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5.0 SOWING AND FERTILISER APPLICATION
EQUIPMENT
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5.1 FERTILIZER
BROADCASTER
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Tractor Mounted |
Manual |
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Features
This equipment is used for broadcasting
of granular fertilizer and small seeds of crop as well. The equipment
is available in hand operated as well as tractor operated version. The
hand operated broadcaster is kept in front of the operator with the
help of shoulder straps provided with it and can be operated with the
help of a lever. The tractor operated version is rear mounted and is
operated by its PTO. The broadcaster, both versions, mainly consists
of a hopper and a spinning disc. The seed or fertilizer from the
hopper is made to fall on the spinning disc rotating at high speed,
which in turn spreads the seed /fertilizer uniformly all around due to
centrifugal force. The flow of the material to the spinning disc can
be controlled by a shutter plate.
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Specifications:
Tractor Operated
Power Source:
Agricultural tractor
35hp/26.5 kW
Hopper
Capacity: 300 Kg
Weight of Machine
: 100 Kg
Height of
machine: 180 cm
Area
covered: 2.50 ha/h
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Manually Operated
One person
Hopper Capacity : 10 kg
TOP
Weight: 4 Kg
Overall dimension (length, width and
height) = 41 cm, 38.5 cm and 41 cm.
Area covered: 1.0
ha/h
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Uses:
Broadcasting of
granular fertilizer and seeds.
Cost of Machine :
Rs 12000 (Tractor Operated) and Rs.2500/-(Manual) |
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5.2 SEED-CUM-FERTILIZER DRILL |
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Features:
The seed cum
fertilizer drill consists of a seed box, fertilizer box, seed and
fertilizer metering mechanisms, seed tubes, furrow openers, seed and
fertilizer rate adjusting lever and transport cum power transmitting
wheel. The fluted rollers are driven by a shaft which gets power from
wheels. Fluted rollers fixed in the seed box, receive the seeds into
longitudinal grooves and drops them in the seed tube attached to the
furrow openers. By shifting the rollers sideways, the length of the
grooves exposed to the seed, can be increased or decreased and hence
the amount of seed sown can be varied.
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Specifications
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Seed metering
mechanism
Fertilizer metering
mechanism
Number of furrow
opener
Furrow opener
Size of feed shaft
(mm)
Size (diameter) and
number of flutes
Seed box capacity
(cm3)
Fertilizer box
capacity (cm3)
Weight (kg) |
: 1940-2310
: 970-1560
: 1070-1350
: Fluted roller
: Gravity feed
with agitator
: 9-13
: Reversible
shovel
: 16-19
: 42.7-49.2 and
9-11
: 66241-10308
: 63310-10141
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: 224-328 |
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Power source
(hp/kW) : 35/26.25, tractor
Uses:
Seed cum fertilizer
drills are used for sowing of wheat and other cereal crops in already
prepared field
Cost of Machine :
Rs.35,000/
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5.3 ZERO-TILL DRILL
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Features:
No-till-drill consists of frame, seed box, fertilizer box,
seed metering mechanism, fertilizer metering mechanism’, seed
tubes, furrow opener seed/fertiliser adjusting mechansim and
transport cum power transmitting wheel. The frame is made from
mild steel box section. The tynes are mounted with the help of
clamps, to obtain infinite row spacing. The main difference
between no-till drill and conventional drill is that it has
inverted T-type furrow opener fixed on the tynes instead of
reversible shovels type furrow openers. The main advantage of
inverted t-type furrow openers non formation of clods, lower
draft requirement and easier penetration in the soil.
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Specifications
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Seed
metering mechanism
Fertilizer
metering mechanism
Power
transmission
Furrow
opener
No of furrow
opener
Size of
fertilizer shaft (mm)
Seed box
capacity (cm3)
Fertilizer
box capacity (cm3)
Weight (kg)
Power
requirement(hp/KW)
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1960-2310
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970-1560
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1070-1350
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Fluted roller
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Gravity feed with agitator
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Through chain and sprockets
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Narrow inverted T -type
: 9-13
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20-22.3
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66241-10308
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63310-10141
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224-328
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35/26.25, tractor
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Uses:
Zero-till-drills are used for sowing wheat crop in unprepared
field after harvesting of paddy.
