During the operation of the plow body, a number of defects are formed on the bit-shaped part of the plowshare, one of which is xiphoid wear. Renewing the life of a given part is often reduced to eliminating such wear in various ways that are not always rational. This occurs due to insufficient knowledge of the dynamics of xiphoid wear, especially little information about plowing heavy soils. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in identifying the nature of changes in the depth of xiphoid wear in various options for reinforcing the chisel-shaped area of ploughshares when plowing heavy soils. (Materials and methods) Authors conducted research using all-metal ploughshares of domestic production in the state of delivery and reinforced according to the schemes of the location of reinforcing rollers. The reinforcement rollers were formed using E42A-UONII-13/45 electrodes designed for welding carbon steels. The thickness in the area of the ploughshare wear was determined using a calibration plate, prisms, and an indicator micrometer with an accuracy of 0.01 millimeters. To ensure the same conditions of the experiment, it was carried out in fields where the soils had the same granulometric composition, which was loam with a physical clay content of 33-38 percent. (Results and discussion) The article reveals dynamics of the development of the xiphoid wear depth depending on the operating time and technological methods of strengthening reinforcement of the chisel-shaped part of the ploughshare. The article describes the technology of strengthening reinforcement that provides the minimum wear depth with the same operating time. (Conclusions) The article presents a method for determining the depth of xiphoid wear. The proposed technology of reinforcement of ploughshares with rollers perpendicular to the field edge, with surfacing of the buried part to a length of 100 millimeters and reinforcement of the heel will increase the resource of the part by 1.3 times.
Physical dosimetry of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using EPID and 2D array for quality assurance
