EffiFeed: Revolutionizing Cow Feeding with Automated Design and Fabrication

Authors

  • Govind V. Devke Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NBNSTIC, Pune, India.
  • Swapnil S. Purnale UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NBNSTIC, Pune, India
  • Pritamkumar D. Deshmukh UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NBNSTIC, Pune, India
  • Dattatray R. Mote UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NBNSTIC, Pune, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/tmd.v10i1.7030

Keywords:

Automatic feeding machine, Pulling mechanism, Rail bogies, DC motors, Arduino circuit, Cattle feed.

Abstract

Conventionally the feeding of the cattle is manual which is time consuming. In this project, automatic cattle feeding system is introduced where food feeder follows the path through a pre- determined distance and places the feed to the cattle by the side of the feed fence. The prototype is developed using Arduino circuit for the operation of feed mechanism with certain time space. The motors are interfaced to operate in either direction. A rail bogie is operated by a DC motor to feed the cattle at certain time space. This mechanism is basically controlled by pulling mechanism by winding the rope around the motor operated shaft.

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2023-07-07

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023)

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