Cost of
Machine : Rs.35,000/- |
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5.4 STRIP-TILL DRILL |
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Features:
Strip-drill consists of a standard seed drill with a rotary attachment
mounted in the front. The rotary system has C-type blades, which
prepare a 75 mm wide strip in the front of every furrow opener. Thus
with every row, 125 mm of the strip is left untilled and only 40
percent of area is tilled. Tilling and sowing is done simultaneously. |
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Specifications
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Seed metering
mechanism
Fertilizer metering
mechanism
Power transmission
Furrow opener
Number of flanges on
the rotary
Number of blades on
each flange
Type of blade
Opening width of
blade (mm)
Number of furrow
opener
Size of feed shaft
(mm)
Size (diameter), mm
and number of flutes
Seed box capacity
(cm3)
Fertilizer box
capacity (cm3)
Ground wheel
diameter (mm)
Weight (kg)
Source of power
(hp/kW)
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: 1960-2310
: 970-1560
: 1070-1350
: Fluted roller
: Gravity feed
with an agitator
: Chain and
sprockets
: Inverted T
–type/ reversible shovel
: 9-11
: 6
: C type
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: 75
: 9-11
: 16-19
: 42.7-49.2 and
9-11
: 66241-10308
: 63310-10141
: 390-450
: 224-328
: 35-45 /26.25- 33.75, tractor |
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Uses:
It is used for sowing wheat after paddy without any prior seed bed
preparation. It can save 50-60 % fuel and 65-75 % time as compared to
conventional method The machine also helps in increasing the yield
because of timely sowing of crop.
Cost of Machine : Rs.50,000/-
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5.5 RAPESEED-MUSTARD SEED DRILL
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Features:
The rapeseed-mustard drill consists of mild steel angle iron
frame, seed hopper, fluted roller mechanism for metering of seeds,
lugged ground wheels, power transmission system, seed tubes and
furrow openers. The seed drill is tractor drawn implement. The
fluted rollers are specially designed for metering of
rapeseed-mustard seeds. The fluted roller is 50 mm in diameter and
has 10 grooves of 2 x 2 mm slots. Adjusting seed metric mechanism
can vary the seed rate. The operation of seed drill is similar to
other seed cum fertilizer drills.
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Specifications
Weight (kg)
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Number of rows :
Furrow opener
Crop
Seed rate
(kg/ha)
Width of
coverage (mm)
Depth of
placement (mm)
Operating speed
(km/h)
Field capacity
(ha/h)
Field efficiency
(per cent)
Power
requirement (hp/kW)
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: 120
: 4
: Hoe type
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Rapeseed-mustard
: 3.0-4.00
: 1500
: 30-40
: 5-7
: 0.6
: 62
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: 30/22.5,
tractor
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Uses:
It is suitable for sowing of small seed such as rapeseed, mustard
and millets. It neds to be caliberated before sowing different
crops. It has fluted roller metering mechanism for dropping the
seeds. The seed rate can be varied by varying the length of
exposure of the fluted rollers.
Cost of Machine : Rs.35,000/- |
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5.6 PNEUMATIC MULTI-CROP PLANTER
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Features:
Tractor mounted pneumatic planter consists of a centrifugal blower
operated by the PTO of a tractor which is used to provide the
necessary air pressure to pick up and release the seeds in the
metering mechanism. It is a six-row (2 or 4 optional) machine,
operated by a tractor of 35 hp/26.25 kW or more to plant single
seed at predetermined seed/row spacing. It consists of main frame,
aspirator blower, disc with cell type metering plate, individual
hopper, furrow openers, PTO driven shaft, ground drive wheel etc.
It is suitable to plant seeds of mustard ,sorghum ,soybean cotton,
pigeon pea, maize, groundnut, okra etc |
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Specification:
Length x Width x Height (mm)
Weight (kg)
Draft(N)
Working width (mm)
Working depth (mm)
Operating speed (km/h)
Field capacity (ha/h)
Field efficiency (%)
Labour requirement (man-h/ha)
Power requirement(hp/kW) |
: 1450 x 2450 x1250
: 200
: 2000
: 2000-3000
: 1003.0-5.0
: 3.0 to 5.0
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: 0.5-1.0
: 60-65
: 1-2
: 35/26.25, tractor |
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Uses:
It is used to plant individual seeds at the pre-determined
seed/row spacing. It results in saving of seeds. The spacing
between rows can be adjusted by movement of the individual furrow
opener as per the requirement.
