• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1996.06c
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• pp.996-998
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• 1996

The drum-type hill-drop unit, an important working device of the plastic -film-covered hill planter, can finish filling and separating seed precisely, perforating film and holing , and its seeding depth and spacing are stability . The unit is applied to hole seed many crops, for example, cotton, corn , soybean, etc. The drum-type hill-drop unit(DHU) , the key work unit to the plastic film-covered planter, mainly consists of distributor box , seeding parts, hole forming unit and drum , It can be operated to accomplish seeds distributing, hole forming , plastic film perforating . Moreover , its inner cavity can be used as seed box.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.399-405
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• 1996

In order to maintain a constant speed ratio between the tractor and attached seed planter, a feedback control unit to rotate the feed shaft of the planter in proportional to the ground speed of the tractor was designed. The fifth wheel was used as a ground speed sensor for the unit. Using this control unit a feed shaft driving system was developed and tested to estimate its performance both in laboratory and fields. The test results showed that the system rotates the feed shaft proportionally to the ground speed in the range of the normal planting speed of 0.5-0.8m/s with errors less than 5%.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.428-432
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• 2003

This study was carried out to develop and investigate integrated mechanization system for culture of carrot. Compared with the conventional hand planting, use of a mechanical planter for pelleted seeds resulted in a saving of planting time by 225 hours. An additional saving of 460 hours was obtained for thinning the seedlings. Besides seeds could be saved by 72%, planting and thinning be done only in 35 hours per ha field when the pelleted seeds were planted with a planter. Work hour reduced by adopting the mechanical planting of pelleted seeds sharply contrasted to that of 720 hours required for hand-planting the thinning hours, resulting in a reduction of labor by more than 95%. SMP followed pelleting tended not only to increase the percentage of seedling emergence in the field but to induce an a day earlier germination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1996.06c
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• pp.469-477
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• 1996

In order to maintain a constant ratio between the ground wheel and fed shaft of planters, a feedback control unit was designed to drive the feed shaft in proportional to the ground speed. The fifth wheel was used as a ground speed sensor for the control unit. Using this control unit a feed shaft driving system was developed and tested both in the laboratory and field to evaluate it performance . The test results showed that the system drove the feed shaft in proportional to the ground speed in the normal planting speed range of 0.5 -0.8m/s with an error of less than 5%.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.401-410
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• 1997

Scattering of seeds is one of the problems in the hill- dropping planters with a roller-type metering device. For crops like rice, corns and beans, the hill-dropping is own better for a high yield than the drill planting. The roller type metering device has been used for the drill planters and has many advantages. However, it has a problem of scattering of seeds when they are placed on rows. In this study a method was developed to design the roller type metering device fir the precision hill-droppings. Design parameters were derived to configure completely the geometries of the roller and brush. The method was applied to the design of the metering device of the rice seeding machines. The field test showed that the metering device designed by the method made a better performance of seed placement than that made by the precvious one. The method also can be applied to the design of metering devices for the precise hill-droppings of other crops.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.303-310
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• 2018

Purpose: This research was conducted to determine the design factors of a seed-metering device for the development of a seeder. The device allows the seeder to sow precisely one to three seeds of foxtail millet and sorghum. To obtain fundamental information regarding the design of the seed-metering device, examination of the physical properties of foxtail millet and sorghum was conducted. Methods: Based on the results of an adaptability test using an existing seeder with foxtail millet and sorghum, an experimental roller-type seed-metering device was made. The seeding factors considered during the experiment were the width, length, and depth, as well as the shape of the groove in the seed-metering roller. By adapting an analysis of variance, the experimental results of the seeding factors were analyzed. Results: The measured results of the respective lengths and widths of the seeds were 2.11 and 1.64 mm for foxtail millet, and 3.68 and 3.32 mm for sorghum, respectively. The weight of 1,000 seeds was 2.43 g for foxtail millet and 17.5 g for sorghum. The seeds were of an elliptical shape, considering the length and width. A sieve analysis showed that the size distribution of foxtail millet was quite regular whereas that of sorghum was irregular. Conclusions: The seeding results showed that the rates of incorrect planting were low when the groove of the roller-type metering device is an elliptical type. To sow one to three seeds, the groove of roller-type metering devices $2.0mm{\times}4.0mm{\times}1.5mm$ ($width{\times}length{\times}depth$) for foxtail millet, and $4.0mm{\times}8.0mm{\times}3.0mm$ and $4.5mm{\times}8.0mm{\times}3.0mm$ ($width{\times}length{\times}depth$) for Sorghum.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.147-154
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• 2017

