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flow through pipe to soil. Here the metering plate purpose of this paper is to compare conventional
gets rotating motion by bevel gear assembly and the sowing methods and modern methods. The required
bevel gears get the motion by rear wheels with the row to row spacing ,seed rate ,seed to seed spacing
help chain and sprocket assembly. can be achieved by proposed machine. The machine
reduces the human efforts.
Kannan A et al. [3]:
This research paper presents design modification in Shriprasad B et al.[6]:
multipurpose sowing machine. In this they present This research paper presents information about
that for sowing purpose we import the machinery modern globalization; many technologies are to
which are bulk in size having more cost. To prevent update a new development based on automation
this they design multipurpose sowing machine which which works very rigidly, high effectively and
consists of hopper, seed metering mechanism, within short time period. The progressive invention
ground wheel, power transmission system, seed in agricultural system is becoming an important task
distributor, and tiller. In this they design model on especial because of rising demand on quality of
PRO-E software. Actually the working is very agriculture products and declining labours
simple as the tiller rotates it directly transmit motion availability in rural farming areas. The designed
to ground wheel which directly connected through system is seeding and fertilizing agriculture robot
main shaft. A main shaft has a disc with scoops using micro controller. The aim of designed system
inside the hopper. When the ground wheel rotates is to seeding fertilizing and soil ph,
the main shaft also rotates with the help of power temperature ,moisture ,humidity checking. The robot
transmission system. The scoops collect the seed is controlled by remote. The designed system
from hopper and leave it inside the seed distributor. involves navigation of robot is controlled via remote.
The tiller is having very good contact with ground. The robot and remote system are connected through
internet system. DC motors are used for navigation
Marode A et al. [4]: of the robot. The speed of DC motor is controlled
This research paper represents “Design & using controller. The solenoid is used to control
Implementation of Multi Seed Sowing Machine” .In seeding fertilizing. This paper gives idea about the
this paper gives types sowing machine. The automation and use of motor for movement of belt
following are the three different types of seed conveyor.
sowing are broadcasting: A field is initially prepared
with a plough to a series of linear cuts known as III. PRESENT SITUATION
furrows. The field is then seeded by throwing the The present situation of the plant nursery and
seeds over the field, a method known as manual their way of working are discussed as below.
broadcasting. The result was a field planted roughly
in rows, but having a large number of plants. When A. Present Practices
the seeds are scattered randomly with the help of Nursery is the part of agriculture. So as in farm the
hand on the soil, the method is called broadcasting. feeding of all parts of seeds are not feasible because
Dribbling: Drill sowing and dribbling (making small in the farm proper environment will not present, the
holes in the ground for seeds) are better method of wastage of seeds are possible. Also the chances of
sowing the seeds. Once the seeds are put in the holes, falling of unnecessary seeds during sowing are
they are then covered with the soil. This saves time possible. Hence in the nursery by maintaining proper
and labour and prevents the damage of seeds by environment required for growing of plants care is
birds. Another method of sowing the seeds is with taken. After growing of plants those plants are taken
the help of a simple device consisting of bamboo and then they are used to plant in farm. For this the
tube with a funnel on it attached to a plough. As the plants are produced by using a tray which has
plough moves over the field the tube attached to it number of holes as per the requirements in those
leaves the seeds kept in the funnel at proper spacing whole the coco-peat powder is used to fill half of the
and depth. The plough keeps making furrows in the hole and is followed by the seeds in those holes.
soil in which the seeds are dropped by the seed drill. Again the powder is filled. As per requirements of
customers the nursery produces different kinds of
Rohokale A et al.[5]: plants.
Agriculture is demographically the broadest
economic sector and plays a significant role in the Now a days in Nursery seed feeding is done
overall economy of India. For the growth of Indian manually which affects on productivity of the
economy, mechanization is necessary. The main Nursery. The seed feeding activity takes more time
purpose of mechanization in the agriculture is to which results in less plantations of the seeds.
improve the overall productivity and production.
Planning is conventionally done manually which B. Methodology
involves humans and draught animals, this result in The plantation of seeds is being done by manually
higher cost of cultivation and delay in planting. The with the help of labor in the Nursery. The sizes of
seeds are very small. What is exactly is being done IV. AUTOMATIC SEED FEEDER
in nursery to complete the plantation of seed is that
first in the box which has number of holes near
about 104.
V. CONCLUSION
Automatic Seed Feeder is invention in the nursery
(agricultural field),which is having several
advantages like
1. To reduce seed plantation time,
2. To increase productivity ,
3. To increase the efficiency of the plant and
to reduce manual efforts,
Fig. Manual seed feeding process. 4. The time required seed feeding is less as
compared to manual seed feeding,
The time required for this process is 3 to 4 5. After manufacturing all the assembly we
minutes for 9 to 10 boxes. Then after completing all conclude that the cost is less as compared to
the process the tray is kept in proper environment manual seed feeding cost.
and water is being fed when required. The sufficient 6. Space required for the automatic seed
height of plants in the tray will grow then it is feeder is minimum.
supplied to customers. This system is run by sewing motor. The mechanism
used in automatic seed feeder is reduces manual
efforts and also reduces the time required for seed
feeding. This results in the increase rate of plantation.
This system is partially working.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It gives us immense pleasure to present our IJETT
research paper titled “Literature Review on
Automatic Seed Feeder”. We are highly thankful to
Fig. Completion of seed feeding process. our honourable guide Prof. A. O. Hannure,
Department of Mechanical Engg. NKOCET, Solapur
for his help and encouragement. We are highly
REFERENCES
[1] A. R. Kyada & D. B Patel,DEC 2014 “Design And
Development Of Manually Operated Seed Planter Machine” of
Lecture 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing
Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014) ,
IIT Guwahati, Assam, India. Vol 2.