Concept development, design and analysis of agricultural mechanization : soybean planter | |
| Author | Azrifirwan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-04-01 |
| Subject(s) | Agricultural machinery--Design Soybean--Machinery Planters (Agricultural machinery)--Design |
| Note | A thesis submitted in pa11ial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-04-01 |
| Abstract | This thesis presents the concept development, design and analysis of soybean planter machine. The planter has as primary functions to place the seed accurately and uniformly at the desired depth in the soil and covers the seed optimally and to compact the soil around it to enhance germination and emergence. The concept is generated initially by mapping the information from the customer; identify each constraint or parameter, functional decomposition of machine. The house of quality approach to translate the value of individual customers needs into specific technical design requirement is used. Quality Function Deployment provides specific methods for ensuring quality throughout each stage of the product development process. In case of soybean planter design, the concept was explored to generate the idea what planter design should be developed. The house of quality gave the evaluation highest scores to easy replaceable, flow rate of seed, place seed accurately and easy operation. The interaction matrix had proposed hopper assembly (23%) and depth soil penetration (14%) as priority of product attribute. The functional decomposition demonstrated seed/fertilizer hopper assembly, seed/fertilizer furrow opener, covering device, press wheel, supporting wheel and main frame as part to be modular assembly. The design of agricultural machinery is more complete when cover human factor, natural condition, plant parts, assembly and manufacture. All information to make the design product more efficient, effective and ergonomic was extracted from QFD. The concept was draw by solid modeling to calculate geometry of product, kinematics analysis and dynamic analysis. |
| Year | 2004 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-04-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Bohez, Erik L.J.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Salokhe, Vilas M.; Kittinan Unnanon; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Universitas Andalas Padang, Indonesia; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 |