Design, development and evaluation of power operated drip lateral winder

The design, development and performance evaluation of the drip lateral winder was developed and tested. Raw materials like L-angular, flat channels, square pipe, solid rod, bush bearings, pulley and power source of suitable size were selected. The average actual capacity of the drip lateral winder was 148.96 m min⁻¹ and the average actual time taken to win the lateral a length of 175 m was 1.17 min. The time taken by the motor operated drip lateral winder to wind a 12mm lateral of length 175 m in varied from 1.14 to 1.19 min, with average of 1.17 min. The time taken by the motor operated drip lateral winder to wind a 12 mm lateral of length 175 m varied from 1.46 to 1.52 min with average time of 1.49 min. The actual capacity of the machine varied from 115.4 to117.58 m/min. The time taken to win the lateral increases, the capacity of the machine decreases eventually. The actual capacity of the power operated drip lateral winder was 148.96 m min⁻¹ while that of hand operated drip lateral winder was 117.58 m min⁻¹. The capacity of power operated drip lateral winder was higher than the hand operated drip lateral winder. As the rotational speed of power operated drip lateral winder is higher than the rotational speed of hand operated drip lateral winder.