Abstract:Aiming at the problems of high labor intensity of manual feeding, poor uniformity of feed mixing and low feeding accuracy in the process of sea cucumber breeding, an integrated sea cucumber feeding machine for stirring and feeding was designed, which integrated the functions of feed stirring, delivery, and moving. In terms of the optimization of the stirring device, a combined structure of a 45°downward-pushing four-inclined blade stirring paddle and a semi-circular tube deflector plate stirring tank was adopted. The uniformity of the distribution of sea mud particle content was explored through flow field analysis. The test results showed that when the stirring paddle speed was 100 r/min, the sea mud particle content was 51.25%, which was 1.25 percentage points lower than the standard value. The uniformity of the feed was superior to that of manual stirring (the content of sea mud particles was approximately 40%). In terms of the optimization of the placement device, based on hydrodynamic calculations, the performances of conical diffuser nozzles, abrupt conical diffuser nozzles, conical non-diffuser nozzles and conical cylindrical diffuser nozzles were compared and analyzed, and the conical diffuser nozzle was determined to be the optimal structure through orthogonal experiments. The proportion of the optimized nozzle bait coverage area was 90%, the average feeding range reached 4.38 m, and the feeding speed was stable at 0.3 kg/s. Under the condition of a feeding distance of 4 m, the content of sea mud particles in the feed was 48.52%, which was 1.48 percentage points lower than the standard value, meeting the aquaculture requirements for uniform feed mixing and feeding performance. According to the requirements of the stirring device and the feeding device, a traveling device was designed to ensure the normal use of the feeding machine in the breeding area. This sea cucumber feeding machine can effectively replace manual feeding, reduce labor intensity, improve the uniformity of feed mixing and feeding efficiency, which can lay a foundation for the mechanization of aquaculture operations and future intelligent upgrades.