Structure parameter design and bench test research of paddy field blades

Aiming at the problems of high labor intensity and low efficiency in manual operation during the pulping process of rice seedling nursing in thin mud in hilly and mountain areas, this paper designed a new type of paddy field blade for seedling nursing, and utilized a rice nursery pulper to help manual operation complete the pulping process. It created a mathematical model of mud-throwing mass and operating power in the operation process of paddy field blade, and obtained the main structure factors that influenced the mud-throwing mass and operating power of paddy field blade, which included the area of mud splashing board, the angle between the front cutting edge and the mud splashing board, and the inclination angle between the front cutting surface and the mud splashing board. To further analyze the degree of influence of the blade’s main structure parameters on mud-throwing mass and operating power, it used EDEM discrete element simulation software to establish a discrete element simulation model of paddy field blade and mud particle system, performed simulation analysis with the method of orthogonal experimental design, and conducted a bench test for comparison. The results showed that: (1) the degree of influence of the three structure parameters on mud-throwing mass and operating power from large to small in order was the area of mud splashing board > the inclination angle between front cutting surface and mud splashing board > the angle between front cutting edge and mud splashing board; (2) the maximum relative error for mud-throwing mass between simulation analysis and bench test was 4.53%, and that for operating power was 8.67%; and (3) three reference parameters combinations were selected by P(2)-1/M(2) graph, the mud-throwing mass of the three combinations was 40.43%, 27.52% and 0.16% higher than that of the original blade, and the power consumed was 13.99%, 21.83% and 36.65% lower than that of the original blade, indicating that the new paddy field blade had good operating performance.