Design and Fabrication of Low Cost Crop Cutting Machine

Abhishek Pratap Singh; Anuj Kumar Jain; Mohit Vij; Siddharth Sood; Varun Gulia; Yatharth Gupta

doi:https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.441614

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Design and Fabrication of Low Cost Crop Cutting Machine

Abhishek Pratap Singh, Anuj Kumar Jain, Mohit Vij, Siddharth Sood, Varun Gulia, Yatharth Gupta

Vol 4 , Issue 4 , October - December 2016 | Pages: 77-80 | Research Paper

https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.441614

Received: October 25, 2016 | Revised: November 20, 2016 | Accepted: November 28, 2016 | Published Online: December 15, 2016

Author Details ( * ) denotes Corresponding author

1. Abhishek Pratap Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India (abhishekp@ncuindia.edu)

2. Anuj Kumar Jain, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

3. Mohit Vij, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

4. Siddharth Sood, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

5. Varun Gulia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

6. Yatharth Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

The problem faced by farmers who work on small fields while harvesting crops as it takes a lot of time, labor and effort to cut the crops manually. Although Harvesting machines are already available in the market but these are quite large and costly. Since farmers with small lands have no such large usage and also harvesting is done only twice or thrice in a year, it becomes difficult for small farmers to afford such kind of a machine. So, it becomes essential to make a portable and cost efficient semi or fully automatic crop cutting machine. To achieve this aim, a lot of ground research has been done in this project wherein various farmers of a village near Gurgaon were met and their problems were understood. Based on all the findings, a design for a crop cutting machine has been developed which is expected to help small scale farmer’s big time. A prototype has been developed which is easy to operate and can be used for efficient and effortless harvesting of fodder crops. The model so constructed, can be used by small scale farmers for increasing their profits by decreasing labor and machinery cost. This model will offer a superior and cheap technique to decrease labor and endeavors required in collecting crops.

Keywords

Crop Cutting Machine; Agricultural Machine; Agricultural Equipment; Agricultural Products.

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