Design and Kinematic Analysis of Reciprocating Cutters
[Purpos] in order to solve design problems of the cutter for the seedling vegetable harvester, a reciprocating cutter with a crank linkage mechanism has been designed. [Metho SolidWorks software has been adopted for virtual design of parts and assemblies of the reciprocating cutter for the seedling vegetable harvester. A mathematical model for kinematic analysis of the cutter taking a crank linkage mechanism as its transmission system has been built. Matlab is used for kinematic analysis on the double-crank linkage mechanism from aspects of displacement, velocity and acceleration of followers. [Result The cutter has been applied to the seedling vegetable harvester for the experimental purpose and turned out to operate reliably and produce uniform height and leveling shearing fracture. [Conclusion Results indicate that the cutter has been reasonably designed, which will provide theoretical and practical basis for related design.