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COLLEGEOFENGINEERING

MECHANICALENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT

GROUPMEMBERS:
ASILO,BERNARDL.
BALITA,LEILAREICHELLEC.
DAMIREZ,VONERICA.
FAJUTAG,JOHNKENNETHF.
ILAGAN,EUNICEC.
LAL,JANNIEANGELIEF.
KATIGBAK,ROLLIEPAOLOZ.

TOPICPRESENTATION
TopicNo.3
I.
GeneralSubjectArea
ApplicationofMACHINEELEMENTSANDMACHINEDESIGN

II.
SpecificTopic
MOTORIZEDCOCONUTCLIMBINGMACHINE

III.
SpecificsofResearch
Rationale

In olden days most of theactivitiesweredone manually.Nowadays most of the


activities which include human efforts are either replaced or automated by the use of
machines orother kindofequipments. One such approachisbeinggivenintheareaof
Cultivation and Harvesting of Coconuts. Coconut plantation being one of the major
agricultural activities in the southern part of India, a better study and development of
equipments for the ease of harvesting are required. In case of these trees, theheight
and absence of branches makes it very difficult to climb on them. This activity is
traditionally carried out by the socioeconomically backward communities, where men
are trained in the art of climbing trees rapidly and plucking the coconuts or spraying
pesticides.Considering thisscenario,adevice whichwillhelptheusertoclimbcoconut
treeeasily willbe useful forthe people who arehavinglargecoconutcultivationaswell
asresidentswith lesscoconuttrees.Thiskindofdeviceswillencouragemorepeopleto
comeforwardtoagriculturalsector.
The coconut palm is essentially a tropical crop. Appropriately referred as The
Tree of Life by villagers, every part of the coconutis utilized inone or theother way.

Theoutside husk is usedtomakestrongropes,whiletheleavesofthetreeareusedas


roofingmaterialin villages. Tendercoconutwater is adeliciousandhealthydrink.More
importantly,tendercoconutsareusedasamedicinefordiseasessuchasthyroid.
Systematic efforts to evaluate agronomical harvesting practice of coconut
climbing of labors by manual climbing and machine climbing methods is necessary.
Therefore,to make the coconut tree climbing equipment suitable for the workers, due
attentionneedstobegiventotheircapabilitiesandlimitationswhiledesigning.
Therefore,certainattempts havebeen made by us todo thesamebydesigning
thetreeclimber.
Primary goal oftheprojectistodesignacoconuttreeclimbingdeviceforfarmers
and residents. It is very difficult toclimb on coconut treemanuallydue tothe constant
cylindrical structure and single stem. In other type of trees there will be branches for
holding and to support the climber. A professional climberwith proper training only be
able to climb coconut tree. Due to the risk involved, nowadays avery few are coming
forward toclimb oncoconuttrees.Mostofthemhesitate.Agriculturalworkersemployed
for coconut tree climbing suffer musculoskeletaldisordersthananyother type ofinjury
or illness. As the educational background of Indian youth is increasing, most of the
people may hesitate tocomeinclimbingprofession.Consideringthisscenario,adevice
whichhelps the usertoclimbcoconuttreeeasilywillbeusefulforthosehavingcoconut
cultivationaswellasresidentswhoishavinglesscoconuttrees

DesignConcept

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