Vietnamese farmer invents unmanned ditching machine
11:15 SA,12/08/2016

The unique invent has been made by Vo Van Phuoc, a farmer in Phu Duc commune, Tam Nong town that saves labor and expenses on field work.

To make the idea into truth, Mr. Phuoc found the components and accessories for his machine at scrap shops and then welded, lathed and assembled all the smallest components during a week at his friend’s mechanical workshop.

 The ditching  machine  takes water directly from the fields and spray into the drill. Thanks to this, the soil clung on to the drill will be drifted away, so it cannot cause congestion.  The  ditching machine has a simple structure. Its body likes the body of  the popular tractors, the tail is attached to an excavation unit which consists of one bore bit in the middle, two mud ejecting tubes on the two sides and one extra water pumping tank.

When the machine operates, the drill works as an excavator which digs and rolls the soil inwards. The water and mud will be spoutted shoot-out. In the case of  water in the field is not enough for the engine to operate, the extra water tank will provide water to maintain the operation. In order to save the labor, Mr. Phuoc has continuously improved the machine by making a wheel in the middle which acts as the navigator to determine the road for the machine. This make the machine become an unmanned machine because it can work automaticaly.

Now the machine has been used by many local farmers. In average, the machine can dig more than 1,000 square meters of land per hour, equals to 30-40 workers done manually. Thanks to this advantages, the ditching cost reduces 50% by manual working.
Source: 8/2015, Tuoitre
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