International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 03 | Mar -2017
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DESIGN OF SUGARCANE ROOTS REMOVER Tamilroja.S1, Janet.A2, Karthik.V3, Ramadurai.K4 1 Lecturer,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Parisutham Institute of Technology and Science (PITS), Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. 2, 3 & 4 Assistant
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Parisutham Institute of Technology and Science (PITS), Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------to think as a user of the product to find, in a very Abstract : In today’s competitive world there is a need for faster rate of production of agricultural structural way, a solution, because the project will only products. This project aims to design and fabricate be useful if the product answers the need. This is why, small scale sugarcane roots remover machine to reduce it’s very important to express the need at the beginning farmer’s effort and to increase production of agricultural products. Machine consists of petrol engine and different mechanisms are used in this machine. When compare to manual removal of sugarcane roots by farmers, by using this machine, the work can be done at a faster rate and it is economical. The machine is helpful for both whom having small or big farms.
of the project. It’s about explicating the fundamental
This Machine is an attachment to the tractor.
the cane roots remover in order to remove the
This is used for collecting the roots after the ploughing
sugarcane roots on the field, depositing the soil back.
exigency which justifies the design of the product. To do this, it’s very essential to wonder three questions: To whom (or what) this product will be useful?, On who (or what) it acts?, For what purpose will we design it. A single person (expert), should be able to operate,
is done. This machine consists of a winnower, mesh, conveyor, v-belt and a collector. The conveyor used
1.1 Working Principle of sugarcane roots remover
here is of flat belt type. The conveyor transfers the
The Working principle of sugarcane roots
root from winnower to collector where the roots are
remover is shown in fig 1.Sugarcane Roots Remover is
being stored and the soil is been deposited back by
attached to a prime mover (tractor).The machine is
means of a mesh.
started using a 2-stroke petrol engine and a chain drive
Key Words: Agriculture, Sugarcane root remover,
is used to transmit power from the engine to the
Fabrication, Petrol engine, Mesh, Conveyor.
driving system. The winnower moves over the soil as
1. INTRODUCTION
the ploughing is been done. Most of the soil deposit
Agriculture is the backbone of India. In India almost all
back through the mesh provided in the winnower
farmers facing problems of labour shortage. Day by day
shown in fig 3. As more soil accumulates, the roots
labour wages are increasing and in the same way
move to the conveyor which is been driven by means of
demand of agriculture products are also increasing and
a V-belt.
today’s world need faster rate of production of agriculture products. Before giving a solution, we have © 2017, IRJET
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