International Research Journal of Education and Technology

This project work aims to develop sugarcane harvesting machine which is more efficient and having simple mechanism for cutting the sugarcane at a faster rate and should low cost that is affordable by the rural farmers, easy to maintain and less laborious to use. The machine consisted of main parts i.e. engine (petrol, 3.73 kW, 3000 rpm), gear box (20:1), coupling, frame, cutter frame, counter shaft, horizontal shaft, vertical shaft, cutter and ground wheel. All this parts of a machine was mounted on the frame. The wheel was attached to this frame. The petrol engine was mounted on the frame which provides the power to the wheels to move by means of a gear and chain mechanism and it also provides the power to the cutter. Frame was constructed by joining angle of mild steel of rectangular box section members to get rectangular shaped frame of used drilled machine for fixed cutter frame to the main frame by used nut and bolts.

Keywords: Sugarcane harvesting machine, design, fabrication.