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Mechanization of Manually Operated Seed Sowing

Machine for small farming land
Kiran K. Jadhao1, Avdhoot S.Narote2, Pavan U.Shelke3, Vishal N.Alladwar4, Akshay S.Dhuldhule5
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, B.N.C.O.E, Pusad, India1
UG Student, Mechanical Engineering, B.N.C.O.E, Pusad, India2
UG Student, Mechanical Engineering, B.N.C.O.E, Pusad, India 3
UG Student, Mechanical Engineering, B.N.C.O.E, Pusad, India 4
UG Student, Mechanical Engineering, B.N.C.O.E, Pusad, India5

Abstract: Cropping is important activity for any farmer and for large scale this activity is so lengthy also it needs more workers. In
manual method of seed planting, we get results such as low seed placement, less spacing efficiencies and serious back ache for the
farmer. Hence, for achieving best performance from a seed planter, need to make proper design of the agriculture machine and also
selection of the components is also required on the machine to suit the needs of crops. The main objective of sowing operation is to
place seed at proper position respective of other placed seeds in every row at particular depth. As per change in shape and size of
different seeds the parameters like distance between two seed, depth of seed, planting rate chances. . This paper is attempt to produce
highly efficient seed sowing machine which will reduce time of plantation, cost of labour, and enhances production.

Keywords: seed sowing machine, seed spacing, low cost, small land

I. INTRODUCTION
Indian economy is based on agriculture. Cropping is important II. LITERATURE SURVEY
and tedious activity for any farmer, and for large scale this activity Seed feed rate is more but the time required for the total
is so lengthy also it needs more workers. Thus agriculture operation is more and the total cost is increased due to labour,
machines were developed to simplify the human efforts. In manual hiring of equipment. The manual operated seed sowing machine is
method of seed planting, we get results such as low seed less efficient, time consuming. Today’s era is marching towards
placement, less spacing efficiencies and serious back ache for the the rapid growth of all sectors including the agricultural sector. To
farmer. This also limited the size of field that can be planted. meet the future food demands, the farmers have to implement the
Hence for achieving best performance from a seed planter, the new techniques which will not affect the soil texture but will
above limits should be optimized. Thus need to make proper increase the overall crop production. New proposed machine
design of the agriculture machine and also selection of the which can perform operation has number of advantages.
components is also required on the machine to suit the needs of 1) Seed flow rate can be controlled.
crops.Development in agriculture leads to raise economic status of 2) Row spacing and seed spacing process can be achieved.
country. In India farmers are facing problems due to unavailability 3) Seed utilization can be done in proper manner with minimum loss.
of labours, traditional way of farming using non efficient farming 4) It will not affect the soil texture.
equipment which takes lot of time and also increases labour cost.
This is all about enhancement in seed sowing and fertilizer like III. OBJECTIVES
farming operations by using manual operated seed sowing
 To manufacture a machine for a farmer who cannot afford the
machine. The main objective of sowing operation is to place seed
tractor and having small land.
at proper position respective of other placed seeds in every row at
 To design and manufacture seed sowing machine.
particular depth. As per change in shape and size of different seeds
the parameters like distance between two seed, depth of seed,
IV. METHODOLOGY
planting rate chances. This project is attempted to produce highly
Proposed work started with the problem identification in
efficient seed sowing machine which will reduce cost of labour.
agriculture process of planting of different type of seeds. By
Traditional method of seed sowing based on assumptions of seed
collecting available information and specification further solution
to seed spacing and depth of placement which is not at all efficient
finding approached. It is found that Quality and productivity play
and beside this it requires lot of time and efforts too.
important role in today’s farming market. Seed sowing machine is

