Citation Information

  • Title : Design and experiment on furrowing and anti-blocking unit for no-till planter.
  • Source : Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
  • Publisher : Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
  • Volume : 28
  • Issue : 1
  • Pages : 27-31
  • Year : 2012
  • Document Type : Journal Article
  • Language : English
  • Authors:
    • Rasaily, R. G.
    • Lu, C.
    • Li, H.
    • He, J.
    • Wang, Q.
    • Su, Y.
  • Climates: Hot summer continental (Dsa, Dfa, Dwa).
  • Cropping Systems: Maize. No-till cropping systems. Wheat.
  • Countries: China.

Summary

In order to solve the problems of residue blocking and difficulty to open the furrow of no-till wheat planter in heavy corn residue cover fields in annual double cropping areas of the North China, a telescopic lever furrowing and anti-blocking unit was designed for no-till planter. Its key parameters were determined based on a band between orthogonal test and the structure analysis, and a telescopic lever furrowing and anti-blocking unit was used to conduct the field experiment. The field experiment showed that the telescopic lever furrowing and anti-blocking unit could solve the problem of straw blocking effectively and improve the seeding quality. Compared with the strip rotary-tilling anti-blocking unit, the telescopic lever furrowing and anti-blocking unit could reduce topsoil disturbance quantity by 21.5%; fuel consumption per unit area was reduced by 23.65% when the depth of furrow opening was 10 cm, which could reduce power consumption of tractor. Above all, the telescopic lever furrowing and anti-blocking unit has important value in extending no-tillage planter.

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