International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 02 | Feb -2017
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e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072
Design & Fabrication of Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Machine Pruthviraj Pawar , Aniket Mahajan , Sumeet Pawar , Vineet Pawar , S.S.Pachpore 1 2 3 4 5 M.S.Bachhav 6 1,2,3,4
Students, Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, JSPM NTC Pune, Maharashtra, India Prof. Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, JSPM NTC Pune, Maharashtra, India 6CEO, BKWT OPCLO Engineering Solutions, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract - The use of organic fertilizer forms the backbone
& basic necessity of a poor farmer. The traditional methods of using chemical fertilizers are not sufficient & satisfactory for increasing productivity of crop and to maintain the fertility of soil. Whereas the chemical fertilizers are more costly in market, so it becomes difficult for poor farmers to purchase it. Organic fertilizer manufacturing machine solves these problems. The raw material is introduced in hopper and further it is mixed with the help of stirrer. This mixture is then passed to another large sized agitation vessel where it is kept for decomposition for about 24 hours. When this mixture is completely decomposed further through filtration fertilizer is separated. In this way, this machine prepares fertilizer within 24 hours. A fertilizer manufacturing machine serves for various problems like moving from one place to another, requires less space & is less bulky as compared to the existing bulky machines. It also helps the farmers to start small business thereby making them self-dependent. Design & development of the machine is done taking into consideration various needs of farmers. Key Words: Organic fertilizer, Productivity, agitation, Decomposition, filtration, Design
1. INTRODUCTION As India is developing country about 70% population lies in rural region. These people in rural region are dependent on agriculture as their main occupation. It is very essential to develop modern techniques to increase the productivity. While implementing modern technology some factors should also be considered such as: - the agricultural equipments should be provided to farmers at feasible rates, etc. In this era, agitation is one of the most fundamental operations in industries like paper, food, cosmetic, chemical, bio-chemical and pharmaceutical applications. Our project is, to design and manufacture a machine which will be used for producing organic fertilizers for farmers without any use of electricity. These organic fertilizers will increase the productivity and quality of crops than any other conventional means, which are obviously harmful for human health, environment, land etc. Parts used for manufacturing such a machine are agitator, hopper, collector tank, bevel gear pairs, pulleys, flat belt drive and paddling mechanism.
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Nowadays most of the farmers are using chemical fertilizers for their crops. Due to this the productivity of crops as well as the fertility of soil is decreasing day by day. Also, the prices of these chemical fertilizers are more to farmers. Thus, it brings to our knowledge that the traditional methods are not sufficient and satisfactory for agriculture. Due to these, some major problems are identified & to over-come these problems some idea or concepts are developed and adopted. Following are the problems:1) There is no more scope for organic farming which is required. 2) The machines available for preparing organic fertilizers are costly which farmers cannot afford to buy. 3) Available machines are fuel consuming and operates at high power consumption which indirectly increases the cost. 4) Available machines are very bulky.
3. PROBLEM FORMULATION The aim is to design & develop a low cost liquid fertilizer preparing machine which will help farmers to fertilize their land by their self-prepared organic fertilizer i.e. compost instead of buying costly and harmful chemical fertilizers which decrease the nutritive value of soil. We are going to design and fabricate such a machine that will eliminate most of the problems of farmers such as high cost of machine, more floor space requirement, high power consumption, requirement of electricity which is not possible in rural areas. So the machine will be designed & developed to reduce the human effort by introducing proper gearing mechanism, to make use without electricity manually thereby helping to earn more profit to farmers.
3.1 Concept The motto to introduce this low cost machine is to increase the productivity of crops so that the farmers can get more profit and also maintain the fertility of soil. The concept of the work is, 1) Observe the previous methods & to identify the important process variables. 2) Quantify the important method. 3) Investigate all areas of farming methods. 4) Develop a prototype system which could control over all of the process 5) Produce a specification for a low cost system. ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal
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