Cost of Machine : Rs.50,000/-
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Features:
The planting
attachment consists of a hopper, inclined plate metering
mechanism fitted in the hopper, furrow openers, ground wheel,
power transmission mechanism, seed tubes and. marker
devices. For operation, the cotton seed is filled in the
hopper, seeds are picked up by the cells of inclined plate and
delivered in the opening connected to furrow opener through
seed tubes. It can plant 4- 6 rows of cotton at a spacing of
60-90 cm in addition to number of other crops like maize,
soybean, sunflower etc. Seed-metering mechanism in planting
attachment is of inclined plate type with notched cells for
each row. Row to row spacing and plant-to-plant spacing is
adjustable. Plant to plant spacing can be varied by changing
the transmission ratio. The drive to the metering mechanism is
given through the ground wheel by means of chains, sprockets
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Specifications
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Number of
rows
Row to row
spacing (mm)
Power
requirement (hp/kW)
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: 970
: 2500
: 1120
: 4
: 600
-900 (adjustable)
TOP
: 35
/26.25, tractor
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Uses:
Sowing of
cotton and other bold seeds like maize, soybean, sunflower
Cost of
Machine : Rs.30,000/-
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5.8 RIDGER PLANTER FOR MAIZE |
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Features:
It is a tractor-operated implement and consists of seed
hopper, seed metering plate, chain drive system, seed
tubes, ground wheel, furrow opener, ground wheel tension
spring, ridger bottom and ridger beam. The seed-metering
device is of inclined plate type and has cells on its
periphery. The ridger body consists of two mould boards
and share mounted in the front. The share is made of
medium carbon steel or alloy steel, hardened and tempered
to suitable hardness. The seed metering mechanism receives
power from the ground wheel. During operation, the cells
of inclined plate pick up one or two seeds and drops it on
the top/side of the ridge through a seed tube. The
planting unit is mounted on commercially available ridger.
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Specifications
Dimensions (l x w x h) (m)
Number
of rows
Weight
(Kg)
Seed
metering device
Furrow
opener
Width of
coverage (mm)
Depth of
placement (mm)
Operating speed (km/h)
Field
capacity (ha/h)
Field
efficiency (per cent)
Missing
(percent)
Labour
requirement (man-h/ha)
Power
requirement (hp/kW)
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0.77 x 1.53 x 1.04
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4-6
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70
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Inclined plate
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Reversible shovel
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1200
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30-40
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2.0-2.5
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0.20-0.25
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60-70
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2-3
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10
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45/33.75, tractor
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Uses:
It is suitable for planting maize crop and other similar
crops on one side of ridges.
Cost of Machine : Rs.35,000/-
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5.9 RIDGER SEEDER
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Features:
The unit consists of a tilling mechanism having 6
numbers of cultivator tynes with shovels, a ridging
mechanism having 3 numbers of adjustable ridgers and
a planter having seed hopper with cup feed seed
metering device for seed, ground wheel, transmission
system and row markers. Separate furrow openers and
closers are eliminated in this unit. The row spacing
can be altered by fixing the ridger bottoms and
cultivator tynes to the appropriate holes provided in
the main frame,. The plant spacing can be varied by
changing the sprockets or the number of cups in the
seed metering disc. The desired depth of seed
placement can be obtained by moving the seed tube. |
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Specification:
Type
Overall dimensions(mm)
Seed
metering
Weight(kg)
Capacity(ha/h)
Power requirement(hp/kW)
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Tractor mounted
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2400 x 1750 x 1100
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Cup type
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300
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0.40
: 35/26.25, tractor
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Uses:
It is used for making ridges and furrows. In kharif
sowing can be done on ridges and in rabi season
the sowing can be done in the furrows.
