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The goal of this research is to develop, fabricate, and test a boring mechanism for a tractor that will be used to fertilize rubber plants. By designing and analyzing the mechanism, it was found that the mechanism consisted of a cone-type dibble, slider-cranks mechanism, and Geneva mechanism. The weight of the cone-type dibble was 64.50 N. The maximum stress of the slider-crank was 10.56 N/mm2. The displacement was 0.27 mm. The entire mechanism was tested in the Agricultural engineering laboratory’s soil bin. The soil consisted of sand (74%), silt (12%), and clay (14%). The mechanism could move at six different speeds: 0.10, 0.12, 0.14, 0.16, 0.18, and 0.20 m/s, respectively. At each of the four soil moisture levels, each speed was evaluated: 9%, 12%, 17%, and 25%, respectively. According to the test results, it was found that the mechanism had a good performance at a speed of 0.18 m/s with a soil moisture content of 12%. The respective efficiencies were 96.51% and 98.51%.
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