DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MINI

TILLER MACHINE

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

A.PRABHAKARAN 611015114083
S.RAGHUL DRAVID 611015114091
P.RAGUL 611015114092
M.GOWTHAM 611015114311

in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

JAYAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,

DHARMAPURI

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

APRIL 2018

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 ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report“ DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MINI

TILLER MACHINE” is the bonafide work of

A.PRABHAKARAN 611015114083
S.RAGHUL DRAVID 611015114091
P.RAGUL 611015114092
M.GOWTHAM 611015114311
who carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

Dr.C.SUGUMARAN, M.E., (Ph.D)., Mr.A.MADESH,M.E.,MBA.,

Head of the Department Supervisor

Professor Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jayam College of Engineering And Jayam College of Engineering And

Technology, Nallanur-636 813. Technology, Nallanur-636813.

Submitted for university project examination held on ……………………

Internal Examiner External Examiner

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
At the very, we wish to express our sincere thanks to all those who were involved
in the completion of this project.

Our most sincere salutations go to anna university, Chennai that gave us an

opportunity to have sound base of mechanical engineering.

We acknowledge with deep sense of gratitude to Shri. M.RAMESH, chairman

Jayam College Of Engineering And Technology for providing us to this project.

We express my sincere thanks to shrimathi. R.PARVATHI RAMESH,

managing trustee, Jayam College Of Engineering And Technology for valuable
support.

We thanks to Dr.M.R.SUBBARAYAN, M.E., Ph.D., the principal, Jayam

College Of Engineering And Technology for his timely advice and encouragement.

We offer my sincere thanks to Dr. C. SUGUMARAN, ME.,Ph.D., head of the

Department Of Mechanical Engineering, for giving this opportunity and his full
encouragement.

We consider it as a great privilege to place a record of our deep sense of gratitude

to internal Guide Mr.A.MADESH,M.E.,MBA., professor of Department Of
Mechanical Engineering.

We consider it as a great privilege to place a record of our deep sense of gratitude

to internal coordinator Mr.M.EZHILARASAN,M.E., professor of Department Of
Mechanical Engineering.

We also express my thanks to our faculty members, our friends and our family
for their timely suggestion.

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 ABSTRACT

The soil tiller and weeder is one of the many farm mechanization in promoting soil

tiller and welders especially considering the fact that the majority of farmers are

having small land. It reduces human effort. The implements are mostly self guided.

Working of the project is based on engine and chain sprocket mechanism which

moves the cutter or tiller. It is a great saver of time and expenses on field operations.

Thus it will have very effective uses on the farm field either for tiling as well as for

weeding. Development of high capacity energy efficient versatile machines and

combination machinery for increased labor productivity, reduced unit cost of

operation, improved timeliness of operation and suitable for custom hiring.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER NO TITTLE PAGE NO

ABSTRACT iv

LIST OF FIGURES viii

LIST OF NOTATIONS ix

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Present Study 2

1.2 Justification 3

2 LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1. Weeding 4
2.1.1 Weeds 4
2.2. Different Types of Weeds in Paddy 5
2.3. Timeliness in weeding 5
2.4. Loses due to weeds 5
2.5. Methods of weed control 6

2.5.1 Chemical control of weed 6

2.5.2 Cultural methods of weed control 6

2.5.3 Mechanical weed control 6

2.6 Types of weeders 7

2.7 Manual weeders 8

2.8 Power weeders 8

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CHAPTER NO TITTLE PAGE NO

3 EXPERIMENTAL METHOD 10

3.1 Details of experimental field 10

3.1.1 Experimental Site 10

3.1.2 Climate 10

3.2 Description of Power weeder 11

3.2.1 Existing components before

Modification 11

3.2.1.1 Power unit 11

3.2.1.2 Transmission 12

3.2.1.3 Rotary blades 12

3.2.1.4 Handle 13

3.2.1.5 Mud flap 13

3.2.1.6 Throttle lever 13

3.2.2 Details of Modified machine 14

components

3.2.2.1 Wheel 14

3.2.2.2 Rotary blades 15

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4 WORKING PRINCIPLE 19

5 RESULT 21
5.1 Field test of modified power weeder 21

5.2 Operational parameter 22

5.2.1 Moisture content 22

5.2.2 Effective working depth 22

5.3 Fuel consumption 23

6 CONCLUSION 24
REFERENCES 26

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIG NO TITTLE PAGE NO

3.1 Mechanism of operation of rotary weeder blade 14

3.2 Specification of blade 15

3.3 Soil- tool interaction of L shaped blad. 16

3.4 Diagram of the developed machine 17

3.5 Chain Drive 18

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS

SYMBOLS DISCRIPTION
@ At the Rate
et al. Et Alibi (And Co-Worker/ And Others)
˚C Degree Celsius
° Degree
≈ Approximately Equal To
cm Centimetre
ha/cm Hectare Per Centimetre
ha/h Hectare Per Hour
hp Horse Power
h/year Hour Per Year
i.e. That Is
g Gram
h Hour
kg Kilogram
km/h Kilometre Per Hour
mm Millimetre
m Meter
m2 Square Meter
m3 Cubic Meter
q/ha Quintal Per Hectare
RS Rupees
`/qt Rupees Per Quintal
`/ha Rupees Per Hectare
Viz. Namely

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