Development and Application of Quick Cage Tobacco Clip

The quick cage tobacco clip was developed to improve efficiency of tobacco leaf holding equipment and reduce labor intensity. Compared with the traditional leaf loading approach, the quick cage tobacco clip could increase capacity of bulk curing barn by 51%, reduce the energy consumption by 0.09 yuan/kg tobacco leaf, save labor cost by 34.5 md/ha, and improve appearance quality of cured leaves, with an average score of 85.6 for smoking test.