Comparison of Boom Design Parameters of Three Different Tractor Mounted Domestically Manufactured Field Crop Sprayer Booms

Year 2017, Volume: 13 Issue: 2, 99 - 105, 26.12.2017

Medet İtmeç , Ali Bayat

Abstract

In spraying operations, design of boom and
material used on the boom are very important for spray distributions and boom
life. Especially during the spraying operation, vibrations of the spray-boom
movement of field crop sprayers affect liquid distribution in a negative way. Rigidity
of the sprayer boom construction is a must, to restrain the vibrations. Beside
the rigidity, construction materials are desired to be ductile and not to
permit sudden failure. In this study, three domestically manufactured tractor
mounted sprayer booms which have same boom widths but different weights and
designs, were evaluated in view of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
which are used to minimize product cost through design and process
improvements. Welded parts (weld beads), machined parts, were counted.
According to labor cost and raw material data, steel construction expenditure
of all these sprayers were compared with each other. To do these, all of these
tractor mounted sprayers were drawn and assembled in Autodesk Inventor
Professional 2017 Educational. According to these booms weight and construction
design, strength of these tractor mounted sprayers were also compared by the
aid of Autodesk Inventor Static Analysis Module under 900N load. At the end of
the study static analysis results of this tractor mounted-sprayers were
monitored. Based on the results of static
stresses, design evaluation and suggestions are also made at the end of
results for decreasing labor cost, used raw materials etc.

Keywords

Sprayer boom design, static analysis module of Autodesk Inventor

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