Visvesvaraya Technological University,: "Design and Fabrication of Adjustable

VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
JNANA SANGAMA, BELAGAVI-590018
A Project Report
On
“DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF ADJUSTABLE

MULTISEASONAL HARVESTING MACHINE”
A Project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
award of the degree of
Bachelor of Engineering
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Submitted By:
MS. PRATIKSHA A. YADRAVKAR 2SA14ME077
MR. VIJAYAKUMAR CHAVAN 2SA14ME110
MR. PRAKASH RATHOD 2SA15ME430
MR. RAJESH PAWAR 2SA15ME431
Under the Guidance of:

Dr. SYED ABBAS ALI
Mr. ALTAF HUSSAIN BAGAWAN
2017-2018
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SECAB INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
VIJAYAPUR-586109
VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
JNANA SANGMA,BELAGAVI-590018
SECAB INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

VIJAYAPUR-586109
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that MS. PRATIKSHA A. YADRAVKAR (2SA14ME077), MR.
VIJAYAKUMAR CHAVAN (2SA14ME110), MR. PRAKASH RATHOD
(2SA15ME430), MR. RAJESH PAWAR (2SA15ME431), has satisfactorily completed the
Project Report entitled “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF ADJUSTABLE
MULTISEASONAL HARVESTING MACHINE ” in partial fulfillment for the award of
degree of bachelor of engineering in VIII Semester of the Visvesvaraya Technological
University, Belagavi during the year 2017-2018. It is certified that all suggestion/correction
indicated for internal Assessment incorporated in the report have been deposited in the
department library.
The Project report has been approved as it satisfies the Academic requirement in
respect of project report prescribed for “BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN
MECHANICAL”
Signature of guide Signature of H.O.D Signature of Principal

Dr. Syed Abbas Ali Dr. Syed Abbas Ali Dr. A Pasupathy
Mr. Altaf Hussain Bagawan
Examiners 1)
2)
Dedicated to
Our Respected Parents
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ABSTRACT
Agriculture plays a vital role in Indian economy. India is a country which is dependent on
farming as a main source of income for many families. As far as Indian scenario is
concerned, more than 75 percent farmers are belonging to small and marginal land carrying.
So any improvement in the productivity related task help to increase Indian farmer’s status
and economy. Now a day’s agriculture equipments have lot of limitation and it required more
energy to operate. The purpose of the project is to fabricate and enhance the design
specifications of harvesting machine for multipurpose crop which should be helpful for the
farmers having less & marginal land. Further, the comparative study of harvesting from
manual method, machine method and proposed machine method is discussed. It is observed
from the results that, the proposed machine method shows reasonably good result when
compared manual method and machine method.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The satisfaction and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of the task would be
incomplete without the mention of people who are responsible for it.
We would like to take this opportunity to first praise and thanks to the Almighty for his
showers of blessings throughout our project to complete the work successfully.
It is a great pleasure to express our most sincere gratitude and profound regards to our Guides
Dr. Syed Abbas Ali and Mr. Altaf Hussain Bagawan, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, SECAB Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vijaypur, for their constant
encouragement, invaluable guidance and help during the course of the work. Words are
inadequate to acknowledge the great care and keen interest taken by them in all aspects
during the execution of this work. Our association with them throughout the project work
was a great process of learning.
We express our sincere regards to Dr. Noorullah Sharief, Principal, SECAB Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Vijaypur. We also express our sincere thanks to Dr. Syed
Abbas Ali, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering for his consistent encouragement
and providing all the facilities needed to complete the work and also for his guidance to
follow prescribed guidelines and valuable suggestions from time to time.
We would like to acknowledge with deep sense of thanks to the Karnataka State Council for
Science & Technology (KSCST), Indian Institute of Science Campus Bengaluru,
Government of Karnataka for rendering financial support for this work under Student Project
Proposal (SPP) scheme through Proposal Reference No. 41S_BE_1432. In addition to this,
We also thank KSCST Mid Term Evaluation Team members for their valuable suggestions
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We would like to thank Project Evaluation Committee members, for their valuable criticisms,
suggestions and hints, which proved to be very useful throughout the work.
Words are insufficient to express our sincere regards to our junior friend Mr. Rajsh Gokavi
who always felt concerned about the progress of our work and helped us for the work.
We would also like to mention all faculty members of SIET, Vijaypur, who helped directly
or indirectly to complete this project report.
We are also thankful to all our, classmates and friends for their unconditional support and
motivation during this project work. It is a great opportunity for us to extend our heartfelt
gratitude to everybody who helped us throughout this work.
We would like to thank staff members of workshop, machine shop laboratory and production
unit of mechanical department.
Finally, we would like to thank our parents and friends for their constant support and
encouragement they provided during the development of the project work.
(Ms. Pratiksha A. Yadravkar)

