DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI CROP CUTTER MACHINE POWERED BY ELECTRIC MOTOR

The small scale farmers who have land area of less than 2 acres this machine will be beneficial for them.  This machine is compact and can cut multi crops at a time. It has cutting blades which cut the crop in a scissoring type of motion. It runs on electric motor of 1.5 HP, this power from engine, is provided through pulley and gear box arrangement to the cutter. A collecting mechanism is provided for the collection of crops to one side of it after cutting. The pulley arrangement is to provide power to this mechanism. It is easily maintainable as this compact harvester is manufactured using locally available spare parts. This harvester might be the solution to the problems faced by a small scale farmer regarding labour implementation and cost. After testing this machine in farm it is found that the cost of harvesting using this harvester is considerably much less as compare to manual harvesting. 
Key word: productivity, Crop cutting, harvester, reaper, scissoring action, Fabrication etc.