| Author | Tiangco, Valentino M. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-80-11 |
| Subject(s) | Transplanting machines
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Modifications were incorporated on the 12-row Chinese rice transplanter (TUNG FENG-2A-2ZJG-12) which solved the operational and mechanical problems encountered during the series of performance tests, Comparative study was done between machine and hand transplanting systems. The modified transplanter has satisfactory performance using 28 day-old seedlings and 3-point pickers, operated by 3 men ( 1 driver plus 2 loaders), tested at standard soil condition (9-10 days sedimentation period after the last puddling), with 2-4 cm depth of water and fastest working speed (full throttle setting). The field capacity of the modified machine was measured to be 0.10 ha/hour
with an increase of about 44% compared to transplanter in original form. The labor requirements for transplanting one hectare (excluding seedling
preparation) was about 30 man-hours which was able to reduce the labor requirement to about 81% over that of laborious hand transplanting method, At present wage level machine transplanting has a break even level at 5.71 hectares for double cropping per year to that of hand transplanting. |
| Year | 1980 |
| 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) | Konaka, Toshio
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| Examination Committee(s) | Gee-Clough, D. ; Singh, Gajendra
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | King's (Royal Thai Government) Scholarship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1980 |