IJEP 43(3): 284-288 : Vol. 43 Issue. 3 (March 2023)
Kongu Engineering College, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Perundurai, Tamil nadu – 638 060, India
Abstract
Agriculture contributes only about 14 to 15% to the overall GDP. But the productivity of agriculture is decreasing nowadays. At the time of the mechanization and returning farmland to forest in India, in order to plant trees as effectively as possible, earth auger is a kind of important mechanical equipment, its function will directly affect the quality and speed of afforestation in our country. Earth augers are more suitable for agriculture and industrial applications, like plantation of saplings of mango, coconut, teak, lemon, etc., erecting fencing and electric poles. And in today’s market 90% of earth augers are fuel-based and the other 10% are electrical-based. To overcome this we have designed the earth auger with the help of solar panels, battery and motor. Solar power are abundantly available in nature and also a renewable source of energy and eco-friendly so we have used it to run the machine. The solar panel charges the battery and the battery runs the DC motor with auger bit which rotates at low speed and high torque and digs the soil. The to and fro movements are controlled by spring and lever. Thus makes farmers plant trees easily and effectively.
Keywords
Solar panel, Battery, Trolley-frame, DC motor, Earth auger
References
- Omori, H., et al. 2010. An earth auger as excavator for planetary underground explorer robot using peristaltic crawling. i-SAIRAS 2010, Sapporo, Japan. Proceedings, pp 784-789.
- Banjo, S.O., et al. 2021. Evaluation of a constructed manual drilling machine for small scale operation. IOP Conference Series: Mater. Sci. Eng., 1107(1): 012194. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/110 7/1/012194.
- Jiang, C. and G. Yu. 2013. Development and experiment of efficient deep planting earth auger. Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions Chinese Soc. Agri. Eng., 29:75–83. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.10 02-6819.2013.18.010.
- Dalvi, M. A. 2015. Design and development of earth auger supporting trolley by ergonomic evaluation. Thesis. Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani. Available at : https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/581 0057572.
- Wilkinson, T. L., S. R. Beer and W. E. Field. 2005. Measurement of operator exposure to power take-off driven augers. J. Agric. Safety Health. 11(3): 310–314. doi: 10.13031/2013.18573 .
- Eliud, L. K. and R.M. Kibiwott. 2011. Design of a traction driven hole drilling machine for tree plantation. A project report. University of Nairobi, Kenya.
- Kumar, B.V., et al. 2020. Review paper on earth auger machine. Int. J. Creative Res. Thoughts. 8(11): 428-430.
- Adakane, R.V., et al. 2021. Redesign and modification of existing earth auger. Int. J. Adv. Res. Innovative Ideas Educ., 7(2): 1628-1630.
- Hariprasad, D. and D.K.P. Rao. 2019. Solar powered ground driller for agricultural purpose. Int. Res. J. Eng. Tech., 6(9):787-791.
- Song, E.S., et al. 2019. Noise reduction using active vibration control methods in CAD/CAM dental milling machines. Appl. Sci., 9(8):1516. doi: 10.33 90/app9081516.
- Ito, M., et al. 2021. Effects of machine instability feedback on safety during digging operation in tele-operated excavators. IEEE. 9: 28987–28998. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3059710.
- Kukreja, N. 2021. Design and implementation of soil drilling machine using NX 12 and CATIA V5 fabrication techniques. Mater. Today: Proceedings. S2214785321033046. DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.202 1.04.384.
- Os, A. 2019. An overview of methods of reduction of vibration for diesel generators. J. Electrical Electronic Systems. 8(1):1-7.
- Rogers, T. W., et al. 2014. Power earth auger modification for waste extraction from pit latrines. J. Water Sanitation Hygiene Develop., 4(1): 72–80. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2013.183.
- Shinde, V., et al. 2019. Solar powered soil digging machine. Int. J. Tech. Res. Eng., 6(8): 5326-5328.
- Helm, D. 2016. The future of fossil fuels—Is it the end? Oxford Review Economic Policy. 32(2): 191–205. doi: 10.1093/oxrep/grw015.
- Awuah-Offei, K. and S. Frimpong. 2007. Cable shovel digging optimization for energy efficiency. Mechanism Machine Theory. 42(8): 995–1006. doi: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2006.07.008.
