DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PULVERIZER MACHINE: A REVIEW

DESIGN AND FABRICATION

Pulveriser is a hay or straw cutting machine which is used in uniform chopping of the chaff for livestock or raw material to agro industries. The various types of fodder can be processed in this machine are forage grass, green grass, dry corn straw, and wheat stalk etc. The final products can be used to feed cattle, goats, deer, and horses. It can also process cotton stalk, bark, and small branches. Chaff cutters have developed gradually from the basic machines into commercial standard machines that can be driven at various speeds so as to achieve various lengths of cuts of chaff with respect to animal preference type. New chaff cutter machines consist of portable tractor driven chaff cutter where chaff cutter can be in the field and load trolleys. Chaff cutters are made up of feeding part, cutting and throwing part, transmitting part, walking part and safety device, so it is reasonably structured, easy to be moved with autonomous feeding. It is safe and reliable. The feeding structure is made up of the feeding platform, transmitting chains, feeding roller, set knives and set knife frame. The cutting and throwing structures are mainly made up of motion knife, knife frame and locking bolt. Transmitting structure mainly consists of triangle belt, transmitting axle, gears, universal joints and chains. Walking structure is made up of the ground wheels or walking rubber wheels and traction frame.

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