(Mr. Vijayakumar Chavan)
(Mr. Prakash Rathod)
(Mr. Rajesh Pawar)
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CONTENTS
Page No.
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 General 1
1.2 Harvesting 2
1.3 Harvesting Methods 4
1.3.1 Manual harvesting method 4
1.3.2 Machine harvesting method 5
1.4 Organization and Contributions of the Report 6
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE SURVEY
2.1 General 7
2.2 Summary of Literature Survey 9
2.3 Objectives of the Present Work 9
CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY AND FABRICATION
3.1 General 10
3.2 Design Calculations 10
3.3 Design Drawing 14
3.4 Fabrication Process 16
3.4.1 Chasis frame & other parts 16
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CHAPTER 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 General 19
4.2 Results of Manual Method 19
4.3 Results of Machine Method 19
4.4 Results of Proposed Machine Method 20
4.5 Comparative Result 20
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK
5.1 Concluding Remarks 23
5.2 Scope for Future Work 23
References 24
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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. Title Page

No. No.
1.1 Agriculture forming system 1
1.2 Crop harvesting machine 2
1.3 Onion harvesting machine 3
1.4 Sugarcane harvesting machine 3
1.5 Manual harvesting method 5
1.6 Machine harvesting method 6
3.1 Drawing of model blade 14
3.2 Drawing of model cutter 14
3.3 3D model of cutter 15
3.4 3D model of blade 15
3.5 Chasis main frame 16
3.6 Chassis main frame with wheels 16
3.7 Cutting of blades 17
3.8 Blades after cutting 17
3.9 Blades fitted on main frame 17
3.10 Cutter fitted on main frame 18
3.11 Fabricated model 18
4.1 Labour required for different methods 21
4.2 Time required for different methods 21
4.3 Cost required for different methods 22
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Title Page

No. No.
2.1 Field survey 8
4.1 Results of manual method for different crops 19
4.2 Results of machine method for different crops 19
4.3 Results of proposed machine method for different crops 20
4.4 Comparative result 20
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Project Report on “Design and Fabrication of Adjustable Multiseasonal Harvesting
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
It is a science and art of cultivation on the soil, raising crops. It is also called farming.
Agriculture plays a vital role in Indian economy. India is a country which is
dependent on farming as a main source of income for many families. As far as Indian
scenario is concerned, more than 75 percent farmers are belonging to small and
marginal land carrying. So any improvement in the productivity related task help to
increase Indian farmer’s status and economy. The current agriculture equipments has
lot of limitation and it required more energy to operate.
In India agriculture is facing serious challenges like scarcity of agricultural labour, not
only in peak working seasons but also in normal time. This is mainly for increased
nonfarm job opportunities having higher wage, migration of labour force to cities and
low status of agricultural labours in the society. Further, the agriculture farming
system is shown in Fig. 1.1
Fig.1.1 Agriculture forming system
Dept of Mech Engg S.I.E.T.Vijayapur PAGE 1

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1.2 Harvesting
Harvesting is a process of cutting and gathering of mature crop from the field.
Harvester is a machine is used for harvesting. Different types of harvesting machines
are available in the market namely crop harvester, onion harvester, paddy harvester,
tea harvester, potato harvester, wheat harvester and sugarcane harvester.
Crop harvesting machine is as shown in Fig. 1.2, it is able to harvest different variety
of grain crops. These machines are highly efficient and can work at a high speed. It
can harvest the crops without providing damage to them.
Onion harvesting machine (Fig. 1.3) is of good quality so that they cannot harm the
onions during harvesting. These machines are able to harvest deeply rooted onions
with great ease and with enhanced rate. Thus, these machines are in great demand in
the market.
Fig. 1.2 Crop harvesting machine

