Chinanews.com, Tongliao, February 21st, title: Inner Mongolia "Farmer Inventor" Zhang Peng: Let foreign agricultural machinery "serve the water and soil" and be grounded
Chinanews reporter Zhang Linhu
Purchasing fertilizers, preparing seeds, plowing, and sowing... Now is a good time for spring plowing and preparations. All parts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have kicked off the prelude to the annual agricultural production, and a busy scene of spring plowing and preparations has unfolded one after another.
"Invention" in the field
The picture shows Zhang Peng debugging the machine.
Photo by Lu Zhimin
The cold spring is expected, but the courtyard of Zhang Peng, a farmer in Shuanglin Village, Kailu County, is full of fiery scenes.
Dozens of brand-new Kuachitian stubble-removing rotary tillers were neatly placed, and there was a long queue of vehicles coming to buy agricultural machinery, while Zhang Peng, the inventor of the machine, and his workers were busy preparing goods and loading them into vehicles.
Kailu County is located in the west of Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The folk customs here are simple and honest, and the farmers mainly focus on planting.
47-year-old Zhang Peng is a well-known "farmer inventor". With only the cultural knowledge he learned in junior high school and his love for mechanical design and manufacturing, he invented the "one machine is hard to find" rotary tiller, and obtained the national utility model patent .
Zhang Peng has been engaged in agricultural machinery maintenance in the early days.
He found that high-horsepower tractors were very popular in the market, so he bought a tractor for rotary tillage, realizing the transformation from a maintenance worker to a locomotive driver.
A rotary tiller is a tillage machine that is matched with a tractor to complete plowing and harrowing operations.
It has been widely used because of its strong ability to break soil and flat surface after plowing.
The reason why it is "favored" is that it can chop up the root stubble buried below the surface, which is convenient for the operation of the seeder and provides a good seedbed for later sowing.
Zhang Peng found that most of the rotary cultivators used in the area come from the south, and these machines are often "acclimatized" when they arrive in the north.
"The technology of the product does not adapt to the local planting mode, which has caused many agricultural machinery households to invest heavily but not benefit."
Zhang Peng is well aware of the hard work of farmers "planing food" in the land all year round, so he came up with the idea of inventing a farm tool that saves farmers time and effort.
"At that time, I wanted to develop a rotary cultivator that was suitable for the farming mode in Tongliao area and could be matched with high-horsepower tractors." Zhang Peng said.
Self-Funding "Long" Skills
The picture shows the rotary tiller developed by Zhang Peng being loaded.
Photo by Lu Zhimin
Drawing blueprints, making prototypes, and raising funds by himself... Since 2012, Zhang Peng began to look for books, check information, visit agricultural machinery users, and try to modify while learning.
"At first, the idea was very simple, and we tried to learn from domestic and foreign equipment and search online information, but the operation of the equipment was more complicated, involving a lot of professional knowledge, and it required continuous testing and improvement." Zhang Peng said.
A year later, the prototype of the rotary tiller manufactured by Zhang Peng was officially launched.
However, "half of the machines sold that year were recalled, and even sold as scrap iron." Zhang Peng recalled.
"Only by constantly suffering setbacks can we grow better." Zhang Peng, who experienced setbacks, did not slump. Instead, he studied and studied harder, participated in trade fairs across the country, and sought advice from everywhere.
In 2014, Zhang Peng's newly developed new cross-pond stubble removal rotary tiller was put on the farmland again, and won the national utility model patent, which also strengthened his idea of making a breakthrough in the invention and creation of agricultural machinery.
"This rotary tiller is developed according to the planting mode in the Tongliao area. It is a through-axis type, which makes up for the lack of blind spots and missed tillage in the middle of traditional machines. It can adjust 3 angles and 3 inclinations. The bearings are all The maintenance-free bearing is made of welded and thickened material, which is stronger and more durable." Talking about the machine he invented, Zhang Peng was full of confidence in his words.
Since the rotary cultivator developed by Zhang Peng was put into the market, it has been recognized and praised by agricultural machinery users because it has maximized the role of high-horsepower tractors, saved farmers' costs and improved work efficiency, and was even sold as far as Shandong and Xinjiang.
"I have two cars, and two rotary tillers are not enough, so I bought another one today. This rotary tiller is very durable, and it has a much better effect than other machines." As a local farmer, Zhang Weihao Feel free to share your experience.
"Break into" famous places in the countryside and fields
The picture shows the rotary cultivator driving on the farmland.
Photo by Qiu Qi
Rotary cultivators, sweepers, tree planters... Over the years, Zhang Peng has been researching and developing while working, and in the vast rural world, he has found a world where he can give full play to his ingenuity.
"Whenever I see farmers using the machinery I invented, I have a strong sense of accomplishment. This is probably the motivation for my continuous research and development." These "earth machines" developed by Zhang Peng are not as good as the agricultural machinery on the market. Exquisite and attractive, but with low production cost and wide practicability, it makes some aspects of agricultural production easier and smarter, and is favored by farmers.
Zhang Peng said that he is a farmer himself, and knowing the hard work of farmers, he wants to develop more labor-saving and practical agricultural machinery to help agricultural production and make farming easier for farmers.
"Live and learn. As long as agricultural production requires it, I will continue to innovate. I also plan to continue research and development, continue to apply for patents, and let more inventions enter the field." Zhang Peng said.
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