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Automated seeding machine

Introduction

India is an agricultural country. The Indian economy is basically agrarian. In spite of

economic development and industrialization, agriculture is the backbone of the Indian
economy. Agriculture is the main stay of India's economy. It contributes about 26 percent of
the gross domestic product. Agriculture meets food requirements of the people and produces
several raw materials for industries.
From agricultural point of view, India is a unique country. It has vast expanse of level
land, rich soils, wild climatic variations suited for various types of crops, ample sunshine and
a long growing season. The net sown area in India today is about 143 million hectares. India
has the highest percentage of land under cultivation in the world.
There are many reasons responsible for the low productivity of agriculture. About
one-third of land holdings are very small less than one hectare in size. Due to small size of
land holdings we cannot use modern way of cultivation. Even today the farmers are using
very old methods, tools and implements for fanning. Farmers are not using artificial ways of
cultivation. Inputs like-better quality of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides are also not used by
most of the farmers. Exploitation of marginal farmers is also responsible. There is also low
productivity because of increasing pressure on land and absence of bank credit.
The project mainly concentrates on automating the process of seeding to increase the
rate of production and yield faster.

WORKING
Twin seeders

Motor to drive
the tilling tool

Belt drive

Flaps

Spiked wheels
Frame to support
the seeders

Fig.1: 2d and 3d model of project

Major parts

Main drive (engine or motor)

Belt drive system
Spiked tools
Crusher
Funnel with seeding mechanism
Flapper to press soil after seeding

Construction
All the required tools and seeder mechanism are fitted to a frame.
Front end of the frame consists of a set of tools with sharp ends followed by a crusher.

 A pulley is attached to the shaft connected to main drive. Another shaft connects this
shaft through pulley for power transmission.
The shaft also connects all seeding mechanism through bevel gears.
At starting end of this shaft a crank slider mechanism links to the shaft carrying all the
flaps.
Operation
When the whole vehicle is pulled in forward direction first the tools present in the
front of the frame first comes in contact with the soil and breaks it.
Further the soil is made softer by a crusher which will crush the soil with a rotary
input from the belt drive attached to the main drive.
The crushed soil passes under a concave shaped sharp tool which helps in forming a
continuous heap of soil.
The seeder mechanism operates based on the speed of rpm of tyre since it is directly
linked to main drive.
The seeder starts seeding by a to-fro linear motion got by the help of a scotch yoke
mechanism.
The seeders are followed by a set of flaps parallel to t which are again operated from
the main drive through a crank slider mechanism.
The shaft of the flaps rotates only by an angle, thus making it to strike and press the
soil after seeding.

Advantages

Rapid seeding machine can cover large area of seeding in a short period of time.
Unskilled farmer can operate the machine.
Highly efficient and accuracy of seeding is high.
Cost efficient.
Ease of maintenance.
Rate of seeding depends on rpm of tyre, thus if the vehicle is pulled faster seeding will
be faster.

Disadvantages

 Regular maintenance required since soil will stick to barrel lid.

Seeds should be dry so that flow of seeds while seeding will be more efficient.

Conclusion
The aim of the project is to change the procedure of agricultural methods for better yielding
and thereby increase the economy of the country. The project mainly concentrates on
increasing the rate of production by increasing the rate of growing crops.