Improved Sickle
Introduction
Sickles of various type and shapes are being used by our farmers for cutting the crops. The efficiency of a sickle depends mainly on the shape of its blade. The material used for making the blade, the length of handle and the type of grip. A crescent shaped blade with a short cranked handle is suitable for semicircular cutting motion while straight blade fastened almost a right angle to the handle (which is long and sometimes slightly covered at the end to give a better pull), is suitable for pulling out.
Sickle are generally made of rather soft blades which have to be frequently hammered to produce a right angle before sharpening with a whetstone. The blades are some times made to have serrated cutting edge to increase their efficiency. But they are difficult to sharpen. The above drawbacks have now been overcome in an improved version of the sickle.
Plant Parameters
| Capacity |
50 No |
| No. of shifts / day |
1 |
| Working days / Yr |
300 |
| Land Reqd., m2 |
25 m2 |
| Covered Area, m2 |
20 m2 |
Manpower
Raw Material
Plant & Machinery
| Cutting Tools |
Welding Machine |
For further information please contact
National Research Development Corporation
( A Government of India Enterprise )
20-22, Zamroodhpur Community Center
Kailash Colony Extension
New Delhi 110 048. India
Tel: 91-11-26419904, 26417821, 26480767, 26432627
Fax: 011-26231877, 26460506, 26478010
Website: www.nrdcindia.com
