Traktory i sel hozmashiny

BACKGROUND: Today, the use of technologies related to the production and use of renewable energy (bioenergy) is gaining popularity in the energy industry. The use of bioenergy is due to the gradual depletion of fossil resources on which the fuel and energy industry relies. Bioenergy is based on the production of energy from biofuels. At the moment, there is an active development of technologies for the production and expansion of the range of application of various types of biofuels in bioenergy.

AIM: Consideration of the possibility of increasing the efficiency of the yield of the combustible fraction from liquid products of slow pyrolysis of plant materials used in the production of biofuels.

METHODS: The study was conducted experimentally in two stages on the experimental installations for the pyrolysis of plant materials and the separation of pyrolysis liquid shown in the diagrams. The first stage consisted of the process of obtaining liquid products of slow pyrolysis of plant materials. The essence of the second stage consisted of separating the liquid products obtained at the first stage into individual fractions or components in order to identify areas of their application. After each stage, the chemical composition of the obtained products was analyzed with a liquid chromatograph.

RESULTS: The results of studies on obtaining pyrolysis liquid and separating liquid pyrolysis products into separate distillate fractions are described. As a result of the studies, liquid pyrolysis products were obtained from: pine chips, spruce chips, corn cobs and plum pits, which were separated into a liquid and resinous fraction. Both fractions were analyzed for combustion and it was found that the liquid fraction has flammable properties.

CONCLUSION: The use of a two-condenser system increased the efficiency of liquid slow pyrolysis products by 19% due to the additional recovery of combustible components. This additional recovery increased the proportion of furans, ketones, and esters in the combustible fraction. The combustible fraction, consisting of furans, ketones, esters, aldehydes, alcohols, and anhydrous sugars, exhibits flammable properties and can be assumed to be suitable for biofuel production.

BACKGROUND: This paper considers the issue of designing a robotic agricultural machine for broadcast sowing seeds of agricultural crops, the scope of which includes various agricultural companies, agricultural industry, as well as small farms engaged in sowing grain crops. Existing sowing machines have a common disadvantage, which is that the moist soil adheres to the surface of the working bodies, in particular the two-disc shares of these machines, causing changing the shape of the groove and forming a pre-sowing hill, which violate the requirements for sowing. These factors worsen the quality of the work performed, an increase in traction resistance is observed, which leads to an increase in fuel costs..

AIM: Development of a robotic agricultural machine equipped with a disk spreader, which is capable of operating in automatic mode with minimal human participation..

METHODS: The design was carried out using the KOMPAS-3D V19 three–dimensional CAD software. Existing approaches in the design and engineering of industrial robots were used. An exploratory study method was used, including an analysis of known disk spreaders.

RESULTS: The paper presents the design and operating principle of a robotic agricultural machine, including a description of the frame where the control unit, a seed tank, a seed line with a flap, a belt drive, drives, a chain coverer, a disc spreader and a furrowing roller are mounted. The design of a disc spreader with concave guides, ensuring an even distribution of seeds over the surface of the field, is proposed.

CONCLUSION: The proposed design will ensure complete robotization of broadcast sowing of grain crops, so that the technological operation — sowing will be performed with minimal human participation, which in turn eliminates various human factors when performing the work. In addition, the cost of paying the staff of employees is reduced.

BACKGROUND: Shock and vibration loads caused by the microrelief of the supporting surface negatively affect both the health of operators of ground transportation and technological machines and the quality of work performed due to the deterioration of reactions and attentiveness. Vibration-protective seat systems are an effective means of mitigating dynamic effects on operators. Development of vibration-protective systems of operators’ seats is a relevant task.

AIM: Development of a mathematical model of a machine with a vibration-protective seat system, taking into account a given input force data and damping coefficients, which will make it possible to study the response of the system to a typical impact when the chassis wheels ride on a step. The model should determine the transient characteristics of a wheeled vehicle with a vibration-protective seat, have a high speed of calculation of the dynamic process, which will ensure simultaneous optimization of more parameters.

