This document summarizes several innovations from rural India that address agricultural and daily life challenges. It describes innovations such as a reaper windrower machine that reduces labor needs for soybean harvesting, a hand operated water pump affordable for small farmers, a bullock operated sprayer that reduces time and drudgery of manual spraying, and a pepper thresher that efficiently processes pepper crops. It also mentions innovations like a lemon cutter for bulk cutting of limes, a bicycle weeder for small farms, and a milking machine affordable for individual farmers.
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Er. Uttam Raj Timilsina(MSc.Engineering,IIT Roorkee)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering,Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
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To improve the quality of agriculture, we have developed a mechanism for cutting of different crops, so that harvesting can be done easily in minimum period of time.
To overcome all issues a new manually handled and engine operated cutter is fabricated for cutting of multiple types of crop like paddy, wheat, oil seeds, and pulses etc. named as “Multiple Crop Cutting Machine”. There is two types of blades are used according to need of crops. First is rotary blades, those crops needs high torque i.e. paddy, wheat this blades used. And another is reciprocating which is used for pulses and oil seeds.
DESIGN & FABRICATION OF MANUALLY OPERATED AGRI WEED REMOVER SDChannel
The above PPT is explained about the weed remover process.
this is a perfect mechanical oriented weed remover when compare the cost with others.
Every year in India, an average of 1980 Cr of rupees is wasted due to weeds. Our country faces the total loss of 33% of its economy from Weeds. The Losses are due to some of the following reasons, total loss of 26% from Crop Diseases, total loss of 20% from Insects and Worms, total loss of 6% from Rats.
Weeding control is done by mechanical weeding, thermal weeding: flaming, biological control, chemical control, and by the farming pattern. It has always been a problem to successfully and completely remove weeds and other innocuous plants. In this project, mechanical weeder is designed and erected to remove the weed completely
#SCOPE OF THE PROJECT#
Engine is to be set for effective weeding operation.
Profile of the weed remover blades should be Optimized. wheel with buttons should be used for easy movement of the machine over the mud.
The weight of the weeder can be reduced by using lightweight materials and by reducing the size of wheel.
Since the weeder was designed for low cost, the weeder was made manual but it can be made automatic by placing a motor.
By using some advanced attaching mechanisms, the time required for assembling can be reduced for additional attachments.4. Fixing the extra attachment of leveler.
Presentation at the Workshop on Crop Production Equipment for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Authors: P.D. Kahandage and G.A.S. Ginigaddara: Rajarata, University of Sri Lanka
Title: Design, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Manually Operated Multi-row Weeder for SRI Rice in Sri Lanka
Date: November 1, 2014
Venue: ACISAI, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, weeders
The process involved in sugarcane harvesting is base cutting of sugarcane, detopping, detrashing, bundle making and transporting the harvested cane to sugar mills.
Manual sugarcane harvesting is a very labor-intensive and laborious activity.
About 850-1000 man working hours per hectare is required for harvesting of sugarcane manually. Detopping and detrashing of crop itself takes about two-third of manpower required for harvesting. Delayed harvesting affects the quality of sugarcane, yield, juice quality and sugar recovery.
Mechanical harvesting also makes green cane harvesting possible, which reduces Green House Gas emissions. Sugarcane harvester should be capable to perform the following sequence of functions:
1- Gather and feed the cane toward the functional mechanisms
2- Cut the base of cane stalk.
3- Cut the green top of the cane stalk.
4- Feed cane stalks inside the machine.
5- Chop cane stalks into billets.
6- Blow out green tops and dry leaves.
7- Elevate chopped cane up to be loaded on a vehicle.