Cost of Machine : Rs.35,000/-
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Features:
The broad raised bed planter consists of a frame,
planting hoppers, fertilizer box, furrow openers, bed
shaper and power transmitting wheel. The frame is made
of mild steel sections. The furrow openers are r
zidger type and have mould board and share point. The
wings of the mould board can be adjusted. The
share is made of medium carbon steel or alloy steel,
hardened and tempered to suitable hardness. The
machine makes two beds. Machine can sow two or three
rows of wheat on each bed. Machine has seed
metering unit of vertical disc type. The draft
requirement of the machine is reduced due to roller
type bed shaper. |
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Specification:
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Seed metering mechanism
Fertilizer metering mechanism
Power transmission seed metering
Furrow openers
Bed shaper
Number of rows for sowing wheat per bed
Weight (kg)
Power required (hp/kW)
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2850
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1700
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1440
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Vertical disc type with grooves
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Vertical disc type with grooves
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Chain and sprocket
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Ridger type
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Roller type
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2-3
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400
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35/26.25 or above tractor
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Uses:
Bed planter makes bed and sows crops simultaneously
and suitable for wheat, maize, peas etc. Vegetables
seeds can also be sown by the planter. It can place
seeds as per the desired plant to plantspacing.
Cost of Machine : Rs.40,000/-
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5.11 SUGARCANE
CUTTER PLANTER
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Features:
It is a whole stick sugarcane cutter planter and
consists of ridger body attached to frame, sett
cutting unit, fertilizer application unit,
chemical application unit, sett covering unit and
seed box. The whole planter carries its total
weight on two rubber tyres. While in
transportation mode, wheel allows the machine to
be transported to the planting site and while
planting, load is carried by the wheels, which
ensure desired depth of penetration and weight of
the machine making tractor hydraulic lift free.
Cutting of the cane into 350 mm length is done
automatically in the machine and setts are treated
with insecticides at the cutting point. The sets
are placed in the furrow created by ridger bodies
automatically with overlapping upto 30%. The
pesticide is also sprayed on the ends of sett in
the furrows. The seed placed in the furrow is
covered immediately after the chemical treatment
and rows are leveled by the leveler provided at
the rear of the machine. The machine is tractor
PTO driven. |
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Specifications
Length
(mm)
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Width (mm)
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Height
(mm)
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Number of
rows
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Row to row spacing
(mm) :
Sett cutting mechanism
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Seed
placement
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Field capacity
(ha/day) :
Capacity of fertilizer box
(kg) :
Capacity of seed box
(kg) :
Capacity of insecticide tank (Iitres)
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Power requirement(hp/kW)
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2130
2030
2135
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600-750
Automatically
Regularly width 50 mm overlap
2-2.4
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400
100
35-50/26.25-37.50, tractor
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Uses:
It is used for planting of sugarcane. It cuts the
seed setts of desired length, opens the furrows,
places the setts in the furrow opened, applies
fertilizer, chemical treatment of sets and covers
the setts simultaneously.
Cost of Machine : Rs.1,00,000/-
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5.12 MAT TYPE
RICE TRANSPLANTER
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Features:
It is a six-row rice transplanter using mat
type seedlings. The six row machine is a
riding type and employs a double acting
transplanting mechanism for enhanced
transplanting speed and in turn high field
capacity. The double acting transplanting
mechanism is run with, one sun and four
planetary gears. The machine has provision for
adjustments of number of seedlings per hill,
depth transplanting and hill-to-hill distance.
The depth of transplanting is maintained
constant, automatically -during transplanting.
The row-to-row spacing is 300 mm and five
setting of hill to-hill distance from 120 to
220 mm can be fixed depending on desired plant
population. The machine is provided with six
spare seedling racks for filling of trays
intermittently. The machine is powered with a
12 hp air cooled petrol engine and it is
provided with power steering. Depth of
transplanting can be set from 15 to 45 mm. |
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Specifications
Overall length (mm)
Overall width (mm)
Overall height (mm)
Weight (kg)
Engine type
Maximum output (rpm)
Starting method
Steering,
Shifting
Front
Reverse
Transplanting section
Number of rows
Planting width (cm)
Transplanting speed (m/sec) |
: 3020
: 2140
: 1530
: 570
: 4-cycle, air-cooled OHV gasoline
: 12.0-1800
: Electric
: Power steering
TOP
: 4 speeds
: 1 speed
: 6
: 30
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Uses:
It is used for transplanting of mat
type rice nursery in the puddle field.
Cost of Machine : Rs.2- 6 lakhs |
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