BATTERY DRIVE MOTORIZED AGRICULTURE WEEDER

ABSTRACT

Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy and weed removal is one of the
major activities in agriculture. Weed control is the one of the most important problem
that will reduce the farmer interest in cultivation. In past, the farmer acute labor shortage,
decreasing income per acre of cultivation, and economic frustration are some of the key
factors hurting a farmer's confidence in continuing farming. Hence battery weeder is
necessary to reduce the labor force. So the effective design of weed removing machine is
to minimize the time taken for removing weed present between the growing plants and is
mainly focused to increase the growth rate of plants. This battery weeder is works on the
principle of sliding crank mechanism. In this machine the power is transmitted from
battery to the electric motor and this motor is connected to the crank shaft and is to
transmit the power to the blade by using slider crank mechanism. The horizontal distance
can be adjusted by increasing the distance between the individual blades of the machine.
The blades are rotated in clockwise direction with respect to the weed elimination. The
depth of the removal is controlled by the handle. Environmental degradation,
consumption of time and pollution caused by chemical is reduced by the use of battery
weeder. The compact design is very helpful in the field of agriculture.