Purpose: To reduce the costs of potato seeds and labor of workers, a fully automatic in-situ seeding machine for cutting seed potatoes was developed. Methods: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the seeder performance of the prototype of potato planter by cutting seeds in farmlands from March to April 2017. The study tested the seeder performance at working speeds ranging from 0.28 to 0.45 m/s. The seeding rate and seeding distance were also investigated according to the planned distance between planted seeds from 20 to 30 cm, with 5 cm intervals. Results: Tests on the performance of the developed cutting blade on the automatic potato seeder show that whole potatoes should be used instead of half potatoes. The seeding rates were 88.8% and 82.5% for whole and half potatoes, respectively. When the tractor working speed was increased from 0.28 to 0.45 m/s, the successful seeding rate decreased from 98.8% to 96.3%, respectively. However, with planted seed distances of 20, 25, and 30 cm, the successful seeding rates were near 98%. Conclusions: The developed automatic potato seeder can to improve the labor productivity and cultivation environment of potato farms by the mechanization of the seeding process, which is currently associated with high-labor, -costs, and -hours. Therefore, based on this study, the developed automatic potato seeder provides the mechanization necessary for improved potato cultivation conditions in farmlands.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.58-66
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• 1979

동력경운기용 두류의 무경운 파종기에 부착하여 사용하는 구절기중에서 소요견인력이 작고 구절작업정도가 양호한 구절기의 개발을 위한 기초자료를 얻기 위하여 구동식 토조에 인공강토를 채우고 원판형 및 호우형 구절기의 소요견인력과 이에 영향을 미치는 인자들의 관계를 구명코자 실내모형 확험을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 원판형 구절기에 대하여 직경별로 조립각을 $8^{\circ}$ 와 $16^{\circ}$, 경심을 3 cm 와 6cm로 변화시키면서 2.75cm/sec의 속도로 견인력을 측정한 결과 원판의 직경이 약 28cm인 경우에 견인력이 최소로 나타났고, 직경이 이보다 크거나 작은 때는 견인력이 증가하는 경향을 나타냈으며 비저항도 대체로 비슷한 경향이었으나 원판의 직경이 약 30cm 일 때 최소로 나타났다. 종자파종의 심도조절을 목적으로 작구심(3cm 및 6 cm)과 견인력과의 관계를 조사하였던바, 경심과 견인력과의 관계는 거의 직선적인 변화를 나타냈으며 견인력에 영향을 미치는 인자중에서 경심의 영향이 가장 컸음을 알 수 있었다. 일반적으로 조립각 미 주행속도에 별 영향없이 경심 3cm 및 6 cm 공히 견인력은 직경 약 28 cm에서 , 비저항은 약 30cm에서 최소의 값을 나타내었다. 파종기의 작업성능과 관계가 깊은 주행속도 및 파시의 조절을 목적으로 원판의 조립각과 주행속도가 견인력에 미치는 영향을 조사했던 바, 조립각과 주행속도가 증가함에 따라 모두 견인력이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으나 견인력에 미치는 영향은 주행속도가 더욱 크게 나타났다. 원판형 구절기와 호우형 구절기를 비교하기 위하여 쐐기각이$16^{\circ}$ 이고 리프트 각이 $20^{\circ}$ 인 호우형 구절기와 조건이 비슷한 조립각$16^{\circ}$ 의 원판형 구절기의 견인특성을 비교한 결과 직경 30cm 인 원판형의 경우는 비저항이 0.35-0.5kg/$cm^2$인데 비해 호우형의 경우는 0.71-1.02kg/$cm^2$로 나타나 호우형의 견인저항력이 평균 2 배정도 크게 나타났고 작구상태고 원판형의 경우보다 불량하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.84-84
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• 2017

