Potato tuber motion kinematics on the inclined surface of the experimental treater-incrustator
The paper examines the potato tuber motion process in the processing chamber of the experimental treater-incrustator. There are analytical expressions describing the parameters of the rolling process for different rotation bodies on inclined linear and curved surfaces. There is a model constructed and justified as close as possible to the real process. On its basis optimal operating modes are found. The authors offer an experimental treater-in-crustator for potato tubers with a chamber to cover tubers with a liquid preparation. It has an inclined sieve, nozzles and the chamber coating with a powdered preparation. There are vibration dampers of alternating height mounted on the opposite walls with a slope to the center made of an elastic material. The paper presents the research results.