Improved Design and Development of Crop Conveying Mechanism in Reaper Machine

Mechanization of agriculture plays an important role for improved crop productivity. In harvesting, machines reaper is used to harvest wheat crops. In the existing machines, there is a need to improve the crop conveying mechanism which can also uplift the slant crops occurred due to wind and nature occurring problems. Thus, in this paper, an improved mechanism is proposed which can contribute to increase the efficiency of the machine. Kinematic analysis is also performed to validate and compare the experimental to design data. Torque required to run the crank is also identified in this work through dynamic analysis. Finally, a prototype was developed through 3D printing.