ENGINEERING STUDENTS DEVELOP MULTI PURPOSE FARMING MACHINE
A group of students of Mar Basalius College of Engineering and Technology Thiruvananthapuram heave developed a farming Machine that integrates doffing and tilling. Designed to be used on small plots of Land or in home garden’s, this multipurpose machine uses a petrol engine for digging and tilling. However, the machine itself has been designed in such a manner that it has to move manually
Though the machine can till and dig there is no provision for switching over from one function to the next, on the go. The Machine has to be stopped, the tiller equipment removed and the digger , has to be fitted The instrument has been designed by G. Rajesekharan, P Rohit, B Ashok, G.G Ganesh and H.Vaisakh. The project was supervised by Prof K.M Raju, , Mr Gisuthan,Prof V.P Premchand and R.K Vieetha. Team member G. Rajasekharan said that tilling and digging were now being done by separate machines that cost about Rs 40,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively. By integrating these two functions, this multipurpose machine allows huge cost savings.
The team spent just about Rs10,000 to develop the machine, as they built it using scrap material. For a full fledged machine using a more powerful motor and with a more robust body, the costs would be higher. However, this machine would still be cheaper than buying two separate ones for tiling and digging. Since they had their eye on the final bill, the team also had to leave out some additions to the machine; this includes a shield which would guard against any accidental injury to the user.
Prof. John Kurakar
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