Rotary Dibbler Seeding Attachment to CIAE Animal Drawn Tool

Frame

It is a manually operated push type device for It is an attachment made for the bullock
dibbling of medium and bold size seeds such as drawn CIAE multi-purpose tool frame and suitable
maize, soybean, sorghum, pigeon pea and bengal for sowing wheat, gram, pea, soybean, sorghum, and
gram in well prepared seedbed. It consists of a pigeon pea. It can apply granular fertilizers like urea
rotating dibbling head with penetrating jaws, and DAP. The hopper has compartments for fertilizer
covering-cum-transport wheel, seed hopper with cell and seeds and the ground wheel is a floating type thus
type wooden roller and a handle. Seed metering is enabling uniform seed placement even when the soil
cell type having six cells on periphery. The number surface is not properly leveled. Seed metering device
of jaws varies from five to eight depending upon is of fluted rollers type and furrow openers are of
seed-to-seed distance. For its operation, the hopper is shoe type. Separate side wheels allow accurate
filled with seeds and transport-cum-covering wheel adjustment of the seed drill attachment and are also
is drawn to rear side. The dibbler is then pushed useful for transportation. The field capacity of the
forward in the direction of travel with covering cum implement is 0.10-0.15 ha/h. This implement costs
transport wheel behind the dibbling head. The jaws Rs 20,000/-. It saves 73% in labor and operating time
penetrate into the soil and automatically drop the and 55% in cost of operation as compared to
seeds. The seed-to-seed distance depends upon size conventional method of sowing behind country
of the polygon plate to which jaws are attached. This plough or seeding by broadcasting. It also results in
implement costs Rs. 2300/- and it’s cost of operation 10 to 18% increase in yield as compared to sowing
is Rs. 460/ha. It covers 0.6 to 1.0 ha/day and labour by conventional method.
requirement is 27 man-h/ha.
Animal Drawn Three Row Seed-cum-Fertilizer Bullock Drawn 4 Row Groundnut Planter
Drill

It is an animal drawn simple, light weight and The groundnut farmers use the traditional
compact machine to sow crops like wheat, gram, practices of farm operations with the available
sorghum, soybean, lentil, pea, sunflower, safflower bullock drawn implements which are labour
etc. and drill fertilizer in soil under rainfed condition. intensive operations.
It consists of tubular steel section frame on which
various components are mounted. The 4-row bullock drawn groundnut planter
was developed at PJTSAU, Hyderabad and consists
The seed box is of mild steel and the metering of seed hoper (8 kg capacity), trough feed type seed
mechanism uses aluminum-fluted rollers. The metering mechanism, ground wheel of 300 mm
furrow openers are of shoe type and are made of diameter and sprocket and chains for power
medium carbon steel hardened and tempered for transmission. The width of the planter is 1.2 m. The
opening the furrow and placing the seeds at desired row to row and plant to plant spacing are 300 mm
depth. The ground wheel provides the power needed and 100 mm, respectively. The total weight of the
for operating the seed metering mechanism and a pair machine is 55 kg and field capacity ranges 2.0-2.4
of idler wheels on either side help in proper ha/day. The cost of equipment is Rs. 8000/- and cost
adjustment of depth of seed placement. A lever of operation is Rs. 150/h.
mechanism is also provided for raising and lowering
the ground wheel on turns. A pair of bullocks can
easily pull the implement. The working width of the
machine is 225-700 mm. The weight of machine is
50 kg. The row spacing of the seed drill can be
adjusted as per the requirement of the crop being
sown. It costs Rs. 9000/- and cost of operation is
Rs800/ha. The effective field capacity of equipment
ranges 0.12 – 0.15 ha/h and labor requirement is 4-
10 man-h/ha.
Power Tiller Mounted Air Assisted Seed Drill openers on tool bar. Different crops can be sown by
changing seed plates and by changing the
transmission ratio. The effective field capacity of
equipment is 0.114 ha/h in hilly region. The cost of
inclined plate planter is Rs.12000/- and cost of
operation is Rs. 1600/ha.

Self-propelled Rice Transplanter

The germination percentage varies widely for

small seeds such as sesame. A power tiller mounted
an air assisted seed drill has been developed for
drilling small seeds at the desired seed rate. The
spacing between the rows can be adjusted from 300
mm for 4 rows to 600 mm for 2 rows. The effective
field capacity of the machine is 0.25 ha/h. Lifting the
tool bar can cut-off the power to seed metering shaft.
The cost of operation with this machine is Rs. 750/ha
as against Rs. 1200/ha for conventional method. It is a single wheel driven, riding type
machine and fitted with diesel engine. It transplants
Power Tiller Operated Inclined Plate Planter seedlings from mat type nursery in eight rows in a
single pass. The drive wheel receives power from the
engine through V-belt, cone clutch and gearbox. A
propeller shaft from the gearbox provides power to
the transplanting mechanism mounted over the float.
The float facilitates the transplanter to slide over the
puddled surface. The tray containing mat type
nursery for 8 rows is moved sideways by a scroll
shaft mechanism, which converts rotary motion
received from the engine through belt-pulley, gear
and universal joint shaft into linear motion of a rod
connected to the seedling tray having provision to
Power tiller operated 3 row inclined plate reverse the direction of movement of tray after it
planter has been designed and developed at RCNEH, reaches the extreme position at one end. Fixed fork
Barapani for sowing maize, soybean and pea crops in with knock out lever type planting fingers (cranking
terraces and valley lands of NEH region. The power type) are moved by a four-bar linkage to give the
is transmitted from ground drive wheel to seed feed designed locus to the tip of the planting finger.
shaft through chain, sprockets and a set of bevel

gears. The row to row spacing of the planter is

adjustable (130-280 mm) by sliding the furrow
Tractor Operated Inclined Plate Planter Tractor Operated Sett Cutter Planter for
Sugarcane

Tractor operated 6-row inclined plate planter is a

multi-crop planter for planting of bold and small
seeds and developed at CIAE, Bhopal and PAU,
The whole stick sugarcane cutter planter has been
Ludhiana. The planter consists of a frame with tool
developed at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow and consists of
bar, modular seed boxes, furrow openers and ground
ridger body attached to frame to create furrows, sett
drive wheel system. It has six modular design seed
cutting unit, fertilizer application unit, chemical
boxes with independent inclined plate type seed
application unit, sett covering unit and seed box. The
metering mechanism. Seed plates for sowing
planter is PTO driven and mounted at three point
different seeds can be selected and changed easily.
linkage system of a tractor. The cutting of the cane
The plate thickness, number and size of cells on seed
of 350 mm length is done automatically in the
plate vary according to seed size and desired plant-
machine and setts are treated with insecticides at the
to-plant spacing. For operation, the seed is filled in
cutting point. The setts are placed in the furrow
the hopper, seeds are picked up by the cells of
created by ridger bodies with overlapping up to 30%.
inclined plate and delivered in the opening connected
The pesticide is also sprayed at the ends of sett in the
to furrow opener through seed tubes. Shoe type
furrows. The sett placed in the furrow is covered
furrow openers ensure deep seed placement in moist
immediately after the treatment, the furrow is closed
zone for sowing under dryland condition. Modular
and rows are leveled by the leveler provided in the
seed box-furrow opener units are adjustable for
machine. The field capacity of the machine is 0.20
sowing seeds at different row-to-row spacing. The
ha/h. The approximate cost of equipment is Rs.
plant to plant spacing can be varied by changing the
50,000/-. The cost of operation of equipment is Rs.
transmission ratio. The drive to seed metering
2800/ha as compared to Rs. 4300/ha by traditional
mechanism is transmitted from ground drive wheel
method.
through chain and sprockets. It can be adopted for
sowing intercrop on broad beds. The field capacity
of the equipment is 0.42 ha/h with an effective width
of coverage of 1.85 m. The approximate cost of the
equipment is Rs. 40,000/-. The cost of operation is
Rs. 2300/ha as compared to Rs. 3500/ha by
conventional method.
Tractor Operated Sugarcane Seedling Tractor Operated Multi-crop Planter for Seed
Transplanter Spices

The tractor operated semi-automatic sugarcane The sowing of seed spices is mainly done by
transplanter has been developed at MPKV, Raury for broadcasting method or drilled in small plots at a
transplanting sugarcane seedlings. It consists of main spacing of 250-300 mm and depth of 10-15 mm. A 7
frame, two rotary drums, power transmission system, row multi-crop planter with individual hopper boxes
seedling tray, furrow openers, ground wheel, press and fertilizer drilling attachment has been developed
wheels, seats for workers and depth control at MPUAT, Udaipur. The seed metering mechanism
mechanism. of the planter is mounted on a common frame. The
seed metering mechanism of star wheel (plastic) was
The plant to plant and row to row spacing of the
made of circular rotor of 90 mm diameter with 10
machine are 600 and 1500 mm, respectively. The cells of 20 mm length. The height of seed dropping
working width and depth of the machine are 1500
from hopper was kept at 400 mm to get the placement
and 148-150 mm, respectively. The average effective
of seeds at a depth of 10-15 mm. The inverted T type
field capacity and field efficiency are 0.30 ha/h and
furrow opener of smaller size was fitted in the drill.
80.78%, respectively at forward speed of 2.56 km/h. The machine was tested for sowing of cumin,
The machine results in net saving of Rs. 2055/ha as coriander and fenugreek at NRC on Seed Spices,
compared to conventional method.
Ajmer and farmer’s fields. The seed rate of 6.5-7.5,
12-15 and 9-10 kg/ha was recorded for cumin,
fenugreek and coriander, respectively. The field
capacity of machine was 0.28-0.30 ha/h with depth
of seed placement of 12-15 mm.
Tractor Operated Vegetable Transplanter Tractor Drawn Planter cum Boom Sprayer for
(Picker Wheel Type) Groundnut

One of the major problems in vegetable cultivation is A planter with four nozzles herbicide spraying
transplanting of seedlings. This requires lot of attachment has been designed and developed at
labour, which is very costly. A two row semi- PJTSAU, Hyderabad for groundnut crop. The planter
automatic planter having picker wheel type metering cum herbicide sprayer is suitable for simultaneous
mechanism has been developed at PAU, Ludhiana to sowing and spraying of herbicide in groundnut crop.
transplant root wash type seedlings on the beds as It consists of piston type pump, flat pattern nozzle on
well as on flat fields. Two persons (one for each row) the boom, two drums of 220 l capacity each, seed box
are required to place the seedlings in the flappers of 40 kg capacity and inclined plate metering
when these open at the top position. After the mechanism for planting of seeds. The piston type
seedling is dropped in the furrow, the soil is pump receives the power from PTO shaft of tractor
compacted around it with the help of two moving to pump the chemical from tank into nozzles through
inclined wheels. The average field capacity of inlet and outlet pipes. The spraying attachment is
machine is about 0.10 ha/h at forward speed of 1.0 fitted at the back of the planter which sprays the
km/h. The cost of operation with the machine is Rs. chemical uniformly after the furrow is closed by the
2200/ha as compared to Rs. 2800/ha with manual covering blade. The effective working width of
transplanting. spraying is 2.40 m and the pump operating pressure
ranges 200-500 kPa. The application rate of spraying
unit is 492-612 l/ha. The effective field capacity of 8
row implement is 0.62 ha/h at forward speed of 2.5
km/h.