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7, Issue 02, 2019 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613

Design & Fabrication of Multipurpose Agricultural Vehicle

1 2 3 4 5
Vinay Shaha Ayyaj Mulla Ganesh Shinde Mayur Kumbhar Shailesh Mokashi
1,2,3,4,5Student
1,2,3,4,5
Department of Mechanical Engineering
1,2,3,4,5
Trinity Academy of Engineering Maharashtra, India
Abstract— India is an agricultural country cultivating more 2) Piston pump by electrical system operated.
no of ground nuts, corns and various horticulture in the 3) General method of insertion of fertilizer
village side of the country. The available automatic
machines are imported from foreign countries. The imported II. PROBLEM STATEMENT
machines are not only bulk in size but also costing around To prepare a model which perform the multi operations like
rupees 1 Lakh. In this project the attempt has been made for ploughing, spraying, fertilizing without using any power
the design and fabrication of Multipurpose Agriculture source like fuel or motor and the cost of machine should be
Vehicle exclusively for small farmers at cost not exceeding less than available machines in market.
Rs.20000/- per unit with less maintenance. The different
components of above multipurpose machine are modelled
III. OBJECTIVE
using CATIA. The modelled components are fabricated and
assembled together to form a complete vehicle. A study has 1) To perform spraying, fertilizer insertion and ploughing
been carried out to develop multipurpose agricultural operations
vehicle for performing major agricultural operations like 2) To control the quantity of fertilizer by fitting control
spraying, fertilizing, ploughing. It will reduce the cost of valve to the pipeline
spraying, pesticides sprinkling and crop cutting the field and 3) To perform ploughing operation along with spraying
will help to increase economic standard of an Indian farmer. and fertilizer insertion operation
The model does not need to use any kind of fuel or motor 4) To reduce the weight of machine as compared to
power as a power source. The design of multipurpose current machines used in farm
agricultural vehicle machine will help Indian farmer in rural
side. Key words: Spraying, Fertilizing, Ploughing IV. LITERATURE REVIEW
Patil Nikhil V et al. [1] have studied some problems such as
I. INTRODUCTION how to minimize the losses, how to increase productivity and
The agriculture plays an important role in the Indian economy how to minimize cost. In India, two types of agricultural
[1]. These areas are spraying pesticides, fertilizer insertion, methods are used, manual method (conventional method) and
plugging and many more. The basic task is to use an ideas mechanize type method. Mechanization involves the use of a
and knowledge to invent some new techniques and hybrid device between the power source and the work. This
equipment’s to improve the agricultural process to reduce hybrid device usually transfers motion, such as rotary to linear,
effort and time required. For this purpose, by doing the or provides ample of mechanical advantages such as increase or
survey of certain villages and by observing the available decrease or leverage of velocity. Agricultural machinery is
techniques of farming in villages, there is need of machinery used in farming or other agriculture. The entire
implementing certain new ideas and technique in the field of history of agriculture contains many examples of the use of
agriculture so that farmers will have comfort and safety in tools, such as the hoe and the plough. The benefit of agro
their work. Indian agriculture is undergoing a gradual shift automation is that it saves the labor cost. However, it also saves
from dependence on human power and animal power to the energy and cost of materials and to improve the quality,
mechanical power because increasing cost for upkeep of accuracy, and nicety. The seed feeding, pesticides sprinkling
animal and growing scarcity of human labor. Further, use of and crop cutting are the important stages in the agriculture
mechanical power has a direct impact on the productivity of field. The design of multipurpose agro equipment machine will
crops apart from reducing the labor and facilitating help Indian farmers in rural side and small farm. It will reduce
timeliness of agricultural operations. There is a strong need the cost of seed feeding, pesticides sprinkling and crop cutting
for taking farm mechanization. Multi-purpose equipment for the field and will help to increase economic standard of an
field experiments needs to include modern technology, be Indian farmer.
affordable and meet tough requirements interchangeability, R Jaffar Sadiq et al. [2] carried out study to develop
accuracy, reliability and maintenance. It must plant zero multipurpose agricultural equipment, for performing major
ploughing, reduced ploughing and cultivated ground with agricultural operations like goods carrying, pesticide
equal application to accommodate the change over from spraying, laddering, inter-cultivating and digging operations
historical cultivation and accuracy without compromising of sandy loam deep soils, to increase the efficiency and
the safety of vehicle. A multipurpose agriculture machine is reduce the production and handling cost. Modification was
an innovative machine designed to render agricultural carried out, and the modification includes fabricating a
production more efficiently and profitable. These devices vehicle which is small, compact in size which can move
can make the work easy but at the same time they are less easily across the fields. This vehicle was named as NCET
expensive. In India, most of the farming work is done kissan all in one. which consists of various agricultural
manually when compared with implements like inter-cultivator ladder, pesticides sprayer,
1) Piston pump by hand operated mechanism. goods carrying container, plough, which can be easily

