Implementation of Tea Harvester

Abstract

Tea is one of the most commonly used beverages across the world. India is the second largest tea producer in the world. Over 70 percent of tea leaves are consumed within India. The tea leaves are harvested by different methods. The conventional methods have certain disadvantages like overweight, pollution, low yield and high cost of machine. This paper includes design to overcome the limitations of conventional machine. The mechanical design of the harvester involving roller, blades, conveyor mechanism, height adjustment, wheels, storage. The electrical connections involving controllers, sensor, drivers is done using Proteus design suite. The integration of the mechanical designs with electrical connections makes the harvester complete. The designed and developed model is suitable to harvest tea leaves with gradient of 5 percent. The novelty of this model involves addition of sprinkler to the harvester. This makes work much easier and smarter. The harvester is remotely controlled by the user through the application developed. This completely makes the machine more durable and reliable for harvesting tea leaves.