Motorized Vegetable Cutter Machine
Motorized Vegetable Cutter Machine report
Abstract: Automation brought about by technology has saved human effort and time to a larger extent. Slicing vegetables areariskyand time-consuming task in our busy life. The associated difficulties like time constraint, contamination, etc. make it pretty difficult for any person handling the job.Manual cutting of vegetables is still prevalent, in hostels,andeven in restaurants, which cater to a whole set of varying customer tastes and preferences. This system is mainly designed to reduce the human effort and time.This project is aimed at solving above stated problems by introducinga special product named automated vegetable cutting system.In this project, we get power from AC motor. To press the vegetable against the blade, we have chosen the Slider crank mechanismto convert motor’s rotary motion into linear reciprocating motion. The other mechanisms have some disadvantages compared to slider crankmechanism(Figure 1).The Slider crank mechanism is easy to construct. The main disadvantage of Rack and Pinion is that we have to change the rotational direction of motor to produce reciprocating motion of the pinion. In Cam, we have to use spring for return of the follower, hence it is a disadvantage. Thus, considering these factors we have chosen Slider crank over the other two mechanisms.Based on this mechanism, a conceptual model is created