CITRUS HARVESTING BY VIBRATING ACTION

Ghonimy, M.; Alzoheiry, A.; Abd El Rahman, E.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2019.94438

CITRUS HARVESTING BY VIBRATING ACTION

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Dept. of Agric. Eng., Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Egypt.

² Dept. of Plant Production and Protection, Fac. of Agric. and Vet. Med., Qassim Univ., KSA.

³ Dept. of Natural Resources and Agric. Eng., Faculty of Agric., Damanhour Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2019.94438

Abstract

Mechanical harvesting of citrus by vibrating action depends on some parameters; frequency, amplitude and shaking time. The current study aimed to determine the optimum values of citrus performance parameters. The shaking machine was operated at three levels of frequency 2, 4 & 6 Hz, three levels of amplitude 50, 55 & 60 mm and shaking time was 10 sec. The results showed that the maximum fruit removal (FR) value, 99.1 %, was achieved at a frequency of 6 Hz and an amplitude equal to 60 mm. this same frequency and amplitude also achieved the maximum,100%, degree of ripe-fruit selectivity (DS).

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