Er. Uttam Raj Timilsina(MSc.Engineering,IIT Roorkee)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering,Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
uttamrajtimilsina@gmail.com
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DESIGN ANALYSIS AND FABRICATION OF MANUAL RICE TRANSPLANTING MACHINE | J4RV4I...Journal For Research
Need of rice transplanting machine is growing nowadays because of unique feature seeding in well sequence and well manners. This will save too much efforts of human being. Class of people who uses this kind of machine is farmers and they are having poor economic background. To feed growing population is a huge challenge. Importation of rice will lead to drain out the economy of the country. Mechanization of paddy sector will lead to higher productivity with releasing of work force to other sectors. The objective of this project is to design a paddy transplanting mechanism to transplant paddy seedling by small scale farmers in the country. Hence, this is considered as an activity that needed mechanization. For mechanization the modeling and simulation evaluated for hand operated rice seeding machine, which is help the farmers to planting more and more amount of rice in good quality with low energy consumption and less harm to the environment. India is predominately an agricultural country with rice as one of its main food crop. It Produce about 80 million tons rice annually which is about 22% of the world rice production. Culturally transplanting of young seeding is preferred over direct seeding for better yield and better crop management practice. But this operation requires large amount of manpower (about 400 Man-Hour/ha) and task is very laborious involving working in stopping posture and moving in muddy field.
This is the DCM Shriram Consolidated's (DSCL) Newsletter which provides information on the latest happening and development in the group.
Regards,
Corporate HR
Er. Uttam Raj Timilsina(MSc.Engineering,IIT Roorkee)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering,Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
uttamrajtimilsina@gmail.com
*All Right Reserved**
Uploaded and Shared by AgriYouthNepal
To improve the quality of agriculture, we have developed a mechanism for cutting of different crops, so that harvesting can be done easily in minimum period of time.
To overcome all issues a new manually handled and engine operated cutter is fabricated for cutting of multiple types of crop like paddy, wheat, oil seeds, and pulses etc. named as “Multiple Crop Cutting Machine”. There is two types of blades are used according to need of crops. First is rotary blades, those crops needs high torque i.e. paddy, wheat this blades used. And another is reciprocating which is used for pulses and oil seeds.
DESIGN & FABRICATION OF MANUALLY OPERATED AGRI WEED REMOVER SDChannel
The above PPT is explained about the weed remover process.
this is a perfect mechanical oriented weed remover when compare the cost with others.
Every year in India, an average of 1980 Cr of rupees is wasted due to weeds. Our country faces the total loss of 33% of its economy from Weeds. The Losses are due to some of the following reasons, total loss of 26% from Crop Diseases, total loss of 20% from Insects and Worms, total loss of 6% from Rats.
Weeding control is done by mechanical weeding, thermal weeding: flaming, biological control, chemical control, and by the farming pattern. It has always been a problem to successfully and completely remove weeds and other innocuous plants. In this project, mechanical weeder is designed and erected to remove the weed completely
#SCOPE OF THE PROJECT#
Engine is to be set for effective weeding operation.
Profile of the weed remover blades should be Optimized. wheel with buttons should be used for easy movement of the machine over the mud.
The weight of the weeder can be reduced by using lightweight materials and by reducing the size of wheel.
Since the weeder was designed for low cost, the weeder was made manual but it can be made automatic by placing a motor.
By using some advanced attaching mechanisms, the time required for assembling can be reduced for additional attachments.4. Fixing the extra attachment of leveler.
Presentation at the Workshop on Crop Production Equipment for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Authors: P.D. Kahandage and G.A.S. Ginigaddara: Rajarata, University of Sri Lanka
Title: Design, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Manually Operated Multi-row Weeder for SRI Rice in Sri Lanka
Date: November 1, 2014
Venue: ACISAI, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, weeders
The process involved in sugarcane harvesting is base cutting of sugarcane, detopping, detrashing, bundle making and transporting the harvested cane to sugar mills.
Manual sugarcane harvesting is a very labor-intensive and laborious activity.
About 850-1000 man working hours per hectare is required for harvesting of sugarcane manually. Detopping and detrashing of crop itself takes about two-third of manpower required for harvesting. Delayed harvesting affects the quality of sugarcane, yield, juice quality and sugar recovery.
Mechanical harvesting also makes green cane harvesting possible, which reduces Green House Gas emissions. Sugarcane harvester should be capable to perform the following sequence of functions:
1- Gather and feed the cane toward the functional mechanisms
2- Cut the base of cane stalk.
3- Cut the green top of the cane stalk.
4- Feed cane stalks inside the machine.
5- Chop cane stalks into billets.
6- Blow out green tops and dry leaves.
7- Elevate chopped cane up to be loaded on a vehicle.
