Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Rohit Namdeo, Atul Kumar Shrivastava, Avinash Kumar and Yalaka Nandini

Abstract:
To develop plastic mulching machine the L-shaped rotary blade is to be used as one component for the soil refinement. This paper covers the part of optimization of L-shaped rotary blade parameters in indoor soil bin that was filled with vertisol, so that the machine's performance can be improve in heavy soil conditions and can resolve the problem of tearing the plastic mulch. The forward speed of operation, rotary blade rpm, and depth of operation were taken as independent variables, and torque and Mean Weight Diameter were taken as a response. To optimize the kinematic parameter (Lambda Ratio) response surface methodology was used. The cone Index (600±50 Kpa) and soil moisture (14-16%) content of the soil were taken constant for all experimental runs.