Pre-sowing inoculation system and its associated expenses

Abstract

Mykola Shelest, Vladyslav Zubko, Andrii Butenko*, Dmytro Zhyhylii and Oksana Datsko

Recently, the issue of using biofertilizers has been raised more and more frequently in Ukraine. But the process of inoculation is quite energy-consuming. Therefore, a model of mechanism for inoculation during sowing was created and coasts for its creation was counted. Modeling of seeding device was created in the program SolidWorks and printed on the Fling Bear Ghost 5. Arduino Nano and sensors were used for creating electronic control of the system model. A model of the pre-sowing inoculation system was created, total amount of expenses was 237,5 €. The use of 3D modeling and 3D printing are quite convenient technologies for agricultural engineers, as it allows create cheap models of inventions and thus immediately correct possible errors or inaccuracies on full-scale inventions.