DIM-IX SCRIPT

DIM-IX: Diminution and Mixing Machine used for the Additives in Fertilizing Soil.

Banana peels, Corn stalks, hay, and many more loses its purpose when not use properly in
fertilizing sections. To further nurture a soil, it is better if the additives that are added in it would
be downsize to a minimum and mixed well. Hay is unvalued, considered only as feeds for farm
animals if not, it is either thrown away or sometimes burned. According to the local farmers, hay
or dayami can also be used in fertilizing soil if the size is reducted to a certain size and mixed to
the soil properly. which is why the researchers thought of creating a machine that can attain the
needed specification in fertilizing soil. Banana peel and cornstalk is also used in this study for
the testing procedure for it contains NPK(nitrogen phosphorus potassium) which can be used as
fertilizer for the soil

The machine age may no longer be the era of today but machines are still visible in most places
that they are already a part of our life. It may not be 20th century but people are still clinging to
technology to lessen their work.

To lessen the work, that is what we want to attain. Our machines purpose is to reduce the size of
the additive which are the Banana peels, Corn stalks, and hay, for example or in our case but
there are still more that can be used.

DIM-IX Is composed of three major parts, the shredding chamber, the grinding chamber, and the
mixing basin. The motor used in the machine is a1/8 horsepower motor with two rotating sides
or a stripped bench grinder to be exact.

First the shredding chamber. It is crucial and will also act as the pre grinding process for it will
make the additives smaller if not softer for the next part. It is composed with sets of identical saw
blade ranging from 0.98-1.96inch in diameter. There were 2 sets made which both consist of two
rods with blades attached in it. The difference between the two is the arrangement of the blade by
size, the best one is the set with the rods tips face different direction and the blades are arrange in
decreasing order. The other one’s only difference was the arrangement which is in alternating
order.

The second major part is the grinding chamber. It finishes what the shredding chamber does
by cutting the additives into much more smaller pieces. The most important piece in this is sharp
bladed propeller. It is covered with a round metal sheet forming a cylinder like shape for the
additives to not spread all over. Two propellers were also made to be investigated, one is a 3-
blade propeller and the other one is a 4-blade propeller

The last chamber is the mixer. Its only task is to mix the broken additives in the soil. An old hand
drill was recycled in this part. The turning handle was removed and two flat bars were welded
horizontally on the drive wheel while a pulley was attached on the same place wher the drill bit
should be.

Our elders always said that the technology is in our hands and is up to us how will we utilize it.