Design and construction of a mobile paddy collection and bagging machine.

Abstract

This project report describes the design, construction and fabrication of a mobile paddy collecting bagging machine which is engine driven. The reason of developing the design and construction paddy collecting and bagging machine is to enable us reduce expenses on labor in paddy collecting and bagging, proneness of paddy due to un predictable weather changes and fatigue faced in the current methods, Mobile paddy rice collector and bagging consist of the main shaft, together with the screw conveyors and the driver roller/ pulley for the elevator is lowered just a few millimeters from the concreate flow. As the main shaft rotates, it rotates together with its components, the screw conveyors collect, convey and heap the paddy on to the moving buckets of the elevator inclined at an angle. The buckets dig through the heap, scoop and convey the paddy within the elevator carcass to the discharge hood where bagging takes place. Also, in- the operation of the machine, the brushes setup sweeps the un-conveyed paddy towards the screw conveyor to avoid losses. The performance tests carried out on the developed machine showed an efficiency of 70.7% and an actual throughput at 6T/hr at a speed of 2 m/š design and construct a low cost mobile paddy bagging and collecting machine from locally available material for medium and large scale paddy producers and millers can be affordable.