1997 Volume 59 Issue 6 Pages 41-49
A full automated tying machine for harvested burley tobacco was produced. This machine consists of a leaf feeding part and a tying part. The suction-holding type leaf feeding mechanism reported in Part 1 was adopted to the feeding part. The tying part has a mechanism for intertwining two hemp ropes of baler twines. Its purpose is to tie leaves coming from the feeding part. The time of stable leaf feeding was 1.2 second per leaf. The working hours for tying operation was 2.9min per rope, the reduction of about 40% with 4.8min per rope in conventional tying machine. The rate of successfully tied leaves was 86 to 98% for Burley 21 and 82 to 91% for Michinoku 1.
