FABRICATION AND PERFORMANCE TEST OF PORTABLE ROTAVATOR

MACHINE AND MULTI CROP CUTTER

A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

For the Award of Degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Of
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR
By
PATIL KIRAN (16G35A0314)
COURT MOHAMMED SAQLAIN (15G31A0345)
SHAIK SHABBIR BASHA (16G35A0324)
JAMADAR MD GHOUSE (15G31A0340)
BANTAKUNTA HANUMESH RAO (15G31A0323)
Under the Esteemed Guidance of

Mr. G MD JAVEED BASHA M.Tech,

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

St. Johns College of Engineering & Technology
Yerrakota, Yemmiganur, Kurnool – 518 360 (A.P)
(Permanently Affiliated to JNTU Anantapur, Accredited by NAAC, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi)

2020-2021
 St. JOHNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Yerrakota, Yemmiganur - 518360, Kurnool (Dist). A.P.
(Permanently Affiliated to JNTU Anantapur, Accredited by NAAC Approved by
AICTE, New Delhi)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that this project work entitled “FABRICATION AND
PERFORMANCE TEST OF PORTABLE ROTAVATOR MACHINE AND MULTI
CROP CUTTER” is a bonafide record work carried out by PATIL KIRAN (16G35A0314),
COURT MOHAMMED SAQLAIN (15G31A0345), SHAIK SHABBIR BASHA (16G35A0324),
JAMADAR.MD.GHOUSE (15G31A0340), BANTAKUNTA HANUMESH RAO (15G31A0323).

Under guidance and supervision in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the
degree in Bachelor of Technology in “MECHANICAL ENGINEERING” Jawaharlal
Nehru technological university, is a record of bonafide work carried out by them under my
guidance and supervision. The result embodied in the project report has not been submitted to
any other university or institute for the award of any degree.

Project Guide Head of the Department

Mr.G MD JAVEED BASHA M.Tech Mr. M RAVI SANKARA VARAPRASAD M.Tech, (Ph.D)

Assistant Professor HOD & Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering Dept. Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Place:
Date:
Certified that the candidate was examined by me in the viva-voce Examination held on
________________ at St. Johns College of Engineering & Technology, Yemmiganur.

INTERNAL EXAMINER        EXTERNAL EXAMINER

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We sincerely express our gratitude thanks to Mr. G MD JAVEED BASHA M.Tech,

Assistant professor for his guidance and encouragement that led to the completion of this
project work.

We extend our sincere and heartful thanks to Mr. M RAVI SANKARA

VARAPRASAD M.Tech, (Ph.D), Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department for giving
this opportunity to do the project work.
We extend our sincere and heartful thanks to Dr. V.VEERANNA ME, Ph.D, FIV, FIE.

Principal for giving this opportunity to do the project work.

We take this occasion to express our acknowledgement to all the Faculty Members
and Non-teaching staff of Mechanical Engineering Department for their co-operation and
encouragement throughout our post graduation and to all our friends who have helped in one
way or the other.
Finally, we are greatly thankful to our beloved parents for their motivation and
encouragement during the project work and made a part in our success.

PROJECT ASSOCIATES

PATIL KIRAN
COURT MOHAMMED SAQLAIN
SHAIK SHABBIR BASHA
JAMADAR MD GHOUSE
BANTAKUNTA HANUMESH RAO

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 ABSTRACT
India is an agriculture based country which takes various types of crops. Similarly in
Maharashtra millet, jowar, wheat, paddy and maize are the main crops. Now a days various
agricultural machines are available which are very costly .due to this it is not suitable for poor
farmers. And all farmers remove crops by hands which has very effort is fully and time
consuming process. Some times while cutting or removing crops by hand results into damage
due to blisters on hands. Because of this the labours are not available for work, in order to
overcome this situation we introduce a new simple but more efficient machine for a farmers.
This machine targets the small scale farmers who have land upto 1 acre.

In this project, a rotavator arrangement and multi crop cutters or blades is fixed to the 2-
stroke petrol engine, the power from engine is provided through shaft and cutter or rotavator
arrangement. As the shaft arrangement rotates the rotavator which tends to dig the soil and
cut the grass or crops. The whole setup is placed on a movable base which has a wheel
arrangement. Rotavator use in agriculture allows farmers to prepare the soil without using
large amounts of labour. It is vital to ensure that the soil is properly prepared. By turning the
soil the maximum amount of nutrients are offered to the crops .The better the soil structure,
the larger the crop yield which results in higher profits.

This compact crop cutter is manufactured using locally available spare parts and thus, it is
easily maintainable. This crop cutter might be the solution to the problems faced by a small
scale farmer regarding cost and labour implementation.

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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig No: Fig name: page no:
Fig 1: Machine parts 8-9
Fig 2:Nylon cutting thread arrangement 9
Fig 3:Drive shaft and gear unit 10
Fig 4: Power unit disassembled view 14
Fig 5: Engine parts 14-15
Fig 6: Recoil system 15
Fig 7: Ignition system 17
Fig 8: clutch 18
Fig 9:Power output shaft 18
Fig 10: Drive unit 20
Fig 11: Gear train 20
Fig 12: Bevel Gears 22
Fig 13: Cutters,cutting head and crop collecter 27
Fig 14:Rotavator 28
Fig 15: Types of cutter 39
Fig 16: Project set up 30
Fig 17: Forces acting on shoe 32
Fig 18: Forces acting on a member of complaint clutch 36
Fig 19: Power Train. 42

LIST OF GRAPHS
Graph No: Graph Name: page no:
Graph 1:Time taken for area (sq.feet) 47
Graph 2:Fuel consumption for crop cutter and Rotavator per sq.mt 47

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LIST OF TABLES
Table No : Table name: Page no:
Table 1: Comparision between crop harvester(machine) and labour(person) 46
Table 2: Cost analysis 47
Table 3:Comparision of harvesting cost by traditional method and our harvester 49
Table 4:Rate of fuel consumption 49
Table 5:Cutting speed Vs Acceleration 50

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 INDEX
Acknowledgement i
Abstract ii
List of figures iii
List of graphs iii
List of Tables iv
Contents v
List of symbols vi

CONTENTS
Page no
CHAPTER-I
INTRODUCTION (1-2)
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Problem statement 1
1.3 Objectives 2
1.4 Significance of study 2
CHAPTER-II
LITERATURE REVIEW (3-5)
CHAPTER-III
OVERVIEW OF MACHINE (6-31)
3.1 Parts of a machine and it’s specification 6
3.2 Specifications 10
3.3 About power unit 12
3.3 Engine 12
3.5 Ignition and starting system 16
3.6 Clutch 17
3.7 Shaft and guard tube 19
3.8 Gear train 20
3.9 Types of gears 21
3.10 Types of cutters 24
3.11 Working Mechanism 31
3.12 Design Improvements 31
CHAPTER-IV
DESIGN (32-41)
4.1 Clutch Design 32
4.2 A Design formulation of conventional centrifugal clutch 32
4.3 Design formulation of complaint centrifugal clutch 36
4.4 Calculation by analytical method for a conventional clutch 38
4.5 Calculation by graphical method for a complaint clutch 40
4.6 Shaft 41

4.7 Advantages 42

CHAPTER-V
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS (46-50)
CHAPTER-VI
CONCLUSION 51
CHAPTER-VII
REFERENCES 52

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W Angular Velocity
Rpm revolutions per minute

N newton

Nm newton-metre

HP horse power

KW KiloWatt

R radius

I Moment of Inertia

E Youngs Modulus

K Radius of Gyration

g acceleration due to gravity

J polar moment of inertia

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