Design, Manufacturing and Testing of Crop Reaper

The Crop reaper machine targets the small-scale farmers who have land area of less than 2 acres. This machine is compact and can cut up to two rows of plant. It has cutting blades which cut the crop in a scissoring type of motion. There are cutters on two metal strip (plate) upper cutter plate will be reciprocate by scotch yoke mechanism. It runs on engine, this power, is provided through pulley and gear box arrangement to the cutter. A collecting mechanism is provided for the collection of crops to one side after cutting. This mechanism is also powered by pulley arrangement, two sprockets and chain arrangements given for collection of crops. This compact harvester is manufactured using locally available spare parts and thus, it is easily maintainable. This harvester might be the solution to the problems faced by a small-scale farmer regarding cost and labor implementation. After testing this machine in farm, it is found that the cost of harvesting using this harvester is considerably less as compare to manual harvesting. The 3D model will be drawn with the help of CATIA software. All the components required for the project are collected and manufacture. After making the parts assembly was done and after that the result and conclusion was carried out.