2022-2023

Mini Project-5

FACUTLY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

(CO-EDUCATION)
DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SHARANABASAVA UNIVERSITY KALABURAGI | 2022-2023
FACUTLY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(CO-EDUCATION)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

A Mini Project –5
On the topic

AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE SLICER

Submitted for
Partial fulfillment of the 5thsemester B.Tech. Mini-Project—5
For the Academic year 2022-23

Submitted by following students;

MOHAMMED FAIYAZ
MOHAMMED FAIZAN AHMED
MOHAMMED RAFEEQ

Under the Guidance of Asst. Prof.

SUSHIL KUMAR B

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 - - Certificate- -
This is to certify that the project work entitled,
“AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE SLICER”

Is a bonafide work, carried out by

“MOHAMMED FAIYAZ (USN :SG20MEC012 ),
MOHAMMED FAIZAN AHMED (USN:SG20MEC013),
MOHAMMED RAFEEQ (USN:SG20MEC015),”.

In partial fulfillment of B.Tech 5th semester in Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of

Engineering & Technology (Co-Education), Sharanbasva University, Kalaburagi during the
year 2022-2023. It is to certify that, she/he/team has completed the project satisfactorily.

Marks Details
Sl.No. Name of Student USN Max.Marks. MarksObtained
1 MOHAMMED FAIYAZ SG20MEC012
2 MOHAMMED FAIZAN AHMED SG20MEC013
3 MOHAMMED RAFEEQ SG20MEC015

Mini-Project Guide Chairman

Name of the Examiners Signature (with Date)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Any achievement, be it scholastic or otherwise does not depend solely on the
individual efforts but also on the guidance, encouragement and co-operation of
intellectual, elders and friends. A number of personalities, in their own capacities have
helped us in carrying out his friends. A number of personalities, in their own capacities
have helped us in carrying out this seminar work. We would like to take this opportunity to
thank them all.

We would like to express our immense gratitude to Dr. SHIVAKUMAR JAWALGI, as

a Dean, Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi for this help and inspiration during the
tenure of the course.

We also extend our sincere thanks to Prof. SHIVAKUMAR RACHOTI, as a

Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharnbasva University, kalaburagi,
for his constant encouragement.

We express our deep sense of gratitude to SUSHIL KUMAR B as a Mini- Project-5 Guide
for his valuable suggestions and encouragement. He is the one who provided me a dynamic
intellectual and stimulating state of mind to work hard. We also extend our sense of gratitude
and sincere thanks to all the faculty members of Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharnbasva
University, kalaburagi, for their constant encouragement and support….!!

With Regards,

From “Mini-Project Team Members”…!!

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 Contents

Sl.No Topics Page Staff

No Sign
1 Abstract
2 Introduction
3 Materials & equipment required
4 Assembly
5 Advantages
6 Disadvantages
7 Applications
8 Future Scope
9 Conclusion
10 Reference

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 ABSTRACT:
Food preparation is important in the food industry and also in every
home. This preparation process is not easy as it requires proper
techniques and methods. For example, cutting vegetables without
emphasizing safety will result in injury to the knife user. In addition
to appropriate techniques, the implementation of the cutting process
in short period is also crucial. The production of products such as
automatic vegetable slicer able to overcome various problem in the
food preparation process majorly occur in most restaurant which
consume longer time to serve. This study aims to redesign the
existing automatic vegetable cutting machines. Methods involves
problem statement, idea generation, detail drawing, material and
selection, project fabrication, assembly and test run. A series of test
will be carried out to determine the most suitable rotation speed in
order to get the best cutting product. The main types of vegetable that
will be tested are root and tuber crops. Periodic evaluations will be
carried out to ensure that the operation of the machine reaches the set
standards. The measurement has been identified to make sure the
cutting process goes as planned. As a result, we successfully cut
vegetable into common slice thickness ranging between 7mm to
9mm. Consideration for this design is ability to cut large size and
moist content, product’s thickness, and power requirement. In
conclusion, this project primarily focuses on redesign current
automatic vegetable slicer that able to tackle minor problem occur in
current design with the help of mechanical and electrical engineering
knowledge.
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INTRODUCTION:
healthy and balanced diet is one of the demands for a healthy
body. Based on the food pyramid recommended by
nutritionists, the intake of vegetables and fruits is in second
place. That means the intake of vegetables in the daily diet is
crucial and should take in large portions. Vegetables contain
so many nutrients such as potassium, dietary fibre, vitamin A
and Vitamin C. All these nutrients are crucial not only can
prevent disease, but also to help the growth process.

However, cutting and preparing vegetables is one of the

processes that require the use of manpower