Er. Uttam Raj Timilsina(MSc.Engineering,IIT Roorkee)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering,Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
uttamrajtimilsina@gmail.com
*All Right Reserved**
Uploaded and Shared by AgriYouthNepal
DESIGN ANALYSIS AND FABRICATION OF MANUAL RICE TRANSPLANTING MACHINE | J4RV4I...Journal For Research
Need of rice transplanting machine is growing nowadays because of unique feature seeding in well sequence and well manners. This will save too much efforts of human being. Class of people who uses this kind of machine is farmers and they are having poor economic background. To feed growing population is a huge challenge. Importation of rice will lead to drain out the economy of the country. Mechanization of paddy sector will lead to higher productivity with releasing of work force to other sectors. The objective of this project is to design a paddy transplanting mechanism to transplant paddy seedling by small scale farmers in the country. Hence, this is considered as an activity that needed mechanization. For mechanization the modeling and simulation evaluated for hand operated rice seeding machine, which is help the farmers to planting more and more amount of rice in good quality with low energy consumption and less harm to the environment. India is predominately an agricultural country with rice as one of its main food crop. It Produce about 80 million tons rice annually which is about 22% of the world rice production. Culturally transplanting of young seeding is preferred over direct seeding for better yield and better crop management practice. But this operation requires large amount of manpower (about 400 Man-Hour/ha) and task is very laborious involving working in stopping posture and moving in muddy field.
This is the DCM Shriram Consolidated's (DSCL) Newsletter which provides information on the latest happening and development in the group.
Regards,
Corporate HR
This project work deals with the design of coconut leaf midrib removal machine. Our machine can easily remove the midrib from the coconut leaf. This method will help the farmers reduce their work and ease the risks.
The information of useful small farm Agricultural Machinery is given in this presentation such as battery-assisted Four wheel weeder, Cono weeder, Wheel hoe, dibbler, vegetable transplanter, Direct paddy seeder, Manual Groundnut Decorticator, Tubular Maize Sheller, 7HP mini tiller and Brush Cutter.
“Design and Fabrication of Pedal Operated Groundnut Decorticator Machine”IJMERJOURNAL
ABSTRACT : In India, groundnut is grown on a small scale by farmer. The major problem in groundnut production in our country like India is the lack of groundnut processing machines available to farmers. The main aim of this project is to design and fabricates a low cost groundnut decorticator machine which will help small farmer to decorticate finished groundnut instead of unfinisheds groundnut. This groundnut decorticator machine works on quick return mechanism main working of this project. In which we made a pendulum with rubber pad is fitted on a shaft. The rubber pad is used for free crushing of groundnut and to reduce the damage of groundnut. If we go on continuous work we got greater output in very short time. The study reveal that pedal operated groundnut decorticator gave an output of 49 kg/hour which was more than hand operated decorticator. This machine requires less effort to decorticate groundnut with higher output. The performance of machine was evaluated in terms of throughput capacity, decorticating efficiency and damage percentage. By keeping this point in our mind we think that we should make such machine whose production capacity is more and machine get pedal operated. The small scale farmers and can start their business by investing less capital.
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4. N Sakthimainthan (Hand operated water lifting pump) Tamil Nadu Sakthimainthan built his hand operated water pump in response to a dearth of available pumps that could be afforded by small farmers . He built five prototypes over a period of fifteen years before finally perfecting his design. The resulting water-lifting device is operated by the continuously rotating a handle. It is simple in design and has a high discharge at low cost compared to the motorized pumps and conventional hand pumps. The pump has discharge of 20,000 lph at 0.75 m head. The unit has also been tested by TNAU, Coimbatore and improved by CMERI Durgapur. It is useful device for drainage as well.
