FABRICATION OF MECHANICAL WEED

REMOVING MACHINE WITH PESTICIDE

SPRAYER OPERATED BY SOLAR POWER
Submitted by:
NITHIN K S- 4NI16IP025
KARTHIK M- 4NI16IP011
KAVISH M G-4NI16IP013
Guide:
Mr. SANTOSH KUMAR
Asst .Professor
Department of
Industrial and production engineering
 Introduction
• Agricultural sector is changing the socio-economic environment of the
population due to liberalization and globalization
• In current generation most of the countries do not have sufficient
human factor in agriculture sector and it affects the growth of
developing countries
• Weed is a plant that is considered undesirable in a particular situation,
it is basically “a plant in the wrong place”. Weeds are needed to be
controlled because it reduces crop quality by contaminating the
commodity.
• Weeders are the machines used for weed removal. Its main objective is
to reduce the manpower as in today’s scenario labors are very hard to
find as well as it reduces the working time
Photovoltaic Principles

• The photo voltaic effect can be observed in nature

in variety of materials that have shown best
performance in sun light is the semi conductors as
stated above.
• When the photons from the sun absorbed in a
semiconductor, that creates free electron with
higher energies then the created there must be an
electric field to induce these higher energy
electrons to flow out of the semi-conductor to do
useful work.
• A junction of materials, which have different
electrical properties, provides the electric field in
most solar cells for the photo interaction in a semi
 Literature survey
P .Amrutesh- “Design and development of Solar powered weeding machine” (Int. journal
of scientific and engg. Research, volume 7, March 2018).
• Power consumption becomes essential for future. Solar grass cutter is a very useful device which
is very simple in construction.
• It is used to maintain and upkeep lawns in gardens, schools, college’s etc. We have made some
changes in the existing machine to make its application easier at reduced cost.
• Our main aim in pollution control is attained through this. Unskilled operator can operate easily.

U.S. KANKAL - “Design and development of self –propelled weeder for field crops”
(International journal of agriculture, October 2013)
• To solve the weeding problem, self propelled weeder was designed developed, at the
university of agricultural sciences, Raichur.
• The self propelled weeder was designed on the basis of the agronomic and machine
parameters. The main features of prototype self propeller weeder, was a 4Hp petrol start
kerosene run engine, power transmission system, weeding blade(sweep) and cage wheel.
• The rated engine speed 3600rpm was reduced to 23rpm of the cage wheel using chain and
sprocket mechanism.
Varikuti Vasantha Rao- “Multiple Power Supplied Fertilizer Sprayer”,(Int. journal of
advance research in agriculture, volume 3,August 2013)
• The proposed system is the modified model of the two stroke petrol engine powered sprayer
which minimizes the difficulties of the existing power sprayer such as operating cost,
changing of fuel etc.
• The two stroke petrol engine has been replaced by a direct current motor and operated by the
electrical energy stored in the battery attached to the unit.
• It could also be operated on direct current during rainy and cloudy weather conditions. This
system can be used for spraying pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers and paints.
 Problem identification
• To fabricate a weeder for low cost.
• To save the time of farmers and increase the productivity of the food varieties.
• To fabricate a portable weeder which can be used for multiple purpose.
• To replace the conventional petrol engine by a solar powered battery.
• To reduce environmental pollution.
• To reduce workers fatigue and stress.
 Objectives
• To fabricate a solar powered mechanical weed removing machine with pesticide sprayer.
Materials and methodology
Parts of Mechanical Weeder

• Battery
• Motor
• Wheels
• Hoeing action
• Frame
• Blades/ weeder
• Switch box
• Sprayer unit
 Battery

• 12V battery sealed lead acid battery having

a nominal capacity of 12AH.
• The size of the battery is 15*10*10cm
with a weight of 3.5kg.
• The battery may be used up to 3.5-4hrs.
Continuously after complete charging.
 Dc motor

• 12V permanent dc motor, speed of 3600rpm.

• The electrical current supplied to the motor
by the battery with the help of wires and an
on/off switch to rotates the shaft.
• It is one of the important part of the
mechanical weed removing machine.
• And the DC motor used is taken from car
viper motor and an additional shaft is added
on the other side.
 Wheels

• Wheel height is adjusted by wheel adjustment

unit.
• Wheel help to maintain for working depth.
• It helps to comfort work for any height of
farmer
 Hoeing action unit
• Hoeing action is important to required
in mechanical weed removing machine.
• This hoeing action helps the weeder or
blade to dig the the soil and break it up
and remove the unwanted waste
 Frame
• Frame is used for connecting all the
units.
• This is also used for making a
machine handle.
• It is made up of galvanized iron, in
other cases we can also use mild steel
frames.
• Use of galvanized iron is because of
lost cost.
• Long life expectancy
Blades
• Blades are used to remove the weed in
the agricultural farm.
• The blades are used for breaking the
soil crust .
• Length of the blade will be 2 inches.
 Switch box
• Switch is used for controlling the
machinelike ON/OFF.
• In this unit the power supply is done by
applying the current from battery to
motor.
 Sprayer Unit

• A sprayer is a mechanical device used to spray

the liquid like pesticides, fungicides and
fertilizers to the crops in order to avoid any pest.
• Sprayer provides optimum utilization of
pesticides or any liquid with minimum efforts.
• Electric motor pump sprayer. Electric motor
pump sprayer is used electricity for charging
Battery in this way the pump can e drive
according to battery charging
Working procedure

• The wire is connection is made from the switch to the battery and then from the
battery to the motor, so that the blades will start to act.
• After assembling all the parts, machine working is started by pressing ON button
of the switch.
• The battery is placed with the help of battery stand. So, the charged battery started
to operate and it will produce a required amount of power to the motor.
• The battery should be charged for 3-4hrs after the continues use of weed removing
machine.
• With the help of power supply the motor starts to rotates on either side.
• The rotary motion is converted into reciprocating motion of the arm , which
results in the digging motion of the blades.
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