Design and Fabrication of Remote Operated Farm Equipment |
Author(s): |
Prof. P. V. Sawalakhe , PCE, Nagpur; Ankit R. Ghodaki, PCE, Nagpur; Suhas H. Chandwani, PCE, Nagpur; Prem Kumar, PCE, Nagpur; Vishal S. Madderlawar, PCE, Nagpur |
Keywords: |
Design and Fabrication, Labour |
Abstract |
Agriculture is a very important aspect of development. Crops are grown throughout the year and also are an important raw material for many industries like alcohol, oil, starch, beverages and others. The largest percentage of land here in India is not ideal for farming. Hence people still use conventional method for sowing and cultivating the crop instead of heavy machines because they are costly in operation, complex in maintenance. They are less popular in India, but on introducing a small, cheap and light weight solar operated machine sowing and cultivation of crop can be done efficiently and effectively. We can apply a single labour and single machine to operate on all the crops. Labour charges Rs400 per day and approximately 6 hours are needed to complete. The design of machine is simple and easy to operate. A labour pushes the reaper and a motor operated cutter cuts the maize plant about 12-14 inch from the ground and falls near the root which can be later collected and maize can be separated then gathered. Thus a large amount time and money can be saved each season and can be spent on other crops. Also this machine is less harmful to the supplementary crops grown. |
Other Details |
Paper ID: IJSRDV5I10945 Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 1 Publication Date: 01/04/2017 Page(s): 1609-1611 |
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