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the cheapest and most efficient way to improve the productivity and
reducing labour cost. VI. PROBLEMS OF EXISTING SOWING MACHINES
Traditional sowing methods have following limitations:
V. TYPES OF SOWING METHODS  In manual seeding, it is not possible to achieve uniformity
Traditional methods include broadcasting manually, opening in distribution of seeds.
furrows by a country plough and dropping seeds by hand and
 Poor control over depth of seed placement. Labour
dropping seeds in the furrow through a bamboo/metal funnel
requirement is high because two persons are required for
attached to a country plough. For sowing in small areas dibbling i.e.,
dropping seed and fertilizer.
making holes or slits by a stick or tool and dropping seeds by hand,
is practiced. Multi row traditional seeding devices with manual 
No control over the depth of seed placement.
metering of seeds are quite popular with experienced farmers. In No uniformity in the distribution of seed placement.
manual seeding, it is not possible to achieve uniformity in 
Loss of seeds.
distribution of seeds. A farmer may sow at desired seed rate but 
No proper germination of seeds.
inter-row and intra-row distribution of seeds is likely to be uneven 
Placement of seeds at uneven depth may result in poor
resulting in bunching and gaps in field. emergence because subsequent rains bring additional soil
The effect of inaccuracies in seed placement on plant stand is greater cover over the seed and affect plant emergence. More
in case of crops the following are the different types of seed sowing: labour requirement. Time required for sowing is more.
Theprepared
1. Hand Sowing: (planting) is the process of casting handfuls of seed over existingground,
seed sowing machine.Usually,
or broadcasting is too cost. It or
a drag hasis emplo
a
complex to design parts. Every seed distributor has the
individual seed storage place. Hence, it leads to increase the cost
of the machine. It is not compact in size. Its weight is so high.
Hence, it is difficult to transportation from one place to another
place.
The existing sowing machine is shown in figure 1(a) and
1(b) to understand the pictorial parts of the machines and. In the
existing sowing machine every seed distributor needs separate
seed storage place and seed metering mechanism. It leads to add
the weight of the machine, increases cost of the machine.
2. Dribbling: Drill sowing and dribbling (making small holes in
the ground for seeds) are better method of sowing the seeds.
Once the seeds are put in the holes, they are then covered with
the soil. This saves time and labour and prevents the damage
of seeds by birds.

3. Putting Seeds Behind The Plough: It is dropping of seeds

behind the plough in the furrow with the help of manual
labour by hand. This method is followed for crops like wal or
gram. Figure 1(b): Existing Machine

going to be simple and easy to fabricate. The size of the machine,

production cost, transportation, everything will be reduced.

6.2 FACTORS AFFECTING SEED EMERGENCE

Mechanical factors, which affect seed emergence, are:

Figure 1(a): Existing Machine while working
 Soil is covered uniformly over the seed.
6.1 PROBLEM JUSTIFICATION  Its depth should be uniform with regard to placement of
As an existing machine has heavy weight it will be seed
unlevel the soil and also damage the so condition. Normal seed  Its transverse displacement with regard to row also
storage has a single metering mechanism instead of number of considered It should be distributed uniformly along the
mechanisms in the existing machine. If it is removed design is rows. .

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 Loose soil getting is also prevented.

