PERFORMANCE TESTING OF FOUR PERFORMANCE TESTING OF FOUR ROW SELF PROPELLED PADDY ROW SELF PROPELLED PADDY

TRANSPLANTERTRANSPLANTER

BY

NIRMAL DEVANAND SINGHADIANIRMAL DEVANAND SINGHADIA2012AE/56B2012AE/56B

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

V.N.M.K.V., PARBHANI.

Rice TransplanterRice TransplanterFour Row Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter (PF4555)Four Row Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter (PF4555)

INTRODUCTIOINTRODUCTIONN

total area planted under rice crop in India is 42.20 million ha.

grown traditionally by manual transplanting.

Involve drudgery and also very expensive.

Manual transplanting takes about 250-300 man hours/ha.

about 25 per cent of the total labour.

Rice (orizya sativa)Rice (orizya sativa) Most commonly consumed food around the world. World wide 3.5 billion people depend on rice. Demand is increasing continuously.

Rice MarketRice Market 20% of the world’s

calorie supply, and 30% of Asia’s

Top producers are China (31%) and India (20%)

Rice productionRice production

Current ProductsCurrent Products Cost

Price of equipment: 2,75,000/-

Technical limitations Need large, flat fields Can not plant on field edges Frequently overturn in the

mud

NeedNeed Increasing demand of rice Land and water are bearing very

scare Rural labour shortage To maximise yield

ADVANTAGESADVANTAGES less expensive farmer friendly labour saving timely transplanting optimum plant

density minimize the cost of

transplanting

Technical RequirementsTechnical Requirements Prevent back-

problems in field workers

Extremely low-cost Simple and rugged Easily transportable Can be repaired

using local materials Usable in a variety of

terrains

Material and MethodsMaterial and Methods four row self propelled paddy transplanter

(PF4555) seedlings raised on mat type nursery. Raised beds of 58 cm length, 28 cm width

and 19 cm height. Polythene sheet of 28 cm width and 50

micron thickness

Soil was sieved and mixed with equal proportion of sand and farm yard manure and spread over the polythene sheet to a depth of 1.9 cm.

Sprouted seeds were spread uniformly on the polythene sheet and pressed gently.

They were covered with paddy straw and watered for four days

After the fourth day paddy straw was removed and seedlings were grown normally by regular watering.

After 15 days the seedlings mats were fed to the mechanical self propelled four row paddy transplanter.

performance testingperformance testing Theoretical field capacity Actual field capacity Field efficiency Labour saving Cost of transplanting per ha

fixed cost, labour cost, fuel cost

Table 1. Technical Specifications of 4 row self propelled paddy transplanter

3.2

1700

6600

Results and DiscussionResults and Discussion Based on the field testing conducted during kharif 2010-11, 2011-12Based on the field testing conducted during kharif 2010-11, 2011-12

actual field capacity 0.2726 ha/h field efficiency 71 % at an average operating speed of 3.2kmph

take 8 h to transplant 1 ha area fuel consumption 5.70 lit/ha labour requirement 2 man days per hectare (paddy transplanter) 32 man days per hectare (manual

transplanting) Saves 30 man days per hactare.

References

1]performance testing of four row self propelled paddy transplanter, R.P. Murumkar, U.R. Dongarwar, D.S. Phad, B.Y. Borkar and P.S. Pisalkar

2]Anonymous 2000. The Hindu-Survey of Indian Agriculture. 3]Gyanendra Singh, 2002. Equipment to ensure timeliness. The Hindu-

Survey of Indian Agriculture, 195-198. 4]M.V. Manjunatha, B.G. Masthana Reddy, S.D. Shashidhar and Joshi,

V.R. 2009. Field 5]performance evaluation of vertical conveyor paddy reaper. Karnataka

Journal of Agriculture Science, 22(1):140-142. 6]Nadeem Amjad, 1983. Field performance evaluation of rice reaper.

In: Agricultural mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 14:35-40.

Topic open for discussionTopic open for discussion