Design and Fabrication of Groundnut Thresher Machine
Design and Fabrication of Groundnut Thresher Machine
Design and Fabrication of Groundnut Thresher Machine
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Abstract :- Groundnut is rich in protein and lipids and has a high energy valve. Groundnut is used commonly as eatable oil and commonly
used for cooking purpose. At the present scenario there is a less worker at the field due to this cost of extraction increases. Due to the above
factors, farmers are not involved in groundnut cultivation. The removing of groundnut pods is a time consuming process and cost expensive.
Temperature is very high at harvesting time so people finds difficult to work. To overcome these difficulties groundnut thresher is used in
groundnut pod removing process which minimize the time and cost. In this paper we have explained about our groundnut thresher machine
design and fabrication.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 GROUNDNUT
Groundnut or peanuts is a species in the legume or
"bean" family. The peanut was probably first domesticated and
cultivated in the valleys of Paraguay. It is an annual herbaceous
plant growing 30 to 50 cm tall. The leaves are opposite, pinnate
with four leaflets two opposite pairs; no terminal leaflet, each
leaflet 1 to 7 cm long and 1 to 3 cm broad. Peanuts are known Figure 1 Groundnut legume
by many other local names such as earthnuts, ground nuts,
goober peas, monkey nuts, pygmy nuts and pig nuts. Despite its
name and appearance, the peanut is not a nut, but rather a
legume. India is the second largest producer of groundnuts in
the world in the order shown in the table 1. Indian groundnuts
are available in different varieties as bold or Runner, Java or
Spanish and Red Natal.
3.1 TABLE
Figure 3 Groundnut farm All the part of the machine are mounted on the table. Table
acts as a foundation and all the load acts on the table. Hence it
2. LITERATURE SURVEY must be strong enough to bear all the loads.
6. FUTURE WORK
7. CONCLUSION
Groundnut thresher machine is a useful machine . It saves time
and energy of the farmer also it reduces the cost and time. The
Length L = 1370mm feeder and spirally bolted threshing drum reduces the human
Breadth B = 300mm intervention. The farmer has to feed the groundnut legume and
Height = 912 mm the machine will take entire plant inside and thresh the pod by
the spiral mechanisms. Also this machine are low cost and
5. FABRICATON reliable for our farmer. The area occupied by this machine is
The first step in our fabrication is preparation of the threshing less therefore it can be used anywhere thus it can be used in
drum . The hole was drilled in the cylindrical drum for bolting unconditional climatic condition also. If solar panels are added
spirally. After the hole the 154 bolts were bolted into the it will be more advantage for our farmer.
cylinder. After that the drum has to be closed at the both end by
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