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Fig. 1.3 Onion harvesting machine
Fig. 1.4 Sugar cane harvesting machine

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Sugarcane harvesting is an agricultural machinery use to harvest and process
sugarcane. Sugar cane is a hardy crop that grows in clumps of cylindrical stalks
measuring from 1.25 to 7.25 cm in diameter and reaching 6 to 7 m in height. The cane
stalks grow straight upward until the stalk becomes too heavy to hold itself up. It then
lies on its side and continues to grow upward. This results in a mature cane field lying
on top of itself in a mesh pattern. The sugar cane stalks contain a sap from which
sugar is processed. To ensure the maximum sugar content of 1 to 17% of total weight,
the cane must be harvested immediately after it reaches its final growth period.
In areas where hand harvesting prevails, many of the injuries are machete related.
These injuries can range from minor cuts to the severing of body parts. Also, the
machete is the tool that is most commonly used by the less skilled workers on the
farm or plantation. Keeping the machete sharp aids in reducing injuries, since with a
sharp machete the worker does not have to swing as hard and can maintain better
control over the machete. Working with cane also can very easily produce injuries and
cuts to the eyes. Since cane is grown in tropical and sub-tropical locations, workers
also need to be concerned about heat-related health problems. This can be exacerbated
due to use of the necessary protective clothing. These regions are also areas of high
levels of sun exposure, which can result in various types of skin cancer conditions.
Precautions need to be taken to limit or protect against sun exposure. Pesticides and
other chemicals may involve toxic risks that can lead to poisoning through skin
absorption or inhalation.
1.3 Harvesting Methods
1.3.1 Manual harvesting method

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In this method, harvesting is done manually with the help of human. Manual
harvesting is dominant in the developing country. In this, the land is first set on fire.
The fire burns dry leaves without harming the stalks and roots. Then labors cut the
cane just above the ground level using the canes or machetes. The manual harvesting
is more intensive as compare to machine harvesting. Further, the manual harvesting
method is time consuming, efficient work may not be done and the cost required for
harvesting is also more.
1.3.2 Machine harvesting method
In this method, harvesting is done with the help of machine. It is fully automated it
requires very less time for cutting sugarcane around large area. The machine
harvesting is having high initial cost, high operating cost, applicable for only large
scale farmers, skilled labour required to operate the machine and area require for
operation is also more.
Fig. 1.5 Manual harvesting method

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Fig. 1.6 Machine harvesting method
1.4 Organization and Contribution of the Report
Chapter 1 deals with Introduction to the agriculture equipments for the purpose of
harvesting of different crops. In chapter 2, different type of work carried on
agricultural equipment for the harvesting techniques are studied. Further, the specific
objectives and scope of the project work are summarized. The methodology and how
the working model has been fabricated which is discussed in chapter 3. Further, the
chapter 4 discusses the results of present work. Chapter 6 deals with the conclusions
based on the present work and scope for the future work.

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CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE SURVEY
2.1 General
In this chapter, review of the literature available on agriculture equipment for
harvesting will be discussed
Atul R. Dange et. al., (2011), this research work was made to investigate the cutting
energy and force required for the pigeon pea crops. The commercially available blade
has been attached to the lower end of the arm of pendulum type dynamic tester which
cut the stalk at 900 to the stalk axis with knife velocity ranging between 2.28m/s
to7.23 m/s the diameter of stem at42.6 % (wb) moisture content[1].
Adarsh J. et. al., (2013), Proposed a fabrication model for small scale sugarcane
harvesting machine consists of petrol engine and mechanisms are used in this machine
to compare to manual harvesting. This machine has capacity to cut sugarcane in faster
rate and economical [2].
Rohit J. et al., (2014), discussed different aspects of sugarcane harvesting methods for
optimum performance. The aim of this article was to have proper understanding of
present harvesters as well as different harvesting methods to reduce the efforts which
were done by farmers in terms of money, labor, time, physical efforts for optimum
[3].
Siddaling S and Ravikiran B. S., (2015), discussed about design and fabrication of
small scale sugarcane harvesting machine for harvesting to reduce farmer’s effort and

