Optimization of the loading and laying process of cabbage in containers at cabbage machine harvesting in spare regime

During traditional machine harvesting cabbage heads are substantially mechanically damaged. In this regard a new way of machine harvesting allowing reducing substantially their damages is offered. Here unlike a traditional way the heads of cabbage at first ship in the sparing mode on the flexible flooring of a trough-shaped form established on a special rack on a vehicle platform and then manually shift them into containers. For the justification of the number of ser-vice personnel this process is considered as multi-channel system of mass service with refusals. The essence of the occurring phenomena is described and quantitative connection between the characteris-tic of the stream of the heads of cabbage arriving from an elevator on flooring and number of the ser-vice personnel shifting them in containers is estab-lished with the accuracy, sufficient for practice. The schemes of placement of containers with different overall dimensions on a vehicle body are submitted. In particular it became clear that the heads of cab-bage which arrived on flexible flooring when all serv-ing workers were occupied, temporarily refused and waited for service on flooring. The number of the heads of cabbage at the same time on flexible floor-ing should not exceed the number of empty seats on it. To satisfy this condition, the number of staff on the tractor cart 2-PTS-4, 5 has to consist of 3-4 people. Thus preferable schemes of placement of the most widespread vegetable containers on the body of the called tractor cart are submitted as an example. Pre-sented technique and the results of calculations can be assumed as the basis of justification of the num-ber of service personnel and the scheme of arrange-ment of containers on different vehicles on cleaning of cabbage on this way.