International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 03 | Mar -2017
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Review Paper on Solar power operated Sugarcane Harvesting Machine Sachin Kosare1, Sameer Mendhi2, Vaibhav Kalsarpe3, Ramkrishna Gondane4 123Student,
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering 1234Abha Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India 4Professor,
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Abstract - In today’s world there is a heavy demand of
sugar and it’s byproducts. Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop and it is estimated that it was cultivated on about 23.8 million hectares in more than 80 countries with a worldwide harvest of 170.9 million metric tons. India is the leading producer of sugarcane in the world at about 17.9% in 2016-17 . The major states growing sugarcane are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka. In India there is a scarcity of labors in agriculture. Day by day labor wages are increasing. The project aims to design and fabricate small scale sugarcane harvesting machine with solar power operated for sugarcane harvesting to reduce farmer’s effort and to increase the output of agricultural products. It is easy to operate, less maintenance, eco-friendly and no skilled labors is required.
Key Words:
Sugarcane harvesting1, agricultural products2 eco-friendly3, low cost4
1.INTRODUCTION India is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world. Harvesting is the process of cutting and gathering of mature crop from the field. In India agriculture is facing serious challenges like scarcity of agricultural labor, not only in peak working seasons but also in normal time. Due to these different types of harvesting machines are introduced and available such as wheat harvester, tea harvester etc in small scale except sugarcane harvesting machine. In many small scale sugarcane agricultural fields harvesting is done manually that is with hand knives, cutting blade or hand axes also known as manual harvesting. It requires skilled labors as improper harvest of cane leads to loss of cane and sugar yield, poor juice quality and problems in milling due to extraneous matter. Our aim behind this project is to cut sugarcane at ground level. In our project we have designed and fabricated sugarcane harvesting machine which works with the help battery. Battery is charged with the help of solar panel. Two cutters are provided at the ground level which can cut two © 2017, IRJET
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sugarcane continuously from two rows. The other main components are brushless square dc motor, bevel gear and belt drive mechanism.
1. LITREATURE REVIEW In agricultural harvesting, we require maximum man power, ample money and also it is more time consuming process. In cutting process we face various problems and this are not easily solved. So we have studied the following research paper and decided to find the best solutions of this problems by designing and fabricating the sugarcane harvesting machine which will be economical and efficient for small scale farmers. [1]Dr. Sharad S. CHAUDHARY : There project aims at designing and fabricating small scale harvesting machine for sugarcane harvesting to reduce farmer efforts to increase production of agricultural products. Machine consists of petrol engine and different mechanisms. When compare to manual harvesting by using this machine has a capacity to cut canes at faster rate and it economical. The machine is helpful for both whom having small or big farms. [2]Joby Bastian: The mechanical properties of the plant material significantly influence the performance of the different unit operation in combine harvester. Hence studies of this properties were done prior to the design of sugarcane harvesting system. The
mechanical properties of sugarcane stalk viz., bending resistance, cutting resistance, penetration resistance and crushing resistance were studied in laboratories. It is found that the young’s modulus of the sugarcane stalks as 86mpa, the specific cutting resistance varies between 1764.56 and 957.48 KN/m^2 to 53.33 KN/m^2 and crushing force varied from 0.75 KN to 1.53 KN. This study help us very much while deciding the force require to cut the cane in one knocking stroke.
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