Structure design and simulation of blade type mussel cleaning equipment

CHENG Hai, YUAN Yue-feng, LI De-ran
(School of Naval Architecture and Mechatronics Engineering, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China)

Abstract: Aiming at the current problems of mussel cleaning and processing in China, such as low degree of automation, high labor intensity and discrete processes, a bladetype cleaning equipment was designed. Solid works software and Simulation software were used to carry out structural design and finite element analysis of the relevant components of the device. At the same time, Step7 software was used to design and simulate the device motor control circuit. The results indicate that the working stress and deformation of the equipment for breaking and cleaning the blades are within the safe range, and the vibration frequency generated by the work avoids the natural resonance frequency band of the equipment frame, and the device can run for a long time, there is less attachment to the mussel surface after cleaning.
Key words: mussel cleaning; mussels breaking; cleaning machine; finite element analysis