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Fabricating and Evaluating Performance of a Planter Prototype for Planting Chinese Garlic Cloves

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The aim of the present study was to fabricating planter prototype two rows with new feeding device with a chain and spoons for planting Chinese garlic cloves. The performance of the planter prototype was evaluated under four levels of planting forward speeds of 1.2, 1.7, 2.2 and 2.9 km/h and two sizes of Chinese garlic cloves big and small. The results showed that the best forward speed about 1.7 km/h was as given the actual field capacity was about 0.19 fed./h, the field efficiency was about 78 %, specific energy requirement was about 22.4 kW. h/fed., operating cost about 385 EGP/fed., the value of missing hills was about 8 and 6 %, longitudinal scattering of garlic was about 13.3 and 11.7 %, transverse scattering about 3.9 and 3.3 %, the value of double hills about 8 and 13 % by using big and small Chinese garlic cloves, respectively. It turns out that this prototype does not cause significant damage to the garlic cloves because it quietly and smoothly picks garlic from the bottom to up in the clove tank does not exceed the damage rate about 0.8 and 0.4 % when the size of cloves is big and small, respectively. The prototype saves about 81 % of cost compared with manual planting and saves the time of planting.

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10.21608/jssae.2019.60972

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Chinese garlic, prototype, Planter, mechanical, Fabricating

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El Shal

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Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Zagazig, Zagazig, Egypt

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elshal36@gmail.com

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Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Zagazig, Zagazig, Egypt

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8914

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2019-10-01

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2019-11-23

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2019-10-01

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605

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2090-3685

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2090-3766

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Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

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Fabricating and Evaluating Performance of a Planter Prototype for Planting Chinese Garlic Cloves

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22 Jan 2023