International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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REVIEW ON METHODS AND MACHINES AVAILABLE FOR COTTON BOLL PICKING Aditya Dhokne1, Manoj Zingare2, Akshay Mahure3, Prof. Sandeep Lutade4
1Student,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering and Research, Nagpur Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering and Research, Nagpur 3Student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering and Research, Nagpur 2Student,
4Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering and Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract - This Review Paper gives basic idea about the
world. Mostly cotton harvesting in these country is carried out by large machineries. But in India cotton harvesting is mostly done with human efforts. As the machine’s cost is unbearable for small scale farmers.
traditional methods being implemented to harvest cotton in the field. It also describes the early technologies that were available for cotton harvesting which were huge in design and not beneficial for small scale farmer’s .Our machine will reduce all excessive effort for doing harvesting. Now a days cotton picking is mostly done by hand picking by deploying workers directly into the field. And also by machines. Due to this excessive effort there are unnecessary investments on machines and workers. At the same time there is wastage of manpower. By using the present machines available for cotton boll picking the strength of the cotton fibre gets reduced and these machines collects unnecessary weeds along with the required cotton. By using our machine we can collect only the required material. And by this machine the cotton fibre strength is not get affected.
Wastage of Man Power, Excess Money Utilised, Time Consuming Process, Weak Cotton Fibres.
1.Traditional Cotton Harvesting Process Traditionally a small scale farmer used to deploy 2-3 workers in his farm ranging between 4-8 acres, They use to work whole day in field and harvest the farm. On an average it took 2 days for 3 workers to harvest whole farm. This traditional process was a lot more time consuming and causes excess pay to farmers. He has to pay daily wages to farmer which was not beneficial to him. At same time due industrialisation, migration of peoples from villages to cities in search of job and better life, causes the deficiency of manpower and workers in village. In hard conditions for prolong delay in harvesting causes loss to Production due to climatic factors.
1.INTRODUCTION
2. Early Advancement in Cotton Harvesting
Key Words: Traditional Methods of Harvesting,
Machines
Cotton is one of the most important Textiles, when it comes for clothing and comfort purpose. Cotton is a black soil plant that is generally grown in less water and humid as well as dry conditions. This crop is generally taken in India at time of rainy season. This crop is beneficial as it requires less water and can sustain dry conditions. Cotton is use for textile purpose and hence it is important for Cultivation of cotton beneficially. In India Cotton farming is normally implemented by small scale farmers because of its low investment. Cotton is harvested in time between December to January. Traditionally Cotton was harvested through utilising manpower in filed which was quiet time consuming and causes excess expenses to farmers. In India cotton is mostly picked by hands. Most of the commodity which we used mainly consists
With technological advancement and development in science, various new techniques were brought in use. They were deeply dependent on the suction force used to pick cotton in field. There developed various machines which use a hydraulic tool to pick cotton in filed. Some machines directly harvest the complete field through its big tool machineries equipment. The big problem arising with these machines was that excess work of separation cotton from its weed was increased. Due to mixing of cotton ball with weeds and other parts caused the adverse effect on the quality of fibres produces in cotton. They use to damage the fibres of cotton which implant poor strength to the textile. Al so these heavy and Costly machines were inappropriate for small scale farmers as it costs much more than the total profit generated by the small scale
of cotton. In India Gujarat is the highest cotton producing state followed by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Also as we see China is the largest cotton producing country in the
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