Technical and Economic Examination of The Mechanical Hazelnut Collecting Machine Manufacturing

Abstract

In this study, taking into account the conditions of our country, it will be possible to harvest hazelnuts grown on flat and nearly flat lands, in line with ergonomic principles, with an approach that takes into account user comfort and work safety, with a mechanically effective sweeping unit with high work success, which removes the kernel+husk hazelnut from the ground, Some performance values (collecting efficiency, labor requirement, fieldwork success, product work success, and foreign material separation efficiency) of the hazelnut harvesting machine, which cleans the mixed hazelnuts in the separation unit at a level that does not affect the performance of the husk peeling machine and stores the cleaned grain+husk hazelnut mixture, were determined and obtained. In the light of the data obtained, its contribution to the economy is discussed. According to this, The collecting efficiency of the mechanical hazelnut harvesting machine was 93.26%, the labor requirement was 47.85 h/ha, the fieldwork success was 0.134 ha/h, the product work success was 295.92 kg/h, and the foreign material separation efficiency was 96.85%. Considering the performance values obtained, very successful results have emerged from the field trials made with the mechanical hazelnut harvesting machine. It can be said that the production of the hazelnut harvesting machine and its implementation will make it sustainable by significantly reducing production costs, and it can be said that the import of machinery unsuitable for our country's conditions will no longer be needed.