Design and Development of Universal Seeding, Weeding and Spraying Equipment
Keywords:
Weeding, Petrol Engine, Cam SystemAbstract
This work is based on weed control which is the most important problem faced by the farmers in developing countries. Considerable efforts have been invested in developing alternatives to traditional smallholder weeding technologies and replace the conventional methods of weeding in order to reduce work load, labor and human effort, save time, improve yield of crop, enhance proper weed control and finally reduce the cost involved in farming. Designed Prototype of Farm equipment which would be an easiest way to perform weeding, spraying chemical and seeding, altogether consisting of three functions in one design and making the design a universal fit has been Analyzed, Fabricated, Tested and Evaluated based on the considered design criteria's. The weeder is driven by petrol engine to move in forward direction and the blade is attached at rear end is placed at the roots of weeds, once the engine get started then the blade start cutting the weeds and using cam system the seeding operation can be done, chemical spraying can be done .It is faster than the traditional method of removing weed, seeding and spraying.
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