In the present-day agriculture, weed regulator in the farm lands is a tedious process that needs more money and human effort. There are a number of methods such as manually removing the unwanted plants by using traditional hand tools or by spraying chemical weedicides which will kill the weeds or using some mechanical equipment’s. Of the above-mentioned methods, the mechanical weeding is mostly preferred due to its low operating cost and human effort. | Design analysis and investigation of fabricated weeder for tapioca farm International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology IJMET Volume 11 Issue 2 February 2020 pp. 81-91 Article ID IJMET_11_02_008 Available online at http ijmet JType IJMET amp VType 11 amp IType 2 ISSN Print 0976-6340 and ISSN Online 0976-6359 IAEME Publication DESIGN ANALYSIS AND INVESTIGATION OF FABRICATED WEEDER FOR TAPIOCA FARM Sivakumar Annamalai Faculty Department of Mechanical Engineering Kongu Engineering College Perundurai. Tamilnadu India Manivel P Justin Prakasam R Kishore G M UG Students Department of Mechanical Engineering Kongu Engineering College Perundurai. Tamilnadu India Karunakaran S Faculty Department of Computer applications Kongu Engineering College Perundurai Tamilnadu India. Corresponding Author askmech@ ABSTRACT In the present-day agriculture weed regulator in the farm lands is a tedious process that needs more money and human effort. There are a number of methods such as manually removing the unwanted plants by using traditional hand tools or by spraying chemical weedicides which will kill the weeds or using some mechanical equipment s. Of the above-mentioned methods the mechanical weeding is mostly preferred due to its low operating cost and human effort. Moreover the efficiency of the mechanical weeding process is high when compared with the other methods. In dry land tapioca farms it is difficult to remove the unwanted weed plants by using the existing weeding equipment s. In the tapioca farms the tubers of tapioca are located only few millimeters below the soil surface. The present -day weeding equipment s remove the weed plants by digging the soil surface and it is not favoured because the process will cause damage to the tubers. The use of chemical weedicides is not preferred due to the hazardous nature of the chemicals. The manual weeding process is also not preferred because of the high .