5. Radhey Shyam Sharma (Bullock operated sprayer) Madhya Pradesh Bhanjibhai Mathukia Gujarat The bullock operated sprayer is pulled by a pair of bullocks and gets the drive from the ground through a gear box and belt pulley system. When the operator shifts the lever to a higher gear, the frequency of strokes of the pump increases as a result of which more pressure develops in the container. The spray fluid, thus, atomizes into fine droplets with a wider swath. This sprayer considerably reduces time requirement as compared to manual spraying and also the drudgery and health hazards involved in manual spraying. It has 18 nozzles, spaced at a distance of 35 cm and can cover 3.5 acre/h
6. M. Nagarajan (Lemon cutter) Tamil Nadu A small workshop owner from Uslampathy village in Tamilnadu, M Nagarajan has developed an innovative technology for cutting lime into small pieces in bulk quantity. This technology offers a great value proposition for the pickle manufacturing companies. The pickle industry suffers with a big problem of inefficiency in its operations due to low degree of automisation e.g. cutting of fruits is done manua lly It is a novel machine in terms of its cost effectiveness, efficiency, drudgery reduction for women, safety considerations and transmission system
7. P K Ravi ( Pepper thresher ) Kerala As compared to other conventional threshers, Ravi's thresher can be operated both automatically and manually with higher output and minimal damage. The Spices Board (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India) has recognised his innovation and included it in the Board's subsidy scheme. About 100 kg pepper can be threshed in a one HP machine in ten minutes (60 kg in a HP version). It consumes 3/4 electric units per hour, has threshing efficiency 90 per cent and the damage is about 2-3%.
8. Gopal Bhise (Bicycle Weeder ) Maharashtra Bhise has fixed a rod with a blade at the end, to an assembly consisting of only the front wheel and the handle of a bicycle. He has named the assembly as ' Krishiraja ' , and claims it to be extremely efficient in removing weeds from hard land . It is very useful device for ploughing/inter culture operation in very small farm plots, gardens and kitchen gardens. One can cover 0.08 hectare in one hour.
9. Gurmeel Singh Dhonshi (compost Aerator & leaf pruner) Rajasthan Decomposed bio-waste has better fertility values. Decomposition can be fastened if the biomass is aerated, humidified and properly mixed. Dhonshi's machine is a tractor PTO driven machine, which can thoroughly mix the bio-wastes and add moisture as well thereby reducing the time of decomposition. The machine can cover a row of wastes disbursed by 100 trailers of size 11 ft x 6.5 ft x 2.5 ft (i.e total 400 ton) in one hour. Tractor consumes 3.5-4.0 liter diesel per hour. The compost has better fertility value as compared to FYM and vermin compost. Total time for converting the biomass into manure while processed by this machine is 25-40 days, which is otherwise 3-4 months by the conventional methods.
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13. CA Vincent (Floating soap) Kerala Jina Khumujam (Herbal Soap) Manipur This is a soap made using milk, honey, oil, caustic soda, and soap-nut. Local herbs/plants having high medicinal value and health benefits are also been added Vincent observed many people taking bath in rivers and ponds loosing their soaps, which often sink in the water. He conducted experiments in his soap manufacturing unit for about 14 years to develop this unique process of manufacturing soap that floats in water. The soap has a density of 0.878, TFM (Total Fatty Matter) as 73 per cent, foaming stability as 0.1 cm and foaming power as 0.2 cm .
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15. Biren Singh (Improved Mechanized Loom) Manipur P L Bhanumurti (Automatic saree border weft insertion) Tamil Nadu Traditional Korvai or 'contrast' weaving involves intricate work where the design and the colour of the borders are often different from those of the main body of the sari . Three shuttles are needed: the weaver operates two, and an assistant operates the third. Bhanumurti's automated system is derived from the "Catch Cord Technique drawing device for looms" so that no assistant is needed and the productivity is increased Ngangom Nabakumar Singh (Double Shuttle Loom) Manipur The innovative 'Double Shuttle Loom' works on the same principle as that of any other standard manual shuttle looms however, this new machine is broader in width and has provision for two sets of warp rolls. This innovative mechanized shuttle looms simulates the working principles of traditional Manipuri shuttle loom, except that the new machine runs fully automatic with the help of a half-horse power motor. The output of the machine is 25-50 times more than the traditional shuttle loom, and almost any other power loom. The innovative machine can weave 3-4 fabric per hour whereas the traditional could hardly make 1-2 fabric in a day. Except for the change of bobbin, the machine doesn't require any manpower
16. Mangi Singh (Kouna mat making machine) Manipur Kouna is synonymous with the exotic craft tradition of Manipur. This manual machine, which can even be operated by a low skilled worker or a physically challenged person, can weave two mats per day. The quality of the mats produced is better than those produced by traditional methods. The productivity increases three to four times. A skilled traditional mat weaver can make only one mat in four days, including frill tying. The present machine can weave one mat per day, including frill tying . Deepak Bharali (Extra- Weft Insertion for Handloom Design) Assam Conventionally, the task of the insertion of weft threads needed to make a variety of designs is done manually by tying knots, which is cumbersome and time consuming. The thread is also wasted in connecting one motif to another. Deepak's innovative device makes designs in one third of the time required by the traditional way of making designs. The device consists of three components; base frame, magnet bearing shaft and a specially designed bobbin. These components can be fitted to any handloom Jacquard machine. The attachment facilitates the Jacquard loom to perform automatic selection and lifting of warp threads for design making .
