Design and Fabrication of Sunflower Header in Combine Harvester

Abstract

The problem that farmers have while attempting to extract the seeds from the sunflower is the focus of the present research project, which aims to find a solution to the problem. Sunflower producers are forced to depend on human methods since they do not have access to the required machinery for threshing sunflowers. During the manual production of sunflowers, the threshing process is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive stage. This process entails using a power tiller treading machine, a stick, or rubbing the sunflower heads against a rough metal surface. The objective of the project is to construct a machine that is capable of removing the seeds from the sunflower. The key components that are required to make the machine are the blades, the shaft, the pulley, the disk plates, the blower, the hopper, the tray, the sieves, the motor, the V-belt, and the pillow block bearings. For the sunflower threshing unit to function properly, the movement of the material in an axial direction is the fundamental principle. When the sunflower is processed via a closed threshing machine, the seeds are separated from the flower by means of spinning blades, and the flower husk is removed by means of a blower. After the seeds have been washed, they are collected on a tray. Sunflower, Seed Extractor, Design and Fabrication, and other related terms are included.