BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV1I8051,
     title={Experimental Determination of Cutting Force Required for Severing Fruit Stalks. },
     author={Badadal Raghavendra Revansidha and Prof. Naik Sanjeev B},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={1},
     number={8},
     pages={154--157},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV1I8051.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Cutting force required to cut a stalk of fruit is determined experimentally and method of experimentation is discussed in the paper. Harvesting of fruits is carried out by various methods viz. jerking, by hands or by mechanization etc. Fruit harvesting by severing the stalk has its own advantage. The method presented generates the cutting force and cutting torque data for stalks which is useful in designing harvesting tools. Present experimentation carried out is limited to stalks of fruits mango, guava, custard apple and stalks of a vegetable drumstick. This experiment may be applied to generate the cutting force and cutting torque data required to sever branch tips and small stems which will be useful in developing optimum design of secateurs and trimming scissors etc. for garden tools.

Stalks, Weights, Cutting Force, Cutting Torque