17. CV Raju (Vegetable dyes for wooden toys) Andhra Pradesh The toys of Etikoppaka imparted with vegetable dyes come in various shapes and forms ranging from toys to candle stands to vermilion boxes and bangles
18. Using the walnut washer of Tawseef, the time required to wash, which otherwise is done manually using hands, has been reduced by over 60 per cent. The machine can process approx 80 kg of walnuts/h. The present version has cracking efficiency about 85 per cent, the peeler has capacity of 70 kg of green walnuts/ h. The washer has capacity of washing 90 kg walnuts/h . Mushtaq Ahmad Dar and Tauseef Ahmad (Walnut Cracker, Peeler & Washer) Jammu & Kashmir Manual cracking of walnuts involves a lot of time and drudgery. Mushtaq has come up with a walnut cracking machine which can process dry walnuts of various sizes, shapes and thickness to crack them open without damaging the fruit inside Peeling walnuts is a very labour intensive task involving a lot of drudgery. The sap of walnut skin burns hands and stains clothes as well .
19. Sakrabhai Prajapati (Exercising chair- Maruti Jhoola) Gujarat Modern life with its fast pace and sedentary lifestyle has created the need for solutions incorporating relaxation and invigoration . Maruti Jhoola is a unique health chair with multiple capabilities, functions and settings for various postures and seating dynamics. It is ergonomically designed and serves the purpose of seating as well as exercising for a person weighing up to 120 kg. It can double up as a hammock or a jhoola. The health chair is useful for people suffering from arthritis and joint ailments .
20. Conventionally, stencils are prepared by punching on paper using needles, which is a very cumbersome and tedious task. Nazim has developed small innovative punching device to apply design on butter paper to facilitate designing on the cloth
21. Brahmam, Ajmeri (gas-operated iron) Brahmam and Ajmeri have developed the gas-operated iron, which is simple in design and have low operating cost. This eliminates the problems associated with irregular supply of electricity and availability of coal.
22. This device makes use of the smell from the septic tank to attract the mosquitoes, which get trapped in the device. Heat builds up inside the device as a result of direct sunlight exposure. The trapped mosquitoes, thus, get killed due to the accumulated heat.
23. Ashok Thakur (Portable smokeless stove) Bihar This stove uses paddy husk, which is cheaply available, as fuel and gives a smokeless flame. The stove and the fuel, both being cost effective, are easily affordable for common man. It weighs 4 kg. It needs about one kg husk per hour . V Jayprakash (Efficient wood stove) Kerala Jayprakash has incorporated a secondary burning chamber in the stove to allow maximum combustion of the hydrocarbons, released as a result of the burning of biomass. He has also developed many variants of the same. The stove has higher combustion efficiency in the range of 37.67% when wood is fueled and 29.48% when coconut shell is used as fuel.
24. C Senthil Kumar (Efficient wood stove) Tamil Nadu The walls of this stove have been insulated using brick made from special clay, which reduce heat loss and hence increase efficiency . Different variants of the same for household and commercial use have been developed by Senthil Kumar. The innovator has sold over 15000 units of different versions of these stoves .
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26. Abhishek Bhag at (Automatic Food Making Machine) Bihar This is a tested gadget with boxes in it to hold different ingredients and a display screen from which one can select options to cook different items. Then, the screen displays the required quantity of each ingredient. Once the items are fed into the machine, it cooks the dishes.
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