Type:
Product
IPR Status:
Others
Secured In:
India
Application/uses:
- Precision Agriculture for crops like Onion, Tomato, Chilli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Radish etc.
- Direct planting/seeding of small/irregular vegetable seeds
- Agri-machinery Manufacturers (MSME Sectors)
- Target Sates: Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, TN
- End User: Indian Farmers
Salient Technical Competing Features:
- Mechanization of horticultural crops
- Optimum plant population with the desired planting geometry
- Uniform distribution and precision placement of seeds
- Saving of costly seeds
- Low labour requirement
- Timeliness of sowing
- Uniform harvest maturity
Status of Commercialization:
Technology has been transferred to three (03) industries on non-exclusive basis and is under commercialization
Major Raw Materials To Be Utilized :
Common Steels, Aluminum Castings, Sheet metal fabrication like aspirator
Major Equipments:
General Engineering Workshop,Vendors for Castings, CNC – EDM / Wirecut / Milling machine
Techno Economic:
Available on Enquiry Basis. Product cost: Rs.2.0 Lakh [ for a 3-row planter] Return on investment: 2-3 years
Technology Package:
Detailed Manufacturing Drawings, Operators Manual, Manufacturing process of Critical Parts, Illustrated Parts Catalogue
Content Details:
Specifications:
- Singulation of seeds at least 95%
- Planting of seeds of diameter : less than 4 mm
- Row spacing: 35 cm (minimum)
- Modular planting units adaptable for all tractors
- Depth controlling and profile following mechanism
- Speed of planting : 4-5km/h
Level/Scale of Development:
Exhaustive Field Testing [IARI, New Delhi]