ABE 325

AB Machinery and Mechanization Engineering

DATE PERFORMED: March 16, 2023

MEMBERS PRESENT: DATE SUBMITTED: April 18,2023
ACHAZO, RONN MICHAEL B. BARSOLASO, JENICA O. EITO, SINCLAIR A.
ACQUIAT, JENETTE S. SAGONOY, JENEA LAE S. VARELA, CRISTOPHER

Exercise No.: 4
PLANTING EQUIPMENT

I. OBJECTIVES:
A. To know the construction and parts of seeding equipment.
B. To perform calibration of seeding equipment.

II. MATERIALS:

Paddy Drum Seeder Stopwatch

Steel tape Weighing scale
Mechanical tools

III. METHODS:

A. Construction and parts of seeding equipment:

1.Examine the assigned planting equipment and fill up Table 1. Indicate the
presence (P) or the absence (A) of the general parts of a planter.

Table 1. General parts of planting equipment.

EQUIPMENT
ITEM

Name of planter Manual Drum Seeder

Power source Human Power
Soil opening device A
Material holding device A
Material metering device A
Material delivering device P – Drum Hopper
Soil closing device A

2. Indicate in Table 2 the presence (P) or absence (A) of mechanisms and

techniques for adjusting certain parameters in the operation of the assigned
planting equipment.

Table 2. Adjustments of planting equipment.

 ITEMS EQUIPMENT
Name of Planter Manual Drum Seeder
1/4 1/2 3/4 Full
Row Spacing 1.92 m 1.92 m 1.92 m 1.92 m
Hill Spacing A
Seeding Rate Seeding rate per trials are indicated on table
5
Planting Depth A

B. Calibration of Planting Equipment

1. Calibration of a drum seeder:

a. Examine the seeder and discuss its construction and parts.

b. Identify and discuss the operation of the metering device employed.
c. Mount the drum seeder on the calibration stand.
d. Count the no. of rows and measure the row spacing.
e. Measure the diameter of the ground wheel.
f. Close the opening of the metering device and fill the seed hopper to the
recommended level.
g. Place the collecting pans at the bottom of the drum seeder and set the metering
device to its lowest seeding rate.
h. Rotate the ground wheel continuously and uniformly 10X and collect the
discharge.
i. Weigh the discharge from each row and comment on uniformity of discharge.
j. Compute the seeding rate per hectare.
k. Repeat for the rest of the seeding rate adjustments.
l. Draw the calibration curve with the abscissa as seeding rate adjustment and
seeding rate per hectare as ordinate.
h. Remove all seeds from the seeder and clean up the area.

DATA GATHERED
Settings Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
 1/4 t = 12.6 s t = 12.67 s t = 11.81 s
Drum 1 = 39.47g Drum 1 = 37.28g Drum 1 = 39.70g
Drum 2 = 32.66g Drum 2 = 33.66g Drum 2 = 35.11g
1/2 t = 11.11 s t = 12.15 s t = 14.43 s
Drum 1 = 36.50g Drum 1 = 36.81g Drum 1 = 40.89g
Drum 2 = 27.35g Drum 2 = 30.82g Drum 2 = 34.34g
3/4 t = 12.6 s t = 12.99 s t = 13.28 s
Drum 1 = 31g Drum 1 = 29.25g Drum 1 = 31.49g
Drum 2 = 23.81g Drum 2 = 22.87g Drum 2 = 30g
Full t = 13.21 s t = 14.72 s t = 12.89 s
Drum 1 = 20.26g Drum 1 = 25.57g Drum 1 = 26.73g
Drum 2 = 15.61g Drum 2 = 18.5g Drum 2 = 19.05g

Computations:

d= 6 in: cw= 58 in: # of rows: 4 rows/pass

Solving for distance per row:

0. o 254 m
d= ᴫD = ᴫ x 6 in x
¿
= 0.48 in/row

Solve for width:

W= 4 rows/pass x 0.48 in/rows= 1.98 in/pass

Solve for distance travel:

S= ᴫ x 6 WD X 10
=ᴫ X 0.57M X 10
= 18.22 m

Solve for area/pass:

A= w x s
= 1.92 x 18.22
= 34.84 m2/pass
Table 3
Adjustmen Discharge/10 rev
t (DRUM 1 + DRUM 2)/2 = Discharge per trial
1/4 T¹ = 35.87 g T² = 35.47 g T³ = 37.40 g

m2
10,000 m2
ha 10,000
0. 03547 kg x ha
34.83 m
2
0.03740 kg x 2
34.83 m
¿ 10.25 kg /ha
¿ 10.74 kg /ha
1/2 T¹ = 31.93 g T² = 33.82 g T³ = 37.62 g

2
m2 m
10,000 10,0000
ha ha
0. 03382 kg x 0. 03762 kg x 2
34.83 m
2 34.83 m
¿ 9.71 kg /ha = 10.8 kg/ha
kg/ha
3/4 T¹ = 27.41 g T² = 26.06 g T³ = 30.75 g
m2 m2
10,000 10,000
ha ha
0.02606 kg x 0.03075
2
kg x 2
34.83 m 34.83 m
¿ 7. 48 kg /ha = 8.83 kg/ha
Full T¹ = 17.9 g T² = 22.04 g T³ = 22.89 g

2
5.14 kg/ha m
2 10,000
m ha
10,000 0.02289 kg x
ha 34.84 m
2
0.02204 kg x
34.83 m 2 ¿ 6. 57 kg/ha

6.33 kg/ha
Table 4 : Time Spent/10 rev
Time Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
1/4 12.6 s 12.67 s 11.81 s
1/2 11.11 s 12.15 s 14. 43 s
3/4 12.60 s 12.99 s 13.28 s
Full Setting 13.21 s 14.72 s 12.89 s

Table 5 : Seeding Rate

Trial Adjustment Setting
1/4 ½ ¾ Full
1 10.29 kg/ha 9.17 kg/ha 7.87 kg/ha 5.14 kg/ha
2 10.25 kg/ha 9.71 kg/ha 7.48 kg/ha 6.33 kg/ga
3 10.74 kg/ha 10.8 kg/ha 8.83 kg/ha 6.57 kg/ha

Chart Title
12

10

0
one-fourth one-half three-fourth full setting

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

IV. END OF EXERCISE.