Low-damage corn threshing technology and corn threshing devices: A review of recent developments

X Li, W Zhang, S Xu, Z Du, Y Ma, F Ma, J Liu - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Corn is a crucial crop and has a vital application value in many aspects of our lives.
Mechanical grain harvesting is the developing direction of corn harvesting technology, with …

Review of grain threshing theory and technology

J Fu, Z Chen, L Han, L Ren - International Journal of Agricultural and …, 2018 - ijabe.org
Threshing is the most important function of grain harvester. Grain loss and damage in
harvesting are significantly related to threshing theory and technology. There are four kinds …

Bionic threshing component optimized based on MBD-DEM coupling simulation significantly improves corn kernel harvesting rate

J Zhao, H Zhao, H Tang, X Wang, Y Yu - Computers and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The most widely used rigid threshing component (RTC) currently has a constant problem
with high kernel damage rates. Inspired by the seldom occurrence of kernel damage in …

Development of a low-damage maize threshing system based on discrete element technology to effectively improve maize harvest quality and yield

J Dong, T Cui, D Zhang, L Yang, X He, M Jing, C Li… - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
During maize harvesting, the mechanical action and suboptimal design of threshing systems
often lead to kernel breakage and loss, which can reduce both maize quality and yield. This …

Design, simulation, and test of a new threshing cylinder for high moisture content corn

X Li, Y Du, J Guo, E Mao - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This paper aims to reduce the rate of broken and uncleared grain
during the corn threshing process. In terms of structural design, a new corn threshing …

Design and optimization for a longitudinal-flow corn ear threshing device of low loss and low energy consumption

S Xing, T Cui, D Zhang, L Yang, X He, C Li… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The traditional corn grain harvester threshing device has the problems of high grain
breakage rate, high unthreshed grain rate and high energy consumption when harvesting …

Design and experiment of low damage corn threshing drum with gradually changing diameter

W Zhendong, CUI Tao, Z Dongxing, Y Li… - Nongye Jixie Xuebao …, 2021 - nyjxxb.net
In order to solve the problem of high broken grains caused by high moisture content in corn
harvest in North China, a drum with gradually changing diameter was designed. The …

Concave design for high-moisture corn ear threshing

D Steponavičius, E Pužauskas, L Špokas… - Mechanics, 2018 - mechanika.ktu.lt
In a threshing device, identifying the optimum balance between grain damage and grain
loss during threshing is highly relevant while harvesting high-moisture corn ears. The …

Optimal design and simulation analysis of spike tooth threshing component based on DEM

Y Yu, L Li, J Zhao, X Wang, J Fu - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper takes a local drum-type corn thresher as an example. In order to make the
threshing principle transform to the plate-tooth type, the width of the spike-tooth threshing …

Discrete element simulation based on elastic–plastic damping model of corn kernel–cob bonding force for rotation speed optimization of threshing component

Y Yu, L Li, J Zhao, X Wang - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Current corn kernel-cob bonding mechanics models (LSD models) uniformly consider the
bonding force changes during the maize threshing operation as an elastic change, resulting …