Abstract:Aiming to address the issue of unstable conversion of sugarcane segments between the transfer chain and achieve uniform filling and seeding of sugarcane segments, a baffle belt type transversal sowing seeder was designed, which was realized by a conveyor belt with partitions driven by a motor to rotate. The effects of conveyor belt speed, conveyor belt angle and the bottom angle of sugarcane collecting box on the performance of filling were investigated by analyzing the motion of sugarcane segments on the conveyor belt and simulating the motion of the seeder based on ADAMS. By using the prototype test platform, the speed of conveyor belt, the number of sugarcane segments in sugarcane collecting box and the angle of conveyor belt were studied. The results showed that the speed of the conveyor belt A and the number of sugarcane segments in sugarcane collecting box B had significant effects on the qualified rate of filling seed. The belt angle C had significant effect on the qualified rate of filling seed. The angle of the bottom angle of sugarcane collecting box had no significant effect on the qualified rate of filling seed. The order of the major and secondary influences of A, B and C on the qualified rate of filling seed was B, A and C. The optimal parameter combination B2A2C4, that was, the speed of conveyor belt, the number of sugarcane segments in sugarcane collecting box and the angle of conveyor belt were 8.16m/min, 20 and 55°, respectively. Under this combination of parameters, the qualified rate of seed filling, distance between sugarcane segments and deflection angle of sugarcane segments were 95.4%, 99.4% and 96.3%, all of which met the agronomic requirements.