Abstract:Cottonstalk is an important renewable resource. With an annual output of 31.5 million tons, China is rich in cottonstalk, which has great potential economic benefits. Cottonstalk uprooting is laborintensive and rollertype uprooter is not suitable for cotton planting patterns in China. Dentate disc cottonstalk uprooting device has good application prospect. Relevant research focused on cottonstalk mechanical properties, uprooting force and uprooting device design, but lack of further research on cottonstalk movement analysis and uprooting mechanism. It is urgent to carry out a deeper research on the technology and machinery of cottonstalk uprooting. In order to solve the problem of omission, fracture and low pulling out rate of the cottonstalk uprooting machine, a dentate disc multirow cottonstalk uprooting device was designed based on the electrohydraulic control technology and corresponding tests were taken. ADAMS was used to simulate the movement of the device and further reveal the cottonstalk uprooting mechanism. Under two operation modes of the device (speed locking mode or speed ratio locking mode), univariate analysis and multivariate regression analysis method were used to investigate the influence of dentate disc circumference speed, tractor forward speed and speed ratio (dentate disc circumference speed by tractor forward speed) on the omission, fracture and low pulling out rate of cottonstalk. The results showed that the device could meet the design requirements which can carry out cottonstalk uprooting test under various conditions. The magnitude, direction and duration of the uprooting force could affect the uprooting results. When the clamping time was less than the uprooting time, it would easily cause cottonstalk fracturing. Increasing the dentate disc circumference speed would contribute to a low omission rate. Speed ratio and dentate disc circumference speed both had significant impact on the pulling out rate, omission rate and fracture rate of cottonstalk. The speed ratio was the most critical factor which determined the pulling out rate of cottonstalk. The optimal speed ratio range was from 0.55 to 0.80, and the optimal dentate disc circumference speed range was from 0.24m/s to 1.10m/s. When the dentate disc angle was 6°, the tractor forward speed was 0.85m/s, and the speed ratio was 0.75, the pulling out rate of cottonstalk reached its maximum value of 93.89%, the fracture rate was 4.43% and the omission rate was 1.68%. The research result could provide a theoretical basis for optimizing structure and performance of cottonstalk uprooting machine.