Power tiller operated multicrop seed drill

Five row power tiller operated seed drill was used for dry sowing of crop like rice, wheat, green gram, and black gram etc. It is mounted on the back side of power tiller. Machine is consists of seed box, flutted roller type seed metering mechanism, Frame, Furrow openers, ground wheel, power transmission system, ground wheel lifting mechanism, transport wheels and hitching mechanism. Seed rate adjusting lever is provided on the back side of seed box. Different seed rate for different crop can be adjusted by shifting the position of this lever.


Advantages

·         There was no damage to rice seed in flutted roller when flaps were kept in down ward position.

·         It was possible to obtained accuracy in seed rate of greengram and blackgram when flaps were kept in upward position.


Overall Dimensions (LxWxH), cm

145x123x80

Power Source

Power tiller

Number of rows

10

Weight of machine (kg)          :          

67.5

Number of furrow Opener

5

Type of furrow Opener

Shoe Type

Length of furrow Opener(cm)

18

Row to row Spacing (cm)      

20

Diameter of ground wheel, cm          

39

Diameter of transport wheel   (cm)

30

Working depth (cm)

Adjustable

Seed rate (Kg/ ha)      

adjustable (0 to 100 kg / ha)

Transmission mechanism

Chain and sprocket mechanism

Effective field capacity (ha/h)

0.15

Fuel consumption, lit/h

0.8