Design and construction of a modified semi-automatic tobacco trans-planter
- Author
- Zengenene, Redemption
- Title
- Design and construction of a modified semi-automatic tobacco trans-planter
- Abstract
- Tobacco farmers are experiencing massive problems in their transplanting process. This has prompted this design which aims at solving the problem by designing and making of a prototype that transplants tobacco and is reasonably affordable. As a result, a field study was conducted so as to ask farmers on their preferences in machine design using random sampling and interviews in obtaining answers. This study was followed by carefully crafted design calculations and prototype manufacturing. The designed prototype functioned well with some improvements needed in the mechanism behind the transplanting part. Some lines were being developed instead of holes. The overall transplanting process was a success as the machine managed to be operated by a single individual.
- Date
- June 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Tobacco farmers
- prototype
- Supervisor
- Dr. C. Ever Gongora Leyva
- Item sets
- Department of Engineering and Physics
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