Design and Estimation of Critical Components of Multipurpose Agricultural Equipment using CAD Software

Rohit Kumar; Sanjeev Gupta; Suhail  Nazir Wani

Design and Estimation of Critical Components of Multipurpose Agricultural Equipment using CAD Software

Authors

Rohit Kumar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
Sanjeev Gupta Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
Suhail Nazir Wani GCET Jammu

Keywords:

Agriculture, Plough, fertiliser sprinkling, seed sowing

Abstract

In present era, it is impossible to think of any economy of any country without taking agriculture into account. Agriculture comprises of farming practices like cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising livestock. Out of it, cultivation is the main task and encompasses ploughing, seed sowing and fertiliser spraying. Till date these tasks are performed using different equipments which is matter of concern. Farmers have to work on all these steps which involve the use of labour and time. This research is focussed on combining individual tools on a single versatile machine at optimum cost. The multipurpose equipment is designed and stress analysis is performed on the critical components of the equipment using SolidWorks software before manufacturing it. This invention will also reduce the number of workers involved in agricultural practices like seed sowing, ploughing and sprinkling fertiliser. Along with this proposed model male as well as females both can carry out ploughing, seed sowing and fertiliser sprinkling with ease. From simulation results, it was concluded that critical parts will not fail under the given stresses without any significant deformations under the variable loading.

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Design and Estimation of Critical Components of Multipurpose Agricultural Equipment using CAD Software