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 |