Study of Patterns of Movement of Groups of Seed Potatoes in Conical Seed Box Based on the Dem-Model of the Process

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript needs to be revised:
1. The relevance of research is associated with the creation of a digital twin of the planter, and novelty with the identification of new regular movement of potato particles in technological equipment. In the presented version, this aspect is not disclosed, but the emphasis is on the study of a new design of a potato planter without a significant increase in the efficiency of the process and an assessment of the degree of complexity of the new installation;
2. The subject of the manuscript should reflect the novelty of the work. For example, "Study of patterns of movement of groups of seed potatoes based on the DEM-model of the process";
3. add brands of software packages "SolidWorks2019" and "EDEM2018" to the annotation;
4. the introduction should contain a clearly defined goal of the study and the objectives of the work;
5. in the main part of the manuscript, be sure to include legible screens of fig. 2 and photographs of the control series of the experiment on the 2CM-2-4 equipment, and quantify the increase in productivity of the new cup-belt potato planters;
6. rewrite the conclusions and annotation in the following structure: novelty - for the first time by creating a digital twin of the planter ..., degree of novelty - a regularity in the form of an equation with a given accuracy was established ..., practical significance - an optimization problem was solved ... and the prospect of further development of the topic.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments for work:

Applies to the entire work: in the case of drawing explanations, the sign - should be used instead of the = sign.

Figure 3 is difficult to read. Why is the cone drawing so small? There is no explanation under the picture what is α, β, Θ. 

The seed potato halves were used for the simulation (Fig. 4). Figure 11 shows the seed potatoes not only cut in half. The friction coefficients change !!! How is this taken into account in the simulations?

(186) Maybe you need to add the word parameter  (angle); "Parameter (angle) α  establishment of parameter range".

(196) Maybe you need to add the word parameter  (angle); "Parameter (angle) θ establishment of parameter range".

Lines 297 and 327 correct as above.

(352) - You may need to add the word parameter; "Parameter l single factor simulation tests and analysis".

Figure 10- the flat chart is clearer.

Part of the Discussion is missing in the paper.

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Authors

The work presented for review "Design and Testing of Conical Seed Box of Potato Planters Based on a Seed Potato Group Motion Simulation" presents an interesting and original approach to solve the problem of seed potato taking in a loading crate.

After a detailed review of the manuscript, I conclude that it can be published as presented.

Author Response

Response to reviewer:

Special thanks for the reviewer’s detailed review.