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assembled and Dis assembled by a single person, the cost of C. Handle

equipment is less by 83%compared to a tractor. And 40% Handle is designed according to ergonomics and aesthetic
compared to a tiller. consideration. Height of handle should be up to waste of
V Maheshwari et al. [3] had done the research on how the man. Handle are design should be easy to operate. Length of
robot system is used to develop the process of cultivating handle= 740mm
agricultural land without the use man power. The aim of the Width of handle= 610mm
paper is to reduce the man power, time and increase the Thickness of handle= 30mm
productivity rate. The entire basic automation robot works
like weeding, harvesting and so on. Here the designing D. Stirrer Mechanism
systems like plough the land, sowing the seed, watering the For proper mixing of pesticide, in a given tank, stirrer is
plant or spraying the fertilizer and navigate the vehicle operated manually. At the bottom of the stirrer, square
motion. The first mechanism contains to navigate the blades are attached for better stirring effect. Height of
assembly of the robot vehicle, whereas second mechanism is stirrer-520mm
preparing the plough the land, seeding and watering it. This The blade of stirrer is in square type having dimension -
project can be very useful for farmers. 6x6mm
Waghmare S. N. et al [4] have analyzed that human and
animal efforts can be replaced by some advance E. Flexible Pipe
mechanization which will be suitable for small scale farmer The flexible pipe will be provided to carry the pesticide
from economical and effort point of view. So, we are through tank to the outlet i.e. the nozzle. The pipes are
developing this equipment which will satisfy all this need selected to accommodate easy flowing of fertilizer grains
and to solve labor problem. In this equipment we used 24cc during feeding operation and flow of pesticides without
engine for digging operation and for spraying used motor leakages and maintaining required pressure.
with 12V battery. Next two operations are manual base F. Wheel
which is cultivation and sowing. This machine performs four
farming operation (digging, sowing, cultivation, spraying) There are four wheels arranging in the project for balancing of
which is used small scale farming. By using above vehicle and to carry the total assembly on vehicle. Wheel of
attachments, one may perform various farming operations in various sizes are already available in market with variable load
less time and economically. After the manufacturing and carrying capacity & cost. In this project, wheel of 457
trail on the “Multipurpose Agricultural Automobile (Farm mm diameter is selected for providing sufficient height to
Machine)” conclusion which we made are as follows: vehicle for proper application.
1) Based on the overall performance of the machine we G. Nozzle
can definitely say that the project will satisfy the need
The nozzles are made from brass and are non-corrosive. The
of small-scale farmer, because they are not able to
nozzles are not designed specially and they are standard flat
purchase costly agricultural equipment.
pan nozzles. In order to spray the pesticide over the crop,
2) The machine required less man power and less time standard nozzle with diameter of 10mm is used.
compared to traditional methods, so if we manufacture
H. Hopper
it on a large scale its cost gets significantly reduce and
The main purpose of this hopper is to store the bio-fertilizer
we hope this will satisfy the partial thrust of Indian
inside the tank. Two outlets are provided to the base of the
agriculture. So, in this way we solve the labor problem
tank through which fertilizers are inserted at the base root of
that is the need of today’s farming in India.
the plant. There will be a one knob provided so that the
required amount of fertilizer is directly inserted to exactly at
V. COMPONENTS WITH SPECIFICATIONS the root of the crop. This is the main reasons why crop
A. Frame growth is better and there will be an increase of yield. For
The main function of frame is to carry whole assembly on it, top – 380x380mm2
so it has to be strong enough to sustain it. It is made up of For bottom – 70x70mm2
mild steel by using welding operation. The frame H. Chain Drive
dimensions are such that bio-fertilizer insertion system,
To achieve speed of the vehicle, chain drive is used because
spraying system and ploughing system are easily installed
use of fuel or motor is avoided. There is a one shaft
and operated. Frame Size - 1220*760mm.
provided in between two main horizontal shafts, on which
B. Storage Tank small pulley and large pulley is mounted to perform
The storage tank is designed in such a way that it carries spraying operation mechanically. Also chain and sprocket
almost 30 liters pesticide which is very high as compared to arrangement is done for ploughing operation.
conventional machines. The storage tank is in cylindrical
shape having diameter of 380 mm. Conventional machines
use storage tanks made up of mild steel. In this project,
material used for storage tank is plastic fiber. Plastic fiber
has less weight as compared to MS & available at low cost.
Tank Diameter - 380mm

