Diseño y Construcción de una Máquina Picadora de Bagazo de Caña de Azúcar.

Abstract

The cost of inputs to feed the cattle has exaggerated values, this is the need to seek alternatives for healthy and balanced feeding of cattle, taking advantage of all the agricultural resources of our country. In the market there is a large variety of grass mincing machines, which are not supported by a specific design for sugarcane bagasse, which has many applications in other countries, including livestock feed. That is why the design and construction of the sugarcane bagasse mincer has been carried out. In addition it allows to chop forages of equal or less resistance to the cut. Our machine is a prototype chosen with both economic and technical bases, under certain requirements. As the machine must necessarily work with electricity and be handled by a single operator. The design parameters are: Bagasse infeed speed, Cutting capacity and Length of chopped bagasse. The machine operates with an electric motor from 5HP to 1745RPM, the transmission system is open belt, the rotor is a flywheel with three blades arranged radially, also has three blower blades that are responsible for expelling the bagasse chopped by an opening Located in the upper right of the frame. It is planned to adjust the belts when necessary, for this the engine has been placed on a sliding base. The counter blade and the blade act as a shear. They have bolts as connecting elements as maintenance is planned as sharpening and cleaning. A preventive maintenance plan and operating instructions have been designed to avoid any human and material damage. The total cost of construction of the project is less than the cost of the machines that we can find in the market, which makes it profitable.