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to increase the output of the agriculture products. The comparison was made with the
manual method; the proposed machine can cut the lower and upper portion of the
sugar cane containing leaves, simultaneously by setting the optimum movement of the
rotary blades [4].
Chavan P. B. et al., (2017), Various approaches have been proposed for improving
mechanized type of crop cutter in agriculture field. Designing a reaper machine to
harvest grains more efficiently. The research work focusing on harvesting operation to
the small land holder to cutting varieties of crop in less time and at low cost by
considering the factor as power requirement, ease of operation, field condition, time
of operation and climatologically condition[5].
The detailed survey of harvesting of various crops has been tabulated in table 1.1. In
this survey, labour availability, number of labours, time required, yield and distance
between two rows has been done in vijaypur surrounding.
Table 2.1 Field survey
Sl. Former Area Crop Labour Labours Time Cost/

No Name Availability /Acre Required Acre
1 Halabasappa Jewargi Rice Difficult 6 12 hrs. 2500
Wheat Medium 6 14 hrs. 4000
2 Malakappa Jewargi Rice Difficult 8 10 hrs. 3000
3 Khajasaheb Jewargi Rice Difficult 6 12 hrs. 3000

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2.2 Summary of Literature Survey
After reviewing the literature some of the points have been observed and
summarized as below:
1. Need a machine which will be useful for small formers having 4 to 5 acres land.
2. Need of machine which is very easy and skilled person is not required to operate.
3. Need to minimize the process duration for each operation compare to manual
operation.
4. The existing machine and manual method is not economical, having less
efficiency and the mechanism involved is complex.
5. Need of machine which is working in all three seasons.
2.3 Objectives of the Present Work:
The objectives of the present study are as given below:
1. To design the harvesting machine for cutting, conveying purpose
2. To fabricate the adjustable mechanism harvesting machine for cutting,
conveying purpose.
3. To check the performance of adjustable mechanism and harvesting machine in
all seasons.

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CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY AND FABRICATION
3.1 General
In this chapter, fabrication of individual components of the agriculture harvesting
machine will be discussed and also explains the calculation, of the present work.
3.2 Design Calculations
The design of bevel gears for the data: Shaft angle=900, Pressure angle=200, Number
of teeth on pinion=10, Number of teeth on gear=17
Gear ratio (i)
Z 2 17
  1.7
Z1 10
Pitch cone angle of pinion

 
 sin  
1  tan 1  
 Z 2  sin  
Z 
 1 
 
 sin 90 0

1  tan 1  
17
  sin 900 
 10 
1  30.46
Pitch cone angle of gear
  1 = 90  30.46 = 59.54
0 0 0
Formative number of in a bevel gear,

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10
ZV 1 = = 11.54
cos30.46
Z2 17
ZV 2  = = 34
cos  2 cos60
Lewis form factor for 200 full depth
0.912
Y1  0.154 
ZV 1
0.912
Y1  0.154   0.0749
11.54
0.912 0.912
Y2  0.154   0.154   0.127
ZV 2 34
Identify the weaker member
As pinion and gear are the same material pinion is the weaker member. Therefore
design should be based on pinion.
Design:
Tangential tooth load
9550  1000  NCs

Ft 
nr
Engine power = 5bhp
Where,
1bhp=0.745KW
5bhp=3.725kW
9550  1000  PCs

Ft 
n1  r1
Assume moderate medium shock & 8-10 hr duty per day.

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Service factor Cs=1.5
Velocity of engine = 20Kmph
Assume n1=2600rpm
20  1000
V= =5.5 m/s
3600
Where
d1 m  Z1 m  10
r1 =    5m
2 2 2
9550  1000  3.725  1.5

Ft 
1500  5m
7114.75
Ft  (3.1)
m
Cone Distance (Re)
m
Re =
2 z12  z22
m
=
2 10 2  17 2
=9.861m
Face Width (b)
Re 9.861
b   3.28m
3 3
R R
Face width   b  
4 3
Face width of bevel gear 1 is generally taken as 10m, therefore, b=3.14m
Form levies equation,

