DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF MANUAL MULCHING MACHINE

Mechanical Engineering

Mulching as a practice to conserve soil moisture, check weed control, moderate soil temperature and provide a microclimate to the plant is age-old. In order to improve the growing condition of crops there are various methods that improve productivity, reduces water required to grow up the crops. But mulching paper which is also known as agriculture film is one of the best methods to cover the soil and maintain the required atmosphere around the crop. This mulching paper is available in different types but plastic mulching is famous requires fewer efforts so we have decided to work on automatic mulching paper laying machine which also has an attachment for the drip laying. In dry areas maintaining moisture in the soil is very important for crop life. Mulching the plastic paper film near the root area of plants is for eliminating the rise of weeds also to retaining water and avoid de-moisturizing the soil but this process requires lots of capital and time. So 'Mulching paper laying machine with hole punching’ will reduce the labour cost and time, It will do both the jobs i.e. laying mulching paper and hole punching on the ground at a time. The plastic mulch laying machine is a combination with a body, a mainframe with hoeing blades, hole punching wheels, drip role holder and punching mechanism. The machine lay the mulch in combination with the drip pipe on the prepared plantation bed. This will lay mulch on the bed without damaging of the mulch and also it will punch the holes at the required measurements. The product may be widely used for the agriculture in cultivating of tomatoes, watermelons, muskmelons, and some other hybrid variety crops. It will be effortless for the farmer by reducing the capital cost and time of laying the mulching paper using the most convenient method as well as placing the drip irrigation pipe in one pass of the machine.

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