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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

At this juncture, we take the opportunity to convey our sincere thanks

and gratitude to the college management for providing all the facilities to us.

We wish to convey our gratitude to our prestigious college principal,

Dr.J.Janet, for forwarding us to do our project and offering adequate duration to
complete our project.

We would like to express our grateful thanks to Dr.T.A.Selvan, Head of

the department, Department of Mechatronics engineering for his encouragement
and valuable guidance to this project.

We extend my gratitude to our beloved Ms.J.Indira Priyadharshini,

ME, (Phd), Assistant professor, Department of Mechatronics engineering for his
constant support and immense help at all stages of the project.

Our highest sense of appreciation and gratitude to the esteemed

organization named LINGA TECHNOLOGIES, for allowing us to carry out
our industrial project at their premises.

We wish to express our gratitude and special thanks to Mr.Karuppusamy

Manager, LINGA TECHNOLOGIES for giving us proper guidance and support
in completing the project.
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ABSTRACT

The scope of this work is to conceptually design and develop a Shredder

machine focusing on chopping of dry leaves, areca leaves, this chopped powder to
prepare the vermin compost. The work began with collection of information and
data on user lifestyle and current process by which they perform their job. A
concept was developed with reference of four different shredder machine and
operating processes. Concept was developed considering the safety factor users
operating environment and maintenance. The machine consists of Three-phase
motor, spur gear, bearings, structural frame, cutter and dual shaft. The machine
frame is can be built using mild steel and High Carbon steel used for cutter tip
preparation. Sixteen cutters are mounted on two shafts, which rotate parallel driven
by a spur gear. The power from the electrical motor is transmitted to cutter shaft
through a belt drive. Cut is made inside the chopping house due to the effect of
tensile, friction, and impact effect in chopping process. The dry leaves get chopped
and powder is collected at the bottom.

KEYWORDS: Agro Waste, Shredding Machine, Cutter, Spur Gear,

Hexagonal Shaft.
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TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO

NO.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i

ABSTRACT ii

TABLE OF CONTENT iii

LIST OF FIGURES vi

LIST OF TABLES vii

1 INRODUCTION

1.1 introduction 1

1.2 objective of the project work 2

1.3 organization of chapters 4

1.4 conclusion 6

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 introduction 7

2.2 literature survey 7

2.3 conclusion 11
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3 DESIGN CALCULATIONS

3.1 introduction 12

3.2 to determine the mass of the compartment 12

3.3 shaft calculations 12

3.4 blades and spacer calculation 14

3.5 selection of motor 14

3.6 selection of gearbox 15

3.7 bearing calculations 16

3.8 gear calculations 17

3.9 to check frame design is safe 19

3.10 to check shaft design is safe 20

3.11 key and keyway calculation 21

3.12 selection of bolts 22

3.13 calculation of welding fillet 22

3.14 conclusion 23

4 CAD MODELLING

4.1 introduction 24

4.2 2d and 3d setup 24

4.3 conclusion 30
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5 COST ESTIMATION

5.1 introduction 31

5.2 estimation table 31

5.3 conclusion 31

6 CONCLUSION 32

7 REFERENCES 34
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LIST OF FIGURES

S.No. TITLE PAGE NO

1.1 shredding machine 3

1.2 block diagram 3

1.3 organization of chapters 4

4.1 assembled structure 24

4.2 design of blade 25

4.3 design of spacer 26

4.4 design of shaft 27

4.5 design of compartment 28

4.6 design of gear 29

4.7 three-dimensional visualization of our project 30

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LIST OF TABLES

S.No. TITLE PAGE NO.

3.1 SELECTION OF GEARBOX 15

5.1 COST ESTIMATION 31