Development of Multipurpose Monorail for Hillside Orchards (Part 1)

• KANAMITSU Mikio

  The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery Bio-oriented Technology and Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

• YAMAMOTO Satoshi

  Bio-oriented Technology and Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery

• AJIKI Keiji

  The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery Bio-oriented Technology and Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

• KUBOTA Kotaro

  Bio-oriented Technology and Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery

• 長木 司

  生物系特定産業技術研究推進機構

• 小川 幹雄

  生物系特定産業技術研究推進機構

• 久保田 太郎

  生物系特定産業技術研究推進機構

• FUJIWARA Megumi

  Nikkari Co., Ltd.

• IKEDA Akemi

  Nikkari Co., Ltd.

• TANAKA Kenji

  Kioritz Corporation

• YONEYAMA Tetsuo

  Yoneyama Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

• FUJII Hatsuro

  Monorail Kogyo Works Co., Ltd.

• OTSUKA Toyoshi

  Koei Co., Ltd.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 傾斜地果樹用多目的モノレールの開発 (第1報)
• ケイシャチ カジュヨウ タモクテキ モノレール ノ カイハツ ダイ1ポウ カイコウシキ ノ カイハツ ト タイキュウセイ ノ ヒョウカ
• Development of S-shaped Monorail System and Durability Test
• 回行式の開発と耐久性の評価

Abstract

We developed an S-shaped multipurpose monorail system that saves an enormous amount of energy and labor in various tasks in hillside orchards with slopes of up to 30°, including spraying of agricultural chemicals, application of fertilizer, and conveyance of harvest. The system consists of two independent monorails: the main monorail, which runs up- and downslope along the edge of the orchard, and the sub- monorail, which snakes back and forth between every two or three rows of fruit trees along the contour lines in a sinusoidal pattern. Durability tests in a citrus orchard for 27 to 100h showed that the maximum wear rate of the nylon rollers of the freight cars loaded with 110kg was 0.15mm per 10km of travel.

Journal

• JOURNAL of the JAPANESE SOCIETY of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

  JOURNAL of the JAPANESE SOCIETY of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY 70 (3), 106-114, 2008

  The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers

Keywords

• hillside orchard
• monorail
• chemical sprayer
• fertilizer applicator
• harvest conveying

Details

• CRID: 1390001204313095680
• NII Article ID: 10021227893
• NII Book ID: AN00200470
• DOI: 10.11357/jsam1937.70.3_106
• ISSN: 18846025
• ISSN: 02852543
• NDL BIB ID: 9503163
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9503163
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