Vol. 9 (3) : May-June 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (3) : 527-533 ; May-June, 2018
Design and development of groundnut pod collecting machine
SAUMYA SHUKLA1*, PRIYANKA KHOLE2, R.G. JAKASANIA3 and R.A. GUPTA4
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh - 362 001 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,2,3Ph.D. Scholar *(saumyashuklalk@gmail.com), 4Professor & Head (Retd.)
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-7211
Total Pages : 6
Received : 04 April 2018
Revised accepted : 21 April 2018
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Citation :
SAUMYA SHUKLA, PRIYANKA KHOLE, R.G. JAKASANIA and R.A. GUPTA. 2018. Design and development of groundnut pod collecting machine. Green Farming Vol. 9 (3) : 527-533 ; May-June, 2018
ABSTRACT
Groundnut pod collection being labour intensive hence engineering interventions is necessary for collection of left-over pods mechanically. In this study, a tractor operated groundnut pod collecting machine was designed and developed. The main components such as main frame, digging blade, soil throwing roller, soil extension plate, sieve shaking unit, depth control wheel, transportation wheel and power transmission assembly were developed. The average field efficiency, fuel consumption, pod collection efficiency and cost of operation was 81.81%, 3.81 lit./h, 93.75% and 3782.22 ` per ha, respectively. By adapting this machine, problems of the labour crises can be reduced, when compared to manual pod picking 88.42 % saving in time and 45.97 % saving in cost can be achieved.
Key words :
Groundnut pod collector, Pod collection efficiency, Tractor operated.
