Modified Combine Harvester For Maize
About the Practice
Innovator found them to be inefficient formaize harvesting due to the crop height. This led to farmersbuying new header cutting type combine harvester.
Detail:
Gurtej (38) owns a workshop where he carries out the manufacturing of combine harvester, hole digger, maize cutter, high quality screw conveyor vermi segments and straw reaper, and also undertakes repairing of farm machineries. He has been manufacturing reel type combine harvesters since 2000. However, he found them to be inefficient formaize harvesting due to the crop height. This led to farmersbuying new header cutting type combine harvester. Gurtej then tasked himself to developa reel type cutting unit for maize harvesting in 2013, which could be attached to any combine harvester. He successfully developed a modified cutting unit for combine harvester, which has a rotating reel (triangular shape) with three tine bars for covering the maize crop effectively.The effective reach has increased because of the triangular shape and large diameter protecting the crops from getting damaged.It covers an area of 4.5 to 5 acre/h with a speed of operation of 5 to 6 km/h at an operational width of 3425 mm. The developed cutting unit can be attached to any combine harvester. Costing Rs. 2,10,000, around 70 units have been sold.
About the Innovator
Address: Moga, Punjab
City: Moga
State: Punjab
PIN Code 142001
Practice Details
Link: Efficient and time-saving device (saves time by 1/10th as compared to traditional method) Reduce the drudgery, relieves labourers from the pain of fingers and also to their eyes Cheap and effective alternative of manual stencil making Unskilled person can also operate the device Number of punch per unit is high, hence gives proper finished impression on the cloth Easy to replace needle Ergonomic design and pen-like device with low weight
Manufacturing Capacity: b) Design Support, d) Licensing, e) Franchising
Problem Scale: 1) India
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