Design and development of a sweet potato digging device

• Main Authors: Hamid, Md. Akhir, Ahmad, Desa, Rukunudin, Ibni Hajar, Sulaiman, Shamsuddin, Yahya, Azmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36991/1/36991.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36991/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/current_issues.php?jtype=2&journal=JST-22-1-1

This paper describes a study on the design, fabrication and testing of a prototype digging device for sweet potato tubers in bris soil. The soil texture was sandy soil (fine sand 94.53%), with mean moisture content of 9.16% and mean bulk density of 1.44 g-cm-3. The soil was prepared in a soil bin. T...