ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CROP HARVESTING MACHINE

In fulfillment of BSc Thesis Defense
  By:
Amanuel Hirko
Dawit Tamene
1 Abdulmelik Kabeto
Andualem Seyoum
Hadis Akheza
 
Advisor: Delbante Alebachew
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CONTENTS

 Background Concept selection

 Problem statement Simulation
Design analysis
 Objectives
Working principle
 Methodology Result
 Literature review Conclusion and
 Target specification Recommendation
 Concept generation
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BACKGROUND

 Crop harvesting is a process of cutting the

crops close to the ground from the field.
 In Ethiopia the process of harvesting the
crop is done manually by hand using sickles.
 It is a time consuming and
 The safety of the farmers is not granted.
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
 In Ethiopia a house hold farmer own 2-5 hectares of farming land.
 It takes about 6 men/per hectare of crop field in one day.
 Problems:
- not safe
- lots of grain loss
- takes to much time.

 So to improve this process it is required to design new small hand

operated crop harvesting machine.
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OBJECTIVES
 General Objective

 Design And Development Of Crop Harvesting Machine.

 Specific Objectives

 Conceptual development for crop harvesting machine.

 Modeling of mechanical parts of the Machine.
 Prototype development.
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METHODOLOGY
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LITERATURE REVIEW
 Crop Type

 More than 90% of farmers use sickles to harvest their

crop.
 Stem strength of a single wheat crop is about 5N.
 Sufficient cutting force is 6N and above.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
8 methods Limitations Strength

Old and slow mechanism. Labor Works for any kind of land field
and time consuming. and crop. Simple to use.

Has to be carried on the back. Light in weight, faster, safer

Slow, no method of gathering the No energy requirements, very

cut crop to one side. cheap.

Needs high cost. Not user Fast and Reliable

friendly. Cover vast field area at a time.
High cost of fuel
 TARGET SPECIFICATION
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No Metrics Values
1 Capacity 0.25 ha/hr

2 Engine 2-stroke deasil engine

3 Motion source Hand pushed

4 Cost 10000-15000birr
5 Harvesting time 1.5-2.5 hectare per day

6 Speed 2m/s
7 User interface Simple
8 Labor minimal
 Concept Generation
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Concept 1 Concept 2

Concept 3 Concept 4
 CONCEPT SELECTION
11 Factors Weight Concept Concept Two Concept Concept
One Three Four
Capacity 4 4 4.5 4.5 4
Cost 5 3 3 2 4.5

User Friendly 4 4 3.5 3.5 4

Ease of maintenance 4 3.5 3.5 3.5 4

Durability 5 4 3.5 3.5 4.5

Easy to Operate 4 4 3.5 3.5 4.5

Feasibility 4 4 4 4 4.5

Total Score 125 120.5 115.5 144

Rank 2 3 4 1
 Concept Four Selected
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SIMULATION OF THE DESIGN

Simulation video will be inserted here

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DESIGN
 Frame :- dimensionANALYSIS
400 × 320 × 300(mm).
 Blades :- A cutter bar length = 35mm.
- Thickness of knife = 2mm.
- Clearance between blades = 1mm.
 Shaft :- Torque = 6.446 Nm
 Wheel:- External diameter = 400 mm
 Handle :- The length = 1.2-1.4m.
 Crop divider :- length = 30cm,
- width = 20cm,
- height = 10cm.
 Crop guider
 Belt, Gear, Chain an sprocket
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Engine selection
 Type :- Two-stroke, single cylinder
 Power =2 KW; 2.7 HP
 Speed = 7,500 rpm
 Max. torque 2.5 Nm
 Starting system = pull(rope)
 Fuel used = Diesel fuel
 Fuel consumption = 367 g/kwh
 Engine
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Coupling

Bevel gear

WORKING Belt & shafts

PRINCIPLE Rotary to
Reciprocating
motion

Cutters

Crop divider &

guider
 RESULT
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 Video will be inserted here

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CONCLUSION &
RECOMMENDATION
 Conclusion
 Can be manufactured in any machine shop.
 Cheap and affordable by most farmers.
 Easy to operate and maintain.
 Efficient

 Recommendation
 Can be modified to include binding mechanism.
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Thank You