METHODS: To develop the model, flat design scheme of the front axle wheels riding on a step of a given height is considered. The vehicle rides on the step with the front axle only, the step height is small relatively to the wheelbase. The vertical oscillations of the center of mass were approximated by a linearized mass oscillation model with one translational degree of freedom. The differential equation of motion of the chassis mass is used to model the vertical coordinate of motion of the seat base. The assumptions of rigid fixation of the operator’s cabin on the chassis and smallness of the mass of the seat with the operator relative to the chassis mass are adopted. The calculation scheme for modeling vertical oscillations of the mass of the seat with the operator relative to the chassis is similar to the scheme of oscillations for the chassis relative to the ground. Two schemes are used simultaneously in one simulation model. Modeling of vertical oscillations of the chassis and the seat with the operator when the chassis wheels ride on a step is carried out using a simulation mathematical model in the SimInTech Russian simulation environment.

RESULTS: As an example of the use of the developed simulation model, the results of modeling of a separate transient process of the machine front axle wheels riding on a step with a height of 0.1 m at a velocity of 1 m/s are given. he results are presented in the form of time dependencies of vertical coordinates of the support surface, base chassis, deformation of the vibration protection mechanism of the seat and corresponding time dependencies of absolute velocity and acceleration of the seat with the operator. The maximum value of the absolute acceleration of the seat with the operator was determined.

CONCLUSION: The simulation model of the riding on a step developed using the SimInTech Russian software takes into account elastic and viscous properties of tires, tire-and-step interaction geometry and nonlinearity of the force response of the vibration protection system. The model is able to simulate the transient process rapidly, which opens up the possibility of analyzing multiple variants and optimizing parameters.

BACKGROUND: One of the challenges of modern agricultural industry is the integration of digital and robotic technologies, pursuing the reduction of the human factor in the production chain. Transition from manned agricultural transport and technological machines to autonomous ground mobile facilities (AGMF) is of particular interest. An agricultural tractor is a universal pull-push mobile system of the agricultural industry (ACI), so it can be used as an optimal platform for the design of the AGMF chassis. At the design stage of unmanned ground mobile systems, it is necessary to develop such a technical solution that allows the AGMF to function effectively without loss of mobility. The developed drawbar load has a significant impact on the mobility of the agricultural tractor on the ground. Therefore, in order to obtain an optimal technical solution, it is necessary to define the interrelation between the key characteristics of tractors, helping to select the primary parameters of the AGMF chassis.

AIM: Definition of interrelation between technical and design parameters of wheeled and tracked agricultural tractors as mathematical dependencies in order to select primary parameters of the AGMF.

METHODS: Building of the statistical model was based on compiling a sample of the existing models of agricultural tractors and determining the type of mathematical regularities between technical parameters as regression equations.

RESULTS: Regression equations defining the interrelation between tractor engine power, gross weight, specific engine power and specific ground pressure were obtained, and primary technical parameters of AGMF were selected.

CONCLUSION: The practical value of the study lies in the possibility of using the obtained parameters in the selection of primary parameters in the design, ensuring the competitiveness of the machine in a certain traction-power segment and compliance with agro-technological requirements.

BACKGROUND: The paper discusses the issues of improving the quality of piston-type hydraulic machines. The base case is the mud pump. The service purpose of the mud pump is to supply mud.

The main problem that occurs when operating hydraulic machines of this type is increased wear of the working surfaces of the cylinder sleeves. This is mainly due to the presence of fractions in the drilling mud, which have increased abrasive properties. To increase the durability of the assembly, high-chromium alloyed cast irons of the IChKh-22 type are used as a material for making the sleeve. However, these parts are expensive. It should also be noted that high-quality cast iron has worse foundry properties compared to other types of cast iron (for example, gray cast iron).

AIM: Evaluation of the possibility of improving the quality of piston-type hydraulic machines by improving the design of the cylinder assembly.

METHODS: To improve the quality of piston-type hydraulic machines, it is proposed to use gray cast iron, which is hardened by heating in contact with a mixture of oxides of alloying elements. Considering the fact that quality is a complex property, it is reasonable to evaluate it based on a comparison of both technical and economic aspects. The complex assessment was carried out using a differential method based on technical and economic indicators: tightness of the connection of the “sleeve-rod” pair, wear rate of the surface layer of the cylinder sleeve, strength, rigidity and cost. The tightness and wear were determined by calculation using experimental data on the properties of the hardened layer, and the strength and stiffness of the bushings were determined using the finite element method.

