Developments and prospects of seedling pick-up mechanism of vegetable automatic transplanter

摘要

Seedling pick-up mechanism is one of the most important working parts of a vegetable automatic transplanter, its performance determines the transplanting quality, reliability and operation efficiency. The current developments of the seedling pick-up mechanism were discussed, and several typical seedling pick-up mechanisms were introduced in this paper. The existing problems of seedling pick-up mechanisms of different picking methods were pointed out. With the advantages of accurate location, high efficiency and easy picking, the mandril-type seedling picking was thought as the better transplanting mode of vegetable plug seedling. At the same time, the development direction of seedling pick-up mechanisms of vegetable automatic transplanter was provided.