Design and Experimental Study of a Vespiary Exsector

Abstract:

The traditional removal method of a vespiary is labor-costing with characteristics of low efficiency and safety. According to the work high above the ground with hidden risk of the vespiary removal, a mechanical vespiary exsector was designed. The exsector is driven by a high speed motor, and the vespiary is removed by a cutting wire with high revolution speed. The cutting part can rotate 90 through drawing a pulling rope. A 2-layer sealing mechanism is operated through another pulling rope. The vespiary exsector has overall characteristics of small scale, light weight and good dexterity. Orthogonal experiment results show that factors of cutting speed and feed speed significantly contribute the width of cutting slot at the significance levels of 0.01 and 0.05 respectively, and the optimum cutting parameters are: cutting speed 10000rpm, feed speed 0.04m/s and diameter of the cutting wire 2mm.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 468-471)
• Pages: 397-400
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.468-471.397
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Yan Hai Tang, Jin Bing Hu, Ling Yang, Pei Xiang He
• Keywords: Cutting Wire, Exsector, Orthogonal Experiment, Vespiary

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