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VI. 3D MODEL OF VEHICLE achieve the speed of operation, this vehicle can be used by
using small tractor by providing knuckle joint at the handle.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors acknowledge the support & help provided by
our guide, Ms. S. S. Aphale, Assistant Professor, Trinity
Academy of Engineering, Pune and also grateful for
valuable guidance & encouragement to carry out work.

REFERENCES
[1] Patil Nikhil V1, Shaikh Ajaharuddin G2, Gaikwad
Ratanlalsingh D3, Deorao Ganesh S4, Chaure Ganesh5,
Prof. P. G. Tathe6, “Multipurpose Agricultural Vehicle”,
IJARCCE (2018)
[2] R Jaffer Sadiq, Dr. S. G. Gopala Krishna, Dr. N. G. S.
Udupa, “Design and fabrication of multipurpose
agricultural equipment”, NCET Bangalore (2015)
[3] V. Maheshwari, P. Usha, Dr. V. Nandagopal, “Design
and implementation of seeding Agricultural Robot,
JIRAS (2015)
[4] Prof. S. N. Waghmare, Dr. C. N. Sakhale, Rashmi S.
Chimote, “A Review paper on multipurpose farm
machine (2016)
Fig. 1: D Model of Vehicle

VII. SYSTEM WORKING

According to the magnitude of force, the vehicle movement
takes place. When the wheel rotates, the motion of wheel is
transmitted to the piston pump. There is a pully and belt
drive arrangement, used for motion transmission. As the
piston rotates, the spraying operation is performed.
Discharge from pump is depending on the speed of vehicle.
Insertion of fertilizer is simply achieved due to
gravity during fertilizing operation. To control the discharge
quantity of fertilizer, control valve is used which is attached
to the hopper pipe.
Ploubet teeth’s are welded on separate shaft which
is attached near to the main horizontal shaft through metallic
strips at the handle side of vehicle. Metallic strips are
adjustable to maintain distance from ground surface. It’s
depth of cut depends upon the applied force of handle.

VIII. CONCLUSION
In this way, by using multipurpose agriculture vehicle, at a
time, spraying, fertilizing, ploughing operations are
performed in efficient manner. The use of belt drive is
effective to increase the speed of spraying operation. By
doing multi operation, total cost of vehicle is reduced & also
operation time and wastage is less as compared to
conventional machine.

IX. FUTURE SCOPE

At ploughing side, ploubet system can be replaced by rotor
blades to perform crushing of lime operation if required. By
doing modification in basic design, seeding operation also can
be performed. Also, ploughing arrangement can be made at
both the sides to enhance grass removing process. To

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