Development and Evaluation of a Chopping Machine for Animal Feed

Authors

  • Dr. A.T.M. Ziauddin Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M.M. Huq Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • Poritosh Roy Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v2i1.44

Keywords:

Developed, Chopper, Capacity, sickle

Abstract

A manually operated chopping machine was designed, developed and tested for chopping animal feeds. The capacity of the machine was determined for chopping straw. German grass and Napier grass were compared with traditional chopping (chopping with sickle) method. The machine could chop straw at a capacity of 32.21 kg/hr to 55.36 kg/hr. The average capacity for German grass and Napier grass were 123.48 kg/hr and 171.546 kg/hr, respectively. This machine was capable of chopping 2 to 3 times higher than that of chopping by sickle. Also, it was capable to control the length of chopped straw according to requirement. The performance tests indicate that the facility could be used in the farm level with high satisfaction.

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Published

1995-12-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995)

Section

Original Research

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