Purpose: review of the design of a mounted rotary shredding mulcher for land clearing of reclaimed lands.
Discussion. One of the tasks of the Government of the Russian Federation is to involve 500 thousand hectares of land by the end of 2030; the effective implementation of this task is due to the introduction of modern agricultural machinery designed for shredding and removing tree and shrub vegetation, using special working constructive tools are mulchers. The mulcher allows removing the cut branches and trees from vegetation and recycle them with minimal damage to the environment. In Russia, mounted rotary shredding mulchers driven by a tractor power take-off shaft have become actively widespread and implemented; they are characterized as universal equipment that embodies the principle of modular agricultural machinery. The design of the mounted rotary shredding mulcher is a mechanism mounted in a metal casing. Inside the chamber there is a heavy metal shredder in the form of a rotor with mounted shredders.
Conclusions. To control tree and shrub vegetation on agricultural lands, shredding technology (mulching) is used. The introduction of modern technology into operational processes connected with mechanized work on removing trees and shrubs has shown that the technology using mulchers has one of the highest environmental safety factors. Preference is given to mounted equipment as it is more universal due to the possibility of using agricultural machinery to perform other types of operational work.
mulcher, design, rotor, agriculture, tree and shrubbery vegetation
Shepelev A. E., Vasilchenko A. P. Review of the design of a mounted rotary shredding mulcher for vegetation removal. Ways of Increasing the Efficiency of Irrigated Agriculture. 2023;91(3):79–89. (In Russ.).
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