Problem Statement:

Stationary and time consuming threshing with traditional thresher

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Detail:

Nileshbhai observed that farmers faced scarcity of labor at the time of groundnut harvesting. The use of conventional threshers, requires adequate labor to collect the harvested/dug groundnut stalk. Delay in collection of harvested stalk, which is allowed for drying after digging, results in loss of groundnut. To overcome this problem, Nileshbhai started working on a solution, which could move around the field and pick up the heaps of harvested and dried groundnut stalks on its own. He developed their first prototype in 2015 and then set out to improve it. He developed a modified tractor mounted PTO powered mobile automatic thresher, which consists of an endless chainfor collecting pods and stalk, a threshing unit, a separation unit for groundnut pods and stalks and a separate chamber for storage of groundnut pods and stalk. It consumes 2 lit of diesel to cover 1to 1.5 acres of land in 1 hour with a capacity to store 600kg of groundnut and800kg of stalk.It has been successfully used for threshing groundnutwith an efficiency of 90%. Its cost of operation is only Rs 280 to 300 per hectare. It can also be used for harvesting soyabean and pigeon pea.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Nileshbhai Dobariya
Address: Vilage: Boria, Ta.: Jamkandorana
City: Rajkot
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 360405

Link: It has been successfully used for threshing groundnut with an efficiency of 90%. Its cost of operation is only Rs 280 to 300 per hectare. It can also be used for harvesting soya bean and pigeon pea.
Manufacturing Capacity: e) Franchising
Problem Scale: 2) Around the world
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• Parameters Automatic Mobile Groundnut Thresher by Shri Nileshbhai Dobariya Mobile Groundnut Thresher by Shri Mohanbhai Patel Mobile Thresher by Shri Shamjibhai Patel - Dharti Agro Engineering Source of Information GIAN NIF data base
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• Image Summary Uniqueness of the machine is it is a modified tractor mounted vehicle PTO powered, mobile automatic thresher with spikes mounted endless chain for collecting pods and stalk directly from the farm. Also it is made in a way that at the end it produces clean crop that are ready to sell. There are 4 chambers basically, lifting and cutting chamber, Sieving and blower chamber, Groundnut storage chamber, Stalk storage chamber. Only one person is required to operate the machine. Groundnut thresher is mobile with separate chamber for collection of groundnut pods and stalk and with conveyer systems (Cup Feed) hence collection of groundnut at desired location becomes easier. Hence it is not only saves the labor but also thresh crops in relatively shorter period. Basically machine consists of 4 chambers which are, Lifting and cutting chamber, Sieving and blower chamber, Groundnut storage chamber, Stalk storage chamber It is a tractor mounted mobile groundnut thresher. It has a conveyor belt for easy feed of the stalk. It requires 4-5 persons to operate this thresher. One for driving, 2-3 for feeding the heaps and one for cleaning the crop. Other than that the machine consists of 4 chambers which are, lifting and cutting chamber, Sieving and blower chamber, Groundnut storage chamber, Stalk storage chamber Capacity per hour Approx. 500 – 700 kg (ground nut) 500 kg (ground nut) - Other crops for threshing groundnut, pigeon pea and soybean Some modifications needed to use for other crops Yes Speed regulator for other crops - Needs to change pulley - Prime mover Modified tractor PTO Tractor PTO Tractor PTO Diesel Consumption 2 lit/hr 3.5 lit/hr - Dimensions - 7m (length) X 2m (width) - Separate chambers for ground nut and stalk Yes Yes Yes Price RS. Prototype approx. Rs. 6,00,000 Rs. 2,50,000/- -