Circular Chain Ropeway for Cargo Transportation in Mountain Citrus Orchard

Abstract:

A circular chain cargo transportation ropeway system was proposed and developed for a simplified and labor-saving method to transport fruit and production materials in mountain citrus orchards. The ropeway system was composed of driving devices, hoisting chain, horizontal chain pulley, steering mechanism, automatic tensioning device, vertical chain pulley, combined chain pulley and cargo hooks. With the in-situ ropeway system installed in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, the chain circulation movement including up and down hill, steering and straight operations around the mountain was realized, fruit and production materials could be easily uploaded and downloaded by farmers standing on the ground, thereby the labor-saving and effective mountain citrus orchard cargo transportation was achieved.