MODIFICATION OF THE TRANSMISSION WHEEL OF THE CORN SEED PLANTING TOOL TO FIND THE OPTIMAL PLANTING DISTANCE Ansar- Rahmat Sabani- Murad
University of Mataram
Abstract
The tugal planting tools is a traditional tool that is still often used to plant corn seeds. This tool is less than optimal because it takes a long time and has irregular spacing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to modify the wheel of the corn seed planting tool to find the optimal spacing. The research begins by identifying the problems that often occur in single-wheel implanting tools, setting design parameters, making tool design drawings, and assembling the parts. The results showed that using two wheels can increase land capacity and the tool^s performance is better than one wheel. In addition, the planting tool with 2 wheels provides good balance, so the operator feels very comfortable using this tool. The recommended row spacing is 20 cm and the row width is 35 cm. Based on field tests, it is known that this tool can be used properly and can speed up the process of planting corn seeds.
Keywords: planting tools- corn kernels- two wheels- wheel modification