RESULTS: The results obtained show that the proposed variant is not inferior to the basic one in terms of wear resistance and tightness, and is significantly more efficient in terms of cost. Analysis of the options was carried out without taking into account technological aspects such as processing performance and the percentage of defects. As a perspective for further research, these criteria should also be looked at.

CONCLUSION: In the course of the research, it was found that the working part of the sleeve, which is made of alloy cast iron, can be replaced with modified gray cast iron. As a result of the assessment of the quality level, it was found that the resulting quality indicator for the proposed option is higher than for the basic one. Although the specific quality indicators characterizing the functional purpose for modified cast iron are somewhat lower, the economic effect of using such bushings is significantly higher than its counterpart. Thus, the resulting indicator characterizing the quality of bushings in general for modified gray cast iron significantly exceeds its analogues.

BACKGROUND: Their well-known designs turbodisk cultivators are produced by foreign manufacturers. Therefore, when they are unreasonably chosen, problems arise: incomplete pruning, grinding, twisting of crop residues; clogging of disc working organs. Therefore, in order to develop new machines with the wavy-type disc working organs sand an unit, it is necessary to conduct a structural analysis of the system, the tool of which is data flow diagrams, in relation to the control of the technological process of vertical tillage.

AIM: Structural analysis of the process control system of a turbodisc cultivator using a data flow diagram.

METHODS: It is a structural analysis to describe the data sources and repositories for the designed system. The design of a turbodisc cultivator has been developed to control the technological process of the vertical tillage.

RESULTS: The data flow diagrams on the control of the technological process of a turbo disk cultivator are given. The paper presents a solution to the control process of a turbodisc cultivator, which represents the logic of the operation of its control system in the developed turbodisc cultivator. The system scans the embedded stubble into the upper layer of high-stemmed crops such as sunflower and corn, processes the image in the software and determines the quality of its embedding.

CONCLUSION: The design of the system structure based on the data flow diagram was performed for the developed turbodisc cultivator, which has the equipment for quality control of vertical tillage. This equipment includes a multimedia device, auxiliary equipment and a personal computer. The data flow diagram controls the process using a multimedia device as well as expands the capabilities of the developed turbodisc cultivator, which allows you to determining the quality of stubble sealing of high-stemmed crops in real time, reduces the energy intensity of the process and increases labor productivity.

BACKGROUND: The motion of transport and technological vehicles (TTV) with increased and high cross-country ability, as well as all-terrain vehicles, must be efficient. This paper examines the method for studying the efficiency of TTVs based on the mobility criterion.

AIM: Evaluate the efficiency of wheeled TTV using the mobility map building method.

METHODS: The method for determining the efficiency by mobility as the most informative indicator covering the largest number of configuration characteristics of a TTV is used. Based on the calculation of the efficiency indicator by mobility, mobility maps that reflect the predicted efficiency (speed) of the TTV movement in the basic and modified versions were built. The object of the experimental studies was the “Baikal M” ZTM 30081-11 wheeled all-terrain vehicle. The full method is described in paper.

RESULTS: As a result of changing the configuration characteristics based on the results of theoretical calculations and experimental studies, the applicability of the method was confirmed and the efficiency of the Baikal TTV was improved. The mobility indicator was increased by 4.7%, and mobility efficiency was increased by 3%. The experiment confirmed increase of obstacles passage velocity.

CONCLUSION: As a result of the study, the method for studying the efficiency, which is applicable both at the design stage and at the stage of upgrading a TTV configuration, was approved. By changing the calculated characteristics, it is possible to determine the reasonable configuration of a TTV without costs on the production of prototypes.

On August 1, 2025, our colleague, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Technologies and Machines for Sowing and Harvesting Grain and Seeds in Breeding and Seed Production at the Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, and a member of the editorial board of the “Tractors and Agricultural Machinery” journal Eduard V. Zhalnin passed away.

Eduard V. Zhalnin made a significant contribution to the development and advancement of priority areas of agricultural engineering science and technology, including the scientific discipline of “Agricultural Mechanics.” He specialized in developing concepts and forecasts for the development of mechanization in grain harvesting.

He was the author of hundreds of scientific papers, patents, and methodological developments.

As an active member of the editorial board and reviewer for the journal, Eduard V. Zhalnin contributed to the development of the scientific level of the edition.