Open AccessDESIGN AND EXPERIMENT OF SEED AGITATOR FOR VERTICAL DISK SEED METERING DEVICE
Author(s) -
Yulong Chen,
Meng Zhang,
Zeqi Liu,
Yubin Lan,
Lili Yi,
Pengqiang Ji,
Xiang Yin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
inmateh - agricultural engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2068-2239
pISSN - 2068-4215
DOI - 10.35633/inmateh-63-18
Subject(s) - agitator , metering mode , rotational speed , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , impeller
In order to improve the seed filling performance of mechanical hole type seed metering device with high speed, a vertical disc metering device was designed with seed agitator to improve the seed filling probability. Discrete element simulation method and physical prototype bench tests were used to simulate and analyse the seed metering process. The structure parameters of the seed agitators were optimized by the quadratic orthogonal rotation central composite design test. The results showed that: 1) the addition of seed agitator had a significant influence on the MIS (miss index), among which the concave type had the lowest MIS, and it was the highest without agitator; 2) for concave type agitator, the optimal value of depth and angle were 3.1 mm and 60.5°, respectively; 3) the physical prototype tests showed that the QFI (quality of feed index) was more than 95% under the speed of 2-10 km/h, and the MIS was less than 1%, which meets the requirements of precision sowing.