harvester to Reduce Losses
To minimize the total loss rate of harvested peanuts, operators must adjust the following components based on the condition of the peanuts before operating the peanut harvester.
Grain lifter
To lift the peanut seedlings successfully, you first need to adjust the height of the grass holder. Under normal conditions, it’s best to insert the tip of the grass holder about one centimeter into the ground.
Digger blade
The shovel also needs to be adjusted according to the actual situation. You can adjust the plow blade by twisting the screw so that the plow blade is 18 to 22 cm below the chain.
Soil cleaning mechanism
The smaller the gap between the two shaking rods, the better the shaking effect. However, if the gap is too small or too large, it may shake the peanuts off. Therefore, the gap should be adjusted to a reasonable range.
Air blower
The fan is a key part of the cleaning system. It needs enough wind to blow away large, light impurities. You can adjust the air volume by tweaking the fan’s wind baffle. Also, make sure the fan outlet blows upward to improve the air-cleaning effect.
Conclusion
After reading the above article, you must now have your own understanding of the peanut combine. If you have any questions, please contact us at ANON, as a professional agricultural machinery expert, we will be happy to answer your questions and provide you with a professional machine choice!
FAQ
How does soil type affect my choice of peanut harvester?
Different soil types affect the machine’s performance. Machines with adjustable digging parts and flexible design will perform better in various soil conditions, ensuring you harvest efficiently.
