Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article discusses the interaction of a piston press with a substrate when forming blocks for growing mushrooms. Existing piston press designs have a rectangular channel, which determines the nature of the pressing process and the forces acting on the material. A block can be formed with a non-constant density across the cross-section. To equalize the density in the proposed press, the pressing channel is made in the form of a cone. The conducted force analysis made it possible to establish analytical expressions for determining the forces on the piston. To work in a channel of variable cross-section, the piston is made in the form of two movable contacting working plates with the ability to move relative to each other.
Source: The Agrarian Scientific Journal
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405850693