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Tangential tooth load is given by
 b
Ft   0  Cv  b  y    m   R  
 R
 3.287 
 462  Cv  3.28m  y    0.0749m  9.861 
 9.861 
Ft=237.71m 2 Cv (3.2)
Now, from (3.1) & (3.2)
7114.75
 237.71m 2Cv
m
m3Cv  29.930
  d1  n1
Vm 
60000
  m  Z1  n1
Vm =
60000
  m  10  1500
Vm 
60000
Vm  0.347 m
Trail 1
Assume m=4[selected standard module from table 2.84]
Vm  0.347  4
Vm  1.38m / s
3
Cv  K v 
3  Vm
3
Cv 
3  1.38
Cv  0.68
m3 K v  29.930
43  0.68  29.930
43.52  29.930

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Therefore 43.83>29.930
Hence model m=4 is suitable.
3.3 Design Drawing
The detailed drawing of cutter and blade has been done in CATIA V5 which is
shown in Figs. 3.1 to 3.4
Fig. 3.1 Drawing of model blade
Fig. 3.2 Drawing of model cutter

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Fig. 3.3 3D model of cutter
Fig. 3.4 3D model of blade

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3.4 Fabrication Process
3.4.1 Chasis frame & other parts
This is made out of mild steel of length 4.5 ft and width 4.5 ft welded to the main
frame. This is then ground to remove the welding burr and sharp corners on this the
other assemblies are welded (Fig. 3.5). Further, the shaft and wheels are attached (Fig.
3.6). Thereafter, two solid shafts are used each shaft carries two cutter upper and
lower, and also gives rotary motion to the cutters (Fig. 3.7).
Fig. 3.5 Chassis main frame
Fig. 3.6 Chassis main frame with wheels

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Fig. 3.7 Cutting of blades
Fig. 3.8 Blades after cutting
Fig. 3.9 Blades fitted on mainframe

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Fig. 3.10 Cutter fitted on mainframe
Fig. 3.11 Fabricated model

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CHAPTER 4
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 General
In this chapter, results and discussion of the present project work will be discussed.
Section 4.2 highlights the number of labors required, time required, cost for manual
method. Further, for machine method and proposed model will be discussed in section
4.3 and section 4.4, respectively. Finally the comparison of all method will be
discussed in 4.5.
4.2 Results of Manual Method
The time required and number of labors required for the harvesting of different crop is
tabulated in Table 4.1. Further, the cost required is also given in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Results of manual method for different crops
Sl. No Crop Name Labours /Acre Time Required Cost/Acre

1 Rice 5-6 12 hrs 2400
2 Wheat 5-6 24 hrs 4800
4.3 Results of Machine Method
Table 4.2 Results of machine method for different crops

1 Rice 01 2 hrs 1400 (Excluding
Initial Cost)
2 Wheat 01 2 hrs 900(Excluding
Initial Cost)

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4.4 Results of Proposed Machine Method
Table 4.3 Results of proposed machine method for different crops

1 Rice 01 3 hrs 300 (Excluding
Initial Cost)
2 Wheat 01 3 hrs 400(Excluding
Initial Cost)
4.5 Comparative Result

The time and number of labors required for harvesting the different crops for manual
method, machine method and proposed machine method is tabulated in Table 4.4.
Further, the cost required for different method is also given in Table 4.4. The labor
required per acre for different methods for different crops is shown in Fig. 4.1.
Further, time required and cost required per acre for different methods for different
crops is shown in Figs. 4.2 and 4.3, respectively. It is observed from above Figs. that
the proposed machine method shows reasonably good results when compared with
manual method and machine method.
Table 4.4 Comparative result
Sl. No Method Crop Labours Time Cost/Acre

/Acre Required (Rs.)
1 Manual Rice 5-6 12 hrs 2400
Wheat 5-6 24 hrs 4800
2 Machine Rice 01 2 hrs 1400
Wheat 02 2 hrs 900
3 Proposed Rice 01 3 hrs 300
Method Wheat 02 3 hrs 400

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Labour required per acre for different methods
Rice
Wheat
6
Labour required per acre
0
Manual Method Machine Method Proposed Method
Methods
Fig. 4.1 Labour required for different methods
Time required per acre for different methods

30
Rice
Wheat
Time required per acre (hrs)
20
10
0
Methods
Fig. 4.2 Time required for different methods

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Cost required per acre for different methods

5000
Rice
Wheat
Cost required per acre (Rs.) 4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Methods
Fig. 4.3 Cost required for different methods

