DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF HARVESTER

FOR Bajra and sorghum

Program : Automobile Engineering

Class : B. Tech (semester VII and VIII)
Course with code : Project Phase I (AE-457)
Project Phase II (AE-458)
Students Names : 1) Sachin Vilas Thorat (1451002)
2) Amol Devram Khamkar (1451008)
3) Shubham K. Chaudhari (1451010)
4) Pradip Tanaji Kalunge (1451012)
5) Babasaheb Bharat Mane (1451016)
Name of Supervisor : Prof. Y. S. Patil
 Contents

• Introduction to Problem Statement.

• Objectives.
• Visits
• Information of Crops.
• Manual Vs. Mechanized Harvesting.
• Methodology.
• Description of Proposed system.
• Time Schedule.
• Costing.
 Introduction to Problem Statement.
• Agriculture is • Major amount
backbone of india of Bajra and
• 2nd most food Sorghum is
Productive country. Consumed and
Agricult
Populati it byproducts.
ural
on
Land

Middle
Producti
class of
• Cant afford the on
farmers • Less Production
large as compare to
harvesters field.
• Small field.
 Objectives

• To design the cutting mechanism for crops on the basis of specification of crop
harvesting and cultivation process.
• To design a mechanism and drive system for collecting and cutting the airheads.
• To select proper type of power source for the drive mechanisms.
• To design the frame which supports all systems like drive system and cutting
mechanisms.
• To select the proper material for the cutting mechanism and for the drive system.
• To develop the system as per the design by selecting proper materials with respect to cost
constraint.
• To design and develope small scale harvesting machine which will be beneficial to the
middle class farmer and easy to use in less cost.
 Visit Conducted

• Two visits have been conducted during project selection.

• One is conducted at SINHGAD collage of Engineering, korti Pandhanpur.
• Second one is conducted at Pad. D. Y. Patil collage of Agricultural engg. And
technology, Talsande Kolhapur.
• The main objective behind the visits is to collect the information regarding new
technology such as solar car and harvester.
• From the group of 5 members two have visited to D Y patil collage and remaining
visited to Sinhgad collage of engineering.
Visit Conducted
 Bajra and Nearly 80% of India’s The row spacing of
Bajra comes from 23-30 cm.
Sorghum are the Maharashtra, Gujrat,
crops of dry and Height of the sorghum
Uttar Pradesh and is ranging from 4-7
warm climate and Rajasthan. feet.
is grown in area of Maharashtra is the Height of Bajra is
40-50 cm of main Bajra producing nearly about 5-7 feet.
annual rainfall. state in India.
 Manual Vs. Mechanized Harvesting
Manual Harvesting
1) Need labours for cutting of crops using 1)
sickle.
2) Investment is more in Labour.
3) Human energy account Rs. 125 to 156
to produce 1Kwh of energy.
4) Cost of operation in manual harvesting
is more.
5) Time taken to complete process is
more.
6) Injuries is major problem.
Mechanized Harvesting
Use mechanical cutter mechanism.
2) Less investment as the machine is use
once.
3) For mechanized operation it ranges
from 3 to 7 Rs. Per 1Kwh.
4) Cost of operation in harvesting is less.
5) Time taken to complete process is
much less.
6) No injuries can be happen if proper
care is taken.
 Methodology

PHASE 1:- PHASE 2:-

LITERATURE DESIGN AND
SURVEY CALCULATION

PHASE 4:- PHASE 3:-

TESTING OF DEVELOPMENT
HARVESTER OF HARVESTER
 Description of Proposed System
• Construction: -
 Description of Proposed System

• Working: -
• The harvester mechanism consist of two cutter mechanisms the upper cutter
mechanism have chopper and blade cutter to cut earhead.
• The upper cutter is some distance ahead of lower cutter mechanism to collect
earhead first and then sticks of crops.
• To collect the earhead there is conveyer mechanism which will collect the
earhead in the storage pan.
• For providing drive to the cutter mechanism pulley and belt system or gear
system is used.
• At lower section row cutter stabilizer and divider are present which will
collect each row at a time.