Fabrication of solar powered multiple crop cutter

Abstract

Solar power energy from the sun is converted into thermal or electrical energy which is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source. The U.S.A. has the richest solar sources in the world. Solar energy plays an important role in agricultural operations like drying food products, solar water and air heaters, solar cookers, irrigation, street lights and some home appliances. In Indian farms, the cutting operations are mainly performed by hand. Now a days, the use of mechanized cutting instruments, powered by fossil fuels can also been seen in some places. In hand cutting, the cutting of the crops consumes ample amount of time and labour charges, which is a drawback.
In mechanized cutting methods, the operating & fuel cost of the machine exceeds the budget of a common farmer. To overcome all these drawbacks, we can use renewable, Non-conventional energy source like solar energy as it is easily available in nature. An application of non-conventional, renewable energy source is the alternate solution for current energy demand. In this project solar energy is used which is non-conventional-renewable energy source which is freely available, to reduce the overall cost of the cutting operation. The mechanisms used are also simple. The machine is light weight & Compact. Most importantly, can be easily availed by the farmers.