Performance Evaluation of Sugarcane Single Bud Cutter
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Sugarcane single bud cutting machine was developed in the Farm Machinery Power Engineering Lab, DRPCAU, Pusa. The developed machine consists of a frame, cutting blade, electric motor, sitting arrangement etc. This machine will save the time and effort by traditional methods of farmers. Field experiments were conducted for 5 varieties of sugarcane to determine the time taken for cutting different type of varieties by machine and manually by khurpi. The machine cuts the sugarcane single buds. The results of preliminary tests revealed that the machine achieved the skipping, percentage of damaged, cutting efficiency, and productivity was (1.41,3.17,4.1,0.69,3.39%), (1.46,3.35,4.33,0.71,3.62%), (98.59,96.83,95.90,99.31,96.61%), (1626,1960,1824,2253,1662 bud/hr.) of the variety R1, R2, R3, R4, and R6 respectively. The total costs for operating the machine is44.66 Rs/h.
Authors: Manoranjan Kumar, Shailesh Kumar, Manoj Kumr, Sankha Nandi, Yogesh Sahu
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409142591