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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSIONS AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK
5.1 Concluding Remarks
The purpose of the project is to fabricate a machine to carry out the operation like
harvesting which should be helpful for the farmers having Less & Marginal Land. By
the observations of the results and discussion, variation between manual method,
machine method and proposed machine method, are described below:
 The labors required for the proposed machine method is less than the manual
method and equal to machine method. Further, the machine method cannot be
suitable for small scale farmers as it is economically not feasible.
 The time duration required for the proposed machine method is less than the
manual method and more than machine method. Further, the machine method
cannot be suitable for small scale farmers as it is economically not feasible.
 The cost required for harvesting the one acre land is also less by using proposed
machine method.
5.2 Scope for Future Work
Though the machine has some innovative concepts, there is still a lot if scope for
development like:
 The machine has to be provided with gear box.

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 The machine can be made lighter by doing detailed analysis of design & removing
excess material wherever it is not necessary.
 With minimal modification this machine can be used for different crops.
References
1. Atul R. Dange , Thakare S. K and Bhaskara Rao I, (2011), Cutting energy and
force as required for Pigeon pea stems, Journal of Agricultural Technology 2011
Vol. 7(6), pp. 1485-1493, 2011.
2. Adarsh J Jain , Shashank Karne , Srinivas Ratod , Vinay N. Thotad and Kiran P
(2013), Design and fabrication of small scale sugarcane harvesting machine,
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research. Vol 2(3),
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Review paper on different aspects of sugarcane harvesting methods for optimum
performance, Vol. 2(1), pp.52-55, 2014.
4. Siddaling S and Ravikiran B. S., (2015), Design and fabrication of small scale
sugar cane harvesting machine, International Journal of Research in Engineering
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Engineering in SI and Metric Units”, 4th Edition.

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7. Robert L. Norton, “Machine Design: An Integrated Approach”, 2nd Edition.
8. T. Krishna Rao, “Design of Machine Elements”, I K International Publishing
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VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,

JNANA SANGAMA, BELAGAVI-590018

“DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF ADJUSTABLE

Under the Guidance of:

SECAB INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Signature of guide Signature of H.O.D Signature of Principal

Our Respected Parents

compared manual method and machine method.

showers of blessings throughout our project to complete the work successfully.

was a great process of learning.

follow prescribed guidelines and valuable suggestions from time to time.

Science & Technology (KSCST), Indian Institute of Science Campus Bengaluru,

or indirectly to complete this project report.

gratitude to everybody who helped us throughout this work.

unit of mechanical department.

encouragement they provided during the development of the project work.

(Ms. Pratiksha A. Yadravkar)

1.3 Harvesting Methods 4

1.3.1 Manual harvesting method 4

1.3.2 Machine harvesting method 5

1.4 Organization and Contributions of the Report 6

CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE SURVEY

2.2 Summary of Literature Survey 9

2.3 Objectives of the Present Work 9

CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY AND FABRICATION

3.2 Design Calculations 10

3.3 Design Drawing 14

3.4 Fabrication Process 16

3.4.1 Chasis frame & other parts 16

4.2 Results of Manual Method 19

4.3 Results of Machine Method 19

4.4 Results of Proposed Machine Method 20

4.5 Comparative Result 20

CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK

5.1 Concluding Remarks 23

5.2 Scope for Future Work 23

Fig. Title Page

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Agriculture plays a vital role in Indian economy. India is a country which is

lot of limitation and it required more energy to operate.

system is shown in Fig. 1.1

Fig.1.1 Agriculture forming system

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Harvester is a machine is used for harvesting. Different types of harvesting machines

tea harvester, potato harvester, wheat harvester and sugarcane harvester.

can harvest the crops without providing damage to them.

Fig. 1.2 Crop harvesting machine

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Fig. 1.3 Onion harvesting machine

Fig. 1.4 Sugar cane harvesting machine

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Sugarcane harvesting is an agricultural machinery use to harvest and process

1.3 Harvesting Methods

1.3.1 Manual harvesting method

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is more intensive as compare to machine harvesting. Further, the manual harvesting

harvesting is also more.

1.3.2 Machine harvesting method

operation is also more.

Fig. 1.5 Manual harvesting method

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Fig. 1.6 Machine harvesting method