PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lin, Xue
AU  - Zhu, Jianxi
AU  - Huang, Pengcheng
AU  - Tian, Liquan
AU  - Chen, Bin
TI  - Design and Test of an Automatic Husking and Peeling Machine for Fresh Lotus Seeds
DP  - 2022 Jul 1
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 319--326
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
AID - 10.21062/mft.2022.036
IS  - 12132489
AB  - There are regional differences, variety differences and maturity differences in fresh lotus seeds. The parameters of husking and peeling machine working parts need to be adjusted in real time according to the processing effect. In response to the problems with the machine on the market including complicated transmission, difficult interconnectedness and adjustment of various working parts, etc., an automatic husking and peeling machine for fresh lotus seeds with the husking module and peeling module as the core devices has been designed. On the basis of the kinematic analysis of fresh lotus seed circulation process, a grooved wheel feeding mechanism and an arc track have been designed to realize the feeding and circulation of fresh lotus seeds. Experimental research has been conducted on the influence of working parameters on the film removal effect and the interaction between working parameters using the response surface method. In addition, the correctness of the above analysis has been verified by husking and peeling experiments. According to the experiment results, processing qualification rate and damage rate processing efficiency of this machine can meet the use requirements of lotus farmers. This research can provide a theoretical basis for the structural design and parameter optimization of related equipment.