DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MODIFIED CROP
HARVESTER
A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by
ARASU.M 713313114007
GOKUL.R 713313114039
SANTHOSH.S 713313114330
SRIHARI ARAVIND.K 713313114335
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, COIMBATORE-641107
ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025
MARCH 2017
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ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that this project report DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF
MODIFIED CROP HARVESTER is the Bonafide work of
ARASU.M 713313114007
GOKUL.R 713313114039
SANTHOSH.S 713313114330
SRIHARI ARAVIND.K 713313114335
Who carried out the project work under my supervision.
SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
Dr.R.SUDHAKARAN Dr.S.NAGARAJA
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
SNS College of Engineering SNS College of Engineering
Coimbatore-641107. Coimbatore-641107.
Submitted for Anna University exam held on
INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We wish to convey our heartfelt thanks to our honorable Chairman
Dr.S.N.Subbramaniam, our beloved correspondent Dr.S.Rajalakshmi and our
technical director S.Nalin Vimal Kumar who has always encouraged us to gives
the best.
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to our beloved director
Dr.V.PArunachalam, and thank him profusely for all the motivation and moral
support.
We heartily thank Dr.R.Sudhakaran, Head of Department of Mechanical
Engineering for providing us all the necessary facilities to complete our project
successfully.
We would also like to thank Dr.S.Nagaraja, Associate Professor and project
guide, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr.M.Sathish kumar,
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering for supervising us
throughout our project.
We express our sincere thanks to other teaching and non-teaching staff members of
Mechanical Engineering Department of SNS College of Engineering for their
valuable support and co-operation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NUMBER
NUMBER
ABSTRACT vii
LIST OF TABLES viii
LIST OF FIGURES ix
NOMENCLATURE x
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 1
3 COMPOSITE MATERIALS 2
3.1 TYPES OF COMPOSITE MATRIX 3
MATERIALS
3.1.1 CERAMIC MATRIX 4
3.1.2 METAL MATRIX 4
3.1.3 POLYMER MATRIX 4
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3.2 Composite matrix material application 5
3.3 Metal matrix composite 5
3.3.1 Composition
3.3.2 Matrix
3.3.3 Reinforcement
4 FABRICATION PROCESS 11
4.1 Hand layup process 11
5 MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
5.1 Banana fiber
Epoxy resin
5.2
5.3 Materials and methods
5.4 Fabrication of composites
6 HARDNESS TEST
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6.1
What is hardness?
6.1.1 Measure of hardness
6.2 Hardness test methods
6.3 the Brinell hardness test
6.4 The Vickers hardness test
6.4.1 Standards 23
6.4.2 Vickers test method 23
6.4.3 Applications 24
6.4.4 Strengths 24
6.4.5 Weakness 24
6.5 The scleroscope hardness test 25
6.6 Mohs hardness scale 26
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6.7 Micro hardness test 26
6.8 Rockwell hardness test 27
6.9 Shore hardness 29
6.9.1 The durometer 30
6.9.2 To elaborate the universal scale 30
6.9.3 Features 31
7 TENSILE TEST 32
7.1 Introduction 32
7.2 Elastic region 33
7.3 Plastic region 33
7.4 Tensile strength 34
7.5 Yield strength 35
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7.6 Ductility 35
8 BENDING TEST 36
9 CONCLUSION 38
10 RESULTS 39
11 REFERENCES 40
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ABSTRACT
Crop cutting machine is mechanical device. It can be use for cutting the dry
cut stalks of grain break or covering of trunk of tree.
It requires less human effort and it is very reasonable for middle class
farmer.
It is not complicated structure and it is easily operated by unskilled person.
When the machine approaches the crop slanting setup bends the crop while a
blade cuts the crop by trunk.
There are two blades which are mounted on the bed. One blade is fixed and
another one is movable.
The blades are worked on the principle of quick return mechanism.(ie) the
circular motion is converted into the reciprocating motion.
Mechanism is driven by 50 cc air cooled TVS engine.
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NUMBER TITLE PAGE
NUMBER
2.1 Comparison 3
8.1 Cost estimation 22
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE TITLE PAGE
NUMBER NUMBER
5.1 Chain sprocket 8
5.2 Engine 12
6.1.1 Engine power transmission to mechanism 14
6.1.2 Quick return mechanism mounting 14
6.1.3 Blade mounting setup 15
6.2.1 Designed setup of the project 16
6.2.2 Fabricated setup of the project 17S
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NOMENCLATURE
SYMBOL DESCRIPTION UNIT
D Diameter mm
r Radius mm
Z Number of teeth NA
i Transmission ratio NA
Pt Tangential force N
PC Centrifugal tension N
W Weight Kg
m Mass Kg
g Gravity m/s
N Speed rpm
Pitch angle Degree
B Width mm
v Velocity m/s
mt Transverse module mm
R Cone distance mm
p Pitch mm
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