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Design, Development and Evaluation of a New Mechanism for Sugarcane Metering Device Using Analytical Hierarchy Method and Response Surface Methodology

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The application of machines to agricultural production has been one of the most significant developments in the agricultural world. Among the machines contributing to higher yield in current farming are planting machines. Sugarcane planting needs precision metering device operated under best combination of performance parameters. Though sugarcane planting is a labour intensive operation and is done manually in many countries. A new mechanism of sugarcane metering device, designed and modeled with Catia software, was fabricated. Main components of this machine were inclined surface, fixed tooth, metering device and its tooth. Effect of metering device tooth length and speed of sugarcane billet metering device were studied in order to find the best combination for improving distance uniformity and filling of metering device cells by reduction in the amount of billets used for planting. Analytical hierarchy process used to select the best combination for desired distance uniformity between planted billets and filling of metering device cells. The 2 cm tooth length and 0.75 m/s forward speed for metering device was the best suited combination for sugarcane billet metering device and consistency ratio computed lower than 0.1 that indicated acceptable results.

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    Javad Taghinezhad, Reza Alimardani & Ali Jafari

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Taghinezhad, J., Alimardani, R. & Jafari, A. Design, Development and Evaluation of a New Mechanism for Sugarcane Metering Device Using Analytical Hierarchy Method and Response Surface Methodology. Sugar Tech 17, 258–265 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-014-0322-5

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