Design and construction of a pedal operated sunflower threshing machine.

Abstract

The Introduction is a summary of the background of sunflower and this project, the problem statement which includes the problems faced by sunflower farmers in Uganda during the threshing of their crops. The introduction also bears the justification of this project, the objective: both main and the specific objectives and the scope of this project. Literature review is a chapter that contains the details of sunflower as an oil producing crop in Uganda, the numerous existing types of threshing machines with all their characteristics and downfalls, the choice of the machine to be designed including the reasons for the choice of the design and the design methods that will be used for this design. The methodology contains the achievement of the specific objectives involving the design of the machine components, construction of the machine and then testing. Results and discussions contain the results got from the test made on the machine showing graphs and other formats of results. The discussion shows in details the implications of the results obtained in the test. Conclusion contains the achievements made in the project and the extent to which the project has been achieved. Recommendations shows in some ways the areas which were not able to accomplished that further researches can be done on and also observations that need corrections on the machine to improve its performance.