can be adjust as per furrows height. Adjustable furrow are
By fulfilling above factors we get best performance of the seed mounted on frame with nut and bolt. It can be adjusted as per
planter. To improve the performance we need to optimize the human comfortable. Furrows are point type.
above factors also so that we get desired efficiency from the Seeder disc have 6 numbers of slots where while rotating
system in economical way. of disc seeds are came in that slot from one section where seeds
are store and discharge the seed in other section and seed are
discharge to soil with help of seeder pipe. The schematic seed
VII. MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE PROPOSED
sowing machine is shown in Figure 2.
SOWING MACHINE
The seed sowing machine consists of various components
such as, Hopper, Adjustable furrow opener, and frame of machine
detailed is given below.
7.1 Hopper
It is an arrangement to store the seeds. Hopper capacity
varies a from 2kg to 6kg. Due to the concentrated hopper very
low quantity of seeds can also be sown. Here our hopper is like
semicircular in shaped so the wastage of seeds can be avoided.
Fig 2.Seed Filled in Hopper
Here hopper is made up of M.S sheets it reduces the weight of
VIII. WORKING
the hopper. Hence the weight and cost of sowing machine can be
First seed in the one section of hopper with manually.
reduced.
Height of handle is adjusted with help of adjustable furrow
7.2 Main Frame
.While working furrow are penetrated in soil. System that will
The main frame is the skeletal structure of the seed sowing
made, uses the manual pull force to run mechanism. Rotary
machine on which all other components are mounted. The two
motion of ground wheels provided to the main shaft. When a
design factors considered in the determination of the material
labour pulls the machine, the motion is transmitted from ground
required for the frame are the weight and strength. In this, mild
wheels to shaft and then metering disc rotates. Seeds are came in
steel rectangular bar were used to give the required rigidity.
slots of disc and due to rotation it came in other section where
7.3 Adjustable Furrow Opener
lower hole in hopper and seed discharge to soil with the help of
The design of furrow openers of seed planters varies to suit
seeder pipe. The seeds will get placed in the furrows through the
the soil conditions of particular region. Most seed planters are
pipes.
provided with pointed tool to form a narrow slit in the soil for
The point type furrow openers open the soil. In this way
seed deposition. The adjustable furrow opener permits planting at
the seeds are placed in the soil at proper distance and this
each variety ideal ground depth. The type used for this work is
machine maintains the proper row spacing. The seed rate is
the pointed bar type. These types of furrow openers are used for
maintained through the slots that seed disc have and hence the
forming narrow slit under heavy soils for placement of seeds at
seed are placed at proper distance. And so wastage of seed is
medium depths.
eliminated. Weight of machine so less so it can be operated by
The Furrow opener made of mild steel square pipe. Nut and
single person only
both were used to fasten the device to the frame through a hole
Since after taking complete observation of seed we get
drilled on the frame for adjusting sowing depth according to crop.
higher yielding as compare to conventional seed sowing machine.
VII. FABRICATION
Approximate sowing capacity of the machine is found to be
1Kg/20min. However, it may vary as per efficiency of person.
For proposed machine main componentsare required like,
XI. ADVANTAGES
hopper, frame, furrow, ground, shaft, wheel, Seeder. The
Following are the advantages of manual seed planter machine
machine consist of hopper having two section which is separated
are:
by a plate in one section will store the seed and other is empty
a. Only one person can operated.
where in other section there is hole in lower side and seed pipe is
b. Low maintained cost is required.
attached to discharge the seed in soil. All parts of the planter
c. Improved efficiency in planting.
were fabricated from mild steel material. The seed metering
d. Increased yielding and reliability in crop. Increased
mechanism used for this work was the wooden wheel type. For
cropping frequency.
this design, the drive shaft directly controls the seed metering
e. Increased speed of seed planting.
mechanism which eliminates completely attachments power
f. Seed planting accuracy.
transmission system thereby eliminating complexities which
g. Durable and cheap as low cost materials are used.
increase cost, and increasing efficiency at a highly reduced cost.
h. Dependency on labour also decreased. Also it saves time of
Handle is attached to front side of frame for pulling purpose. It
sowing.

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i. Uniform placement of seeds in row with required distance. j. Proper compaction over the seeds is provided.
XIII. CONCLUSION
X. OBSERVATION TABLE ProposedSeed sowing machie will be fulfilled need of a
Take, Type of seed:-Gram, Capacity of hopper to carry Gram is poor and small land farmer. They can easily and effectively
2 plants their seed in the field by these planters. But due to
Kg, for gram, 10m=500 gram seeds. different crops have different requirement for the seed planting
Seed required for one acre land is 20 to 30 kg Time required for in the field. So the usefulness of the single seed planter is
one acre is between 2 to 3 hrs.The Approximate time required limited. Hence, the requirement of the manually operated multi-
for sowing operation for one acre land is Tavg=2.30 hour. seed planter is very high. In this, design and fabrication of a
manually operated seed sowing machine is done. It is found
Table.10.1 Observation Table that fabricated machine is cheap, easily affordable, easy to
maintain and less laborious to use. The machine will go a long
way in making farming more attractive and increasing
agricultural output.
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