Design, Development and fabrication of Multi Crop Cutter Powered by Electric Motor

Abstract This machine targets the small scale farmers who have land area of less than 2 acres. This machine is compact and can cut up to two rows of wheat crops. It has cutting blades which cut the crop in a scissoring type of motion. It runs on Electric motor of 1HP, this power from motor, is provided through pulley and gear box arrangement to the cutter. A collecting mechanism is provided for the collection of crops to one side after cutting. This mechanism is powered by pulley arrangement.This compact harvester is manufactured using locally available spare parts and thus, it is easily maintainable. This harvester might be the solution to the problems faced by a small scale farmer regarding cost and labour implementation. After testing this machine in farm it is found that the cost of harvesting using this harvester is considerably less as compare to manual harvesting.