Abstract:Aiming to improve the performance of the mechanical maize precision seed metering device in high-speed operation, a seed-disturbing mechanism was designed to discretize the originally static accumulation of seeds, increase the mobility of seeds, and improve the precision seeding conditions. The theory analysis and structure design of the disturbing mechanism were carried out. The influence of disturbance teeth shape, disturbance teeth height, and seed pile height on the seeding performance was studied by the discrete element simulation analysis method. The influence of each factor was clarified. To verify the theoretical analysis results and obtain the best performance parameters, the shape of seed-disturbing teeth, the height of seed-disturbing teeth, and the height of the seed pile were used as test factors. The breakage rate, qualified rate, multiple rate, and missing rate were used as test indicators to carry out the three-factor and three-level center orthogonal test. The test data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis and response surface analysis using Design-Expert software. The influence relationship of each factor on the index was obtained. A multi-objective optimization method was used to determine the better parameter combination. When the operation speed was 13 km/h, the shape of seed-disturbing teeth was D, the height of seed-disturbing teeth was 11.20 mm, and the seed layer height was 66.40 mm, the qualified rate was 94.75%, the multiple rate was 2.71%, the missing rate was 2.54%, and the breakage rate was 0.42%, which met the technical requirements of precision seeding under the condition of high speed.