Design and Testing of a Whole-Row Top-Loosening Stem-Clamping Seedling Extraction Device for Hole Tray Seedlings

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 165
• Main Authors: Peng, Zehui, Yang, Fazhan, Li, Yuhuan, Li, Xiang, Li, Baogang, Xu, Guoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2025
• Subjects: agricultural machinery; Automation; Clamping; Design; Efficiency; hole tray seedling; Kinematics; Loosening; Mechanical properties; Moisture content; Parameters; Response surface methodology; seedling-picking mechanism; Seedlings; Stems; Substrates; Success; Surface analysis (chemical); Tensile strength; transplanter; Variance analysis; Water content; China

A combined seedling extraction device was developed that operates by first top loosening and then clamping the stem in order to solve the current issues with automated transplanting technology, such as low seedling extraction efficiency and a high rate of substrate loss. The pepper plug tray seedlin...