Experimental study on the performance of bowl-tray rice precision seeder

In order to optimize the parameters of bowl-tray rice precision seeder and improve its performance, three major factors respectively at five levels, including shaped hole diameter, vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam, were tested, the quadratic orthogonal rotational regression experiments were conducted, and the effects on seeding rate, leakage sowing rate and the injury rate were investigated. The test results show that factors affecting rice seeding rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter, rotating speed of cam and vertical displacement of rice seeds. The factors affecting rice planting leakage rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter, vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam, and the factors affecting rice injury rate are in the order of rotating speed of cam, vertical displacement of rice seeds and shaped hole diameter. Optimal parameters (shaped hole diameter: 10 mm, vertical displacement of rice seeds: 27 mm, rotating speed of cam: 13 r/min) and performance index (seeding rate: 95.43%, leakage sowing rate: 0.37%, injury rate: 0.58%) provided the basis for design and performance improvement of the bowl-tray rice precision seeder.