Manual Grass Mower

over 6 years ago by IndigoTech

Which problem are you trying to solve?

We are solving the problem of African farmers that could not afford to buy an electric mower not to talk of fuel to
power it, who therefore endangers their health through stressful farming.

How are you going to solve the problem?

We have designed the Manual Grass mower, which works with Mechanical energy to drive a set of pre-arranged blades,
without the need of electricity. Moreover it makes work faster without much stress.

What is the impact of your project?

This is really going to go wide as helping to reduce great dependence on fuel consuming mowers and it will help in
decreasing the of ill-health of farmers that provide our foods.

How can the project be manufactured in the OpenLab?

The gear system can purely be 3D printed including the body casing, except the cutting blades and the return spring. And
its all the way good to go!

Describe your project in detail

The manual Grass mower is made of a gear system that drives a set of pre-arranged blades swiftly, thereby cutting
grass without stress. It works on mechanical energy.The gear system is driven by a contraction force created by an
external pulling object that has been fixed a distance away from the machine. The puller is connected to the gear system
by a belt, which is turned round the driving gears.
How it Works!
Whenever an external force of push is effected by the
user on the machine, the driving belts that has been fixed on a fixed Tripod holder are pulled out of the wheels,on
which it has been wounded, thereby creating a rotational motion to the driving wheel which powers the primary gear
system, which is further enhanced by the secondary gear system to drive the movable cutting blade in an oscillatory
motion, to and fro,swiftly. Moreover the driving belt is drawn back into the MGM compartment by a return spring.

Comments

shillout over 6 years ago
Hello Indigo Tech,
Please do not forget to upload a picture that portrays your idea. This will be vital for the
preliminary selection phase.
Thank you.
Omarhasayn89 over 6 years ago
Great idea..also This equipment can be supplied with solar panels that store the energy and supply the engine with the
power needed to work. .. so We have an alternative solution for energy production
TechUser over 6 years ago
I would also like to see a picture or first sketch in order to better understand your idea!
SabineFabLabIng over 6 years ago
Can you point out what makes your mower unique please? I'm interested in your project, but I think, there ARE
manual mowers yet?
IndigoTech (Submitter) over 6 years ago
@Omarhasayn89
Hello thanks for that comment, but we cannot put a solar panel as an alternative because we are making
this so that the poorest of all farmers can make use of it. Moreover, the MGM, is an alternative to any other manual
out there in the world.
IndigoTech (Submitter) over 6 years ago
@sabineFabLabling11
There are virtually no manual mowers as at now. Even the simplest ones use a bit of electrical
energy to get powered up.
yassineaskri over 6 years ago
Nice idea ,wish you good luck !