Abstract: Abstract: Residual plastic films degrade soil structure and have a detrimental impact on seed germination and the subsequent seedling development and establishment, thereby leading to reductions in crop yield. Removing the films from soil prior to sowing is hence critical to safeguarding crop growth. This paper presents a roller-type device incorporated into ploughing machine to simultaneously strip, collect the films from the soil and then unload them in a row prior to sowing. The device was nail-teeth designed to pick up and strip the residual films. The optimal combination of the structure and working parameters of the device was theoretically analyze using a quadratic regression orthogonal rotation test by taking forward speed of the machine, rotating speed of film pick up roller and rotating speed of film stripping shaft as determinants, and the efficiency of both film pick up rate and film stripping rate to represent the performance of the device. The significance of each determinant in affecting the rate of film pick up and stripping was analyzed using the Design-Expert software. The results show that in terms of impact on film pick up rate, the three determinants were ranked in the order of machine forward speed > rotating speed of film pick up roller > rotating speed of film stripping shaft, while in terms of impact on film stripping rate, the determinants were ranked in the order of rotating speed of film stripping shaft > rotating speed of film pick up roller > machine forward speed. Optimization calculated using MATLAB showed that the optimal working parameters were: device forward speed 1.62 m/s, rotating speed of film pick up roller 90 r/min, and rotating speed of film stripping shaft 1 055 r/min. We verified these optimal results against field experiments and found that the film pick up and film stripping rate was 70.56% and 82.96%, respectively. The differences between the experimental results and the calculated results was small, indicating that the optimized working parameters were reliable and robust.