DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PNEUMATIC SUGARCANE BUD CUTTING MACHINE
Abstract
Sugarcane is the main source of sugar in Asia and Europe. Sugarcane is the raw material for the production of white sugar, jiggery (gur) and khandsari. It is also used for chewing and extraction of juice for beverage purpose. The sugarcane cultivation and sugar industry in India plays a vital role towards socio-economic development in the rural areas by mobilizing rural resources and generating higher income and employment opportunities. About 7.5percent of the rural population, covering about 45 million sugarcane farmers, their dependents and a large number of agricultural labors are involved in sugar cane cultivation, harvesting and ancillary activities. There are several methods for sugarcane bud chipping. It is by manually, and also by the use of machines. Manual bud chip cutting with hand knife is a common practice. These traditional tools used for bud chipping of sugar cane are unsafe, messy, minimum productive and need skill and training. The risk of injury is also too high. This necessitates the development of an automated sugarcane bud chipping machine.
Author
G.Ragupathi
A.Ramesh Kumar
V.Selva Prakash
G.Sivaprakasam
E.Thirumoorthi
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