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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 121, 2017
8th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Education – MSE 2017 “Trends in New Industrial Revolution”
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Article Number | 10004 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Environmental Engineering | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201712110004 | |
Published online | 09 August 2017 |
3D modeling of olive tree and simulating the harvesting forces
University “Aurel Vlaicu” of Arad, Faculty of Engineering, 310130, Arad, Romania
* Corresponding author: glavan@fortuna.com.ro
The paper presents the results of the study regarding the influence of shaking forces on olive tree harvesting systems. Shaking forces can be released through several methods. Important is the end result, namely the shaking force and the cadence of shaking speed. Mechanical and automatic harvesting methods collect more olives than traditional methods but may damage the olive trees. In order to prevent this damage, we need to calculate the necessary shaking force. An original research method is proposed to simulate shaking forces using a 3D olive tree model with Autodesk Inventor software. In the experiments, we use different shaking forces and various shaking speeds. We also use different diameters of the olive tree trunk. We analyze the results from this experiment to determine the optimal shaking force for harvesting olives without damaging the olive tree.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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