직립식 마늘파종기는 마늘 종구를 한 알씩 집어 올려 중간이송컵으로 이송하는 자세교정컵과 배종부와 자세교정컵에서 낙하된 마늘종구를 땅속으로 파종하는 구조로 설계 제작되었으며,전라북도 익산시에 테스트베드를 구축하여 기계파종을 통한 파종기의 성능개선연구를 수행하였다. 기계파종은 1차년도 기존 파종기의 성능을 개선한 7조식 시제품과, 국내산과 스페인산 마늘을 파종하였으며, 11조용 참여기업의 기존 파종기를 이용하여 테스트베드에서 수행하였다. 비가 온 뒤의 땅에 파종한 라인의 샘플링 자료조사 결과(5m 구간 기준으로 체크) 결주율이 각각 17.81%, 35.6%로 평균적인 결주율이 0.57%인 일반 기상상태와 비교하면 매우 높은 결주율을 보이는 것을 알 수 있다. 마늘 파종법에 대한 결과로, 총 4가지의 파종법을 사용하였으며, 사용한 파종방법에는 2조 병목식 스페인식 파종법, 11조식 트랙터용 파종법, 7조식 트랙터용 파종법, 6조식 이양기용 파종법이다. 이 4가지 파종법 중에서 3가지 파종법에 대한 성장률에 대해서 조사를 해보았다. 11조식의 경우에는 제주도식 파종을 하여 비닐 멀칭이 되어있지 않으며, 7조식의 경우에는 비닐 멀칭이 되어있는 파종방식을 사용하였고, 2조식 병목식 스페인식 파종법의 경우에는 자유낙하 방식으로 비닐 멀칭의 유무에 따라 성장률에 대해서 조사를 하였다. 결주율은 파종된 마늘 중 샘플링한 데이터에 대해서 얼마나 파종이 잘되었는지에 퍼센트로 나타낸 것으로 11조식의 경우 비닐멀칭도 없고 비온 뒤에 파종 되어 파종시기에 문제가 있는 것으로 사료됨. 비가오지 않은 날씨에서 측정한 7조식 1차년도 성능개선 시작품의 결주율은 0.57%로 우수하게 나타났다. 발아율은 파종된 마늘 중 샘플링한 데이터에 대해서 다립파종 되어서 미성장된 것과 결주율을 합하여 퍼센트로 나타낸 것으로 시제품으로 개발한 7조식 파종기는 스페인산과 국내산 마늘의 발아율이 모두 90% 이상으로 나타났으며, 차이점은 파종시기의 차이에 따라 발아율의 차이가 있는 것으로 사료(토양, 재배환경 및 기후에 따른 변동요인이 많음)되며, 이는 파종법의 종류뿐만 아니라 비닐멀칭의 온도유지가 마늘 성장률에 얼마나 영향을 끼치는지에 대한 병행연구도 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 마늘의 성장률에 대해서는 아직 표준화, 정형화 되어있는 측정방법이 없기 때문에 이를 표준화, 정형화를 할 필요가 있다. 향후 이와 같은 결과를 토대로 직립식 마늘파종기의 성능을 더욱 개선시키는 연구를 지속적으로 수행할 계획이다.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.149-157
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• 1978

This study was carried out to obtain basic data for the type selection of furrow openers for the no-tillage soybean planter trailed by the two-wheel tractor from the standpoint of minimum draft and good performance of furrowing. For this study, two models of furrow opener, hoe and disc type, were tested on the artificial soil stuffed in the moving soil bin. The results obtained were as follows. In the case of disc furrow opener, the drafts were measured according to various diameters of discs under the condition of disc angle $8^{\circ}$ and $16^{\circ}$, working depth 3cm and 6cm, working speed 2.75cm/sec. Minimum draft appeared when the diameter of disc was about 28cm and the drafts increased as the diameter of discs became larger or smaller than this diameter. Specific draft showed almost same tendencies as above but showed the minimum when the diameter was about 30cm. For the purpose of controlling the seeding depth, the relationships between draft and working depths, 3cm and 6cm, were tested. The variations of draft concerning the various working depths showed linear changes and were affected in higher degree by depths than other factors. There were general tendencies at both working depths, 3cm and 6cm, that total draft showed the minimum with the disc diameter of about 28cm and specific draft showed it with the disc diameter of about 30cm regardless of disc angle and working speed. For the purpose of controlling the working width and speed, the relationships among drafts, disc angle and working speed were investigated and there were general tendencies that the draft increased as the angle and speed were increased and the draft was affected more by speed than by angle. To compare the hoe-type with disc-type opener, the specific drafts of hoe openers were compared with those of disc opener of $16^{\circ}$ angle and 30cm diameter. The specific draft of disc-type opener with the diameter of 30cm was $0.35{\sim}0.5kg/cm^2$, while $0.71{\sim}1.02kg/cm^2$ in the case of hoe type with the lift angle of $20^{\circ}$ which is 2 times as much as that of disc type in average value. And the furrows opened by disc openers were cleaner than those opened by hoe openers.