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VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7, July. -2021
VACCUM GRAIN COLLECTOR BAGGING AND WEIGHING MACHINE
Madhuri S. Dale
Department of Mechanical Engineering , Pravara Rural Engineering College Loni ,India
*dalemadhuri@gmail.com*

Tejaswi P. Hodgar
Department of Mechanical Engineering , Pravara Rural Engineering College Loni ,India
*tejaswihodgar29@gmail.com*

Mayuri B. Thete
Department of Mechanical Engineering , Pravara Rural Engineering College Loni ,Indi
*thetemayu@gmail.com*

Tejaswi B. Thete
Department of Mechanical Engineering , Pravara Rural Engineering College Loni ,India
*thetetejaswi26@gmail.com*

Under Guidance of
Prof. R. L. Kadu
(Associate professor), Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Pravara Rural Engineering College Loni, India

ABSTRACT
In mills and agricultural fields grains are collected by means of number of labors and more time
consumption. In order to limit the time and work wages a simple mechanical heaping machine is been
constructed to handle with less labors. The main objective of this project is to heap the paddy and also to
clean the garden in an effective manner with simple adjustments and less remuneration. In this machine the
driving shaft of the wheel is welded with sprockets on either side of the shaft. Grain collecting machines it is
operated fully in a mechanical means. In modern grain handling machines, the grains are collected by means
of vacuum suction and it requires external power supply.

Keywords: Fabrication, Grain, Collecting machine, harvest losses.

INTRODUCTION
We all know that Agriculture is the back bone of India. In this modern world however the technologies are
improved and new modes of business types has emerged Agriculture has its own forms of development
through evolution of new machineries and new varieties of crop yield is been employed. Industrial
Revolution and the development of more complicated machines, farming methods took a great leap forward
Instead of harvesting by hand with a sharp blade, wheeled machines cut a continuous swath. Instead of
threshing the grain by beating it with objects such as rods, threshing machines separated the seeds from the
heads and stalks [1]
By following this process, the grains are being collected and dried by means of large number of labors. In
order to cut short, the labor usages and to reduce time consumptions, manually operated heaping machine is
employed in order to reduce the labor usage and reduce time consumption.
Separating the grains from the soil and collecting them from the ground and in the groove of the land by
hand and by holders is a hard work and time consuming to that is not precisely done. Hence the need for a
machine to collect the grains in the field has been identified. The development of a growing population
increases the need of food day by day. There are several solutions to increase the production of cereals.[3]
This study aims to determine the exact losses grains that are wasted on the ground and loss in the operation
of harvesting and design and evaluate a collector capable of collecting the grains shattered in the field due to
harvesting [3]

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This project aims to design and fabrication of collecting and storing of grains by manually. Main objective
behind designing and fabricating the bagging and collecting of grains is to reduce the human effort and also
reduce time taken for storing. This project mainly helpful to the former the
problems faced by small scale farmers relating with availability of labors and cost of collecting and storing
finally It is also capable of reducing time wastage, reduction in breakage of the grains. Problems faced by
small scale farmers relating with availability of labors and cost of collecting. [2]

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Now a days the cost of production of various food grains increasing due to several factors. Since only 2
persons can work at time which makes slow work progress 100% effective output result cannot be obtained.
Each and every day the prices of labour cost keep on fluctuating. They increase with higher rate but never
fall down. By collecting the grains from labour, it takes a more time. Each person to lift a weight of about 50
kg bag loading stand food needs 3-6 times lower operational efficiency, labour intensive, and sometimes
encounter with rainy weather, the food collection will not be timely completed in such situations. So
basically, there is need to design new equipment. Small and effective machines are to be developed by
which manual labor can be replaced effectively. Also the time required for processing reduces. Production
cost can be controlled and reduced by use of such machines.

OBJECTIVE
A vacuum grain collecting, bagging and weighing machine will be developed with major list of objectives
are as follows: -
1. To fabricate and assemble the designed grain collector.
2. To fabricate a machine which can collect, bag and weigh the food grain simultaneously at a time.
3. The machine has a simple construction and is light in weight which makes it easy to handle.
4. To minimize manpower and reduce the hard work.
5. To minimize the time for collecting.
6. Machine can be easily movable or portable using wheels.
7. To fabricate a machine with no damage or breakage of grain particles.
8. To fabricate a machine with no pollution at all.

