Design of a spring-loaded downforce system for a no-till seed opener

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 45, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gratton, J ^a   Chen , Y ^a   Tessier, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST AgriTech   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Downforce; Hydraulic; Micro relief; No till; Opener; Spring

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

NO-TILL SEED OPENER; SPRING LOADED DOWNFORCE SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 0345873299     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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