Further development of a manual rice transplanter | |
| Author | Swaminathan, Manickam |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-84-22 |
| Subject(s) | Transplanting machines Rice--Planting |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources & Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The draw backs of the IA-1 transplanter, a modified version of the IRRI rice transplanter, Were identified and a new rice transplanter for root-washed seedlings was made with modifications. The modified transplanter has satisfactory performance using 2-point non-grasping type pickers attached with pusher and spring hoppers, tested on a soil with sedimentation period of 10 days, with 1-3 cm. depth of water. The field capacity of the modified transplanter was measured to be about 0.025 hectare per hour with a field machine index of 98% and a field efficiency of 63% The labour requirement for the modified transplanter was measured to be about 40 man-hours per hectare which reduced the labour requirement of the laborious hand transplanting method by about 74% For the over all transplanting operation, the labour requirement of the machine transplanting method was measured to be 276 man-hours per hectare which reduced the labour requirement of the hand transplanting method by 29% |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gee-Clough, D. ; Jindal, Vinod Kumar |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | CIDA-BBD |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1984 |