SCOPE
1. Installing few components such as Roots Blower, Gate Valve and Delivery pipe to the existing system, it
can be used to transfer grain from one place to another place for further processing in seed cleaning
facilities.
2. By adjusting discharge height of cyclone and placing high pressure centrifugal blower, it can be used to
load the food grains to vehicle in Market yards.

METHODOLOGY
This study/project would be consisting of following chronological step of working:
1. Literature study.
2. Project identification.
3. Identification of equipment.
4. Design of Components.
5. Material selection and final concept.
6. Fabrication.
7. Conclusion

CONSTRUCTION
A vacuum air pump will be used for suction purpose. The vacuum air pump will create vacuum pressure
which help to suck the food grains and deliver it to the packing

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Hoses are used to carry fluids through air or fluid environments, and they are typically used with clamps,
spigots, flanges, and nozzles to control fluid flow. It is used to transfer the grains from suction to packing
bags.

Use of Air Filter in the suction line prevents sand particles to enter the main blower. Use a combination of
net, metal sheet and cloth piece as filter. It maintains the longevity of the machine

Wheels are used to mobile the machine from one place to another place

A portable weighing machine is used to measure the weight of the packing bags with grains

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DESIGN
Design depends on the following parameters: -
1. Inlet & Outlet Pressure: The effectiveness of the component comes with equal positive and negative
pressure. Material suction and throw becomes more effective with right pressure.
2. Measuring CFM: Cubic Feet per Minute are a measure of the volume through which the material passes
through. Blower CFM is the measure of air flow occurring within the blower. Higher the pressure, the more
the gasses will be compressed and therefore higher will be the CFM.
3. Impeller Design: These are rotating blades through which air passes. K.E. of Impeller increases due to
Pressure increases of air. Higher rotating speed = more pressure of blower
4. Weight and Durability of Blower: The weight was considered to be heavy and bulky. Light weight
material is considered as a part of it.

Design of Suction head

Available data
1. Blower motor capacity: Around 1400w with 2800 rpm
2. Blower vacuum pressure: 0.0294 bar
3. CFM: 60 [ 3 /𝑚𝑖𝑛 ]
4. Pickup grain: grain density max up to 2.5 𝑔/𝑐𝑚3
5. Suction pipe diameter:- 35/40

ADVANTAGE
1. Manually operated , no fuel and electricity
2. Easy to operate
3. No required the professional operate
4. Less maintenance[1]

DISADVANTAGE
1. Not suitable for materials other than food grains
2. The filter needs to change after six month of period

CONCLUSION
From the calculation and analysis we can conclude that, our system can contribute to solve the need to find
the sustainable solution to the labour workforce to increase productivity and to facilitate heavy work in
agricultural activities such as handling heavy crops and load bags, and delivering and transporting in shared
environment. In terms of health and safety in agriculture, most accidents are caused by collisions and human
errors. In this context, our system can be used to mitigate the accident causes. In agricultural environment,
several approaches already been implemented. However; In particular, the flexibility and adaptability of this
technique give potential to increase productivity and generate a positive economic impact in the near future.
There is no such a device currently present in the market at such a cost which can handle three things at a
time i.e. suction, packing and weighing of food grains, so launch of such a project and device will surely
create a market boom. This project is totally dedicated to solve the problem o food wastage in Indian due to
lack of food grain handling technology and one day there will be no more food waste in India due to
handling technology.

REFERENCES
1) Abisha M V, Bavanya S, Deenadayalan V, DESIGN OF PADDY COLLECTING MACHINE
2) Santosh MB Sunilkumara H, Design and fabrication of grain collector
3) Ehsan Ghajarjazi1, Mohsen Azadbakht1 , Farshid Ghaderi-Far2, Design and fabrication of grain
collecting machine and evalution of some of its factors to determine the exact losses at the harvest time.
4) A Saravanan, V Mohanaselvan, R Mohan, B Mohan Prasad, grain collector.

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