https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2020.1057

Improving olive mechanical harvesting using appropriate natural frequency

Vol. 51 No. 3 (2020)
    Published:29 September 2020
    Fruit removal, natural frequency, olive, selectivity, vibration.
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    Ahmed Alzoheiry
    alzoheiry@gmail.com
    Department of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
    Mohamed Ghonimy
    Department of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
    Eid Abd El Rahman
    Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
    Ossama Abdelwahab
    Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
    Ahmed Hassan
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2114-3863
    Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

    The good performance of olive mechanical harvesting by shaking depends on the suitable values of limb vibrator operating parameters (frequency and amplitude). Mathematical models of a single degree of freedom (S.D.F.M) and two degrees of freedom (T.D.F.M) were used to estimate the natural frequency (FN) of olive fruit stem system. The results from these models indicated that the FN values were 33.9, 31.9, and 28.0 Hz for the full mature stage, half-ripe olive, and full-ripe olive respectively. Branch vibrator was operated at three levels of frequency 25, 30 and 35 Hz and 3 levels of amplitude 25, 30 and 35 mm at a vibration time of 10 s. Measurements covered the fruit removal percentage (FRP) and degree of full-ripe fruit selectivity (DS). The results showed that the maximum FRP value, 90.6%, was achieved at a frequency of 35 Hz and amplitude of 25 mm while the maximum DS value, 78.58%, was obtained at 25 Hz frequency and 25 mm amplitude.

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    Alzoheiry, A. (2020) “Improving olive mechanical harvesting using appropriate natural frequency”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 51(3), pp. 148–154. doi: 10.4081/jae.2020.1057.

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