CUTTING UNIT FOR MOWING COMMON REED Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A01D34/73 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: unit comprises gearboxes with cutting knives fixed to their shafts. To transfer torque to rotors through a shaft, bevel gears are used. The rotors are made in the form of a rotary cutting wheel fixed to the shaft by a nut and mounted in the housing on a slide bearing. The cutting wheel consists of sickle-shaped knives having an edge, a blade, and a stiffener. The edge is made in the right logarithmic spiral with the growth coefficient q>1. A notch is made on the edge. The cutting wheel is fixed to the side wall of the beam-frame of the conveyor for unloading the mowed mass, made blade-slatted. Knives above the conveyor are installed at a height ensuring laying and movement of the cut plant mass.

EFFECT: increased productivity, improved cut quality.

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