Design and experimental study on a new rice seed-coating and direct sowing machine
Design and experimental study on a new rice seed-coating and direct sowing machine
Xia Ping; Zhang JianHua; M.Y.uHua; F.S.ngLin
Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering 19(3): 99-103
2003
A new kind of rice seed coating and direct sowing machine was designed to solve the problems in rice seed-coating and bud-leaf acceleration. The structure and working principle of the feeder were described. This machine can coat the wet rice seed with superfine particles. Results from installation and field experiments indicated both the correct rate of coating and sowing achieved by the machine are over 85%. The inconstant coefficient rate is less than 25% and the broken rate is less than 2%.