Grain Separator

The abstract of our project deals about the grain separator. For separating the grains from straw or bundle, farmers mainly depend on heavier machine. These grain separators though available now are beyond the reach of the most due to their cost. These separators had a lot of maintenance issues and needed regular upkeep and will be applicable for those having a larger area, for which the farmers hesitate to buy the high cost grain separators. To reduce the problems faced by the farmers, we have proposed an idea. This is to help the farmers to separate the grains from straw or bundle. In this project, the grain separator is a low cost motorized machine for separating the grains without breaking the straw and capable of threshing moist crop as well. It consists of a cylindrical drum attached with a shaft and it is driven by a simple motor. When the machine is in on condition, the straw will be kept on the cylindrical drum and the grains will be separated from the straw. Moreover the separated grains can be sieved using the winnower. These separators are safer than the heavier machine. Another feature of the thresher is that it retains the complete straw and does not chop it.