DESIGN MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF LAWN MOWER MACHINE BY MULCH AND FLAT TYPE CUTTING BLADE

SHYAM H. BHUTADA¹*, GOPAL U. SHINDE^2
1Department of Farm Power and Machinery Engineering, Aditya College of Agricultural Engineering, Beed, 431 122, M.S., India
²Department of Farm Power and Machinery Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, M.S., India
* Corresponding Author : shyamlalbhutada@gmail.com

Received : 12-08-2015     Accepted : 28-08-2017     Published : 30-08-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 40       Pages : 4638 - 4641
Int J Agr Sci 9.40 (2017):4638-4641

Keywords : Lawn Mower, Mulching Blade, Flat Cutting Blade, Grass Cutting, Field Efficiency
Academic Editor : Mehulkumar Laljibhai Savalia, Raj Kiran Bakka, Dr Farzin Minoo Parabia, Dr Subhendu Bandyopadhyay, Dr Mrityunjai Kumar Singh
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, M.S., India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The grass cutting machine is available in various types like Reel (cylinder) mower, Rotary and mulching mower, Riding mower, Robotic mower, and Professional mower. The grass cutting machine is of two types’ electric motor and mechanical power. In the modification of lawn mower we used two types of blade, mulching type blade and flat type blade. The mulching type blade having field efficiency is 93.7% with average speed 1.822 km/hr and the flat type blade having field efficiency is 83.17% with average speed 1.89 km/hr. Results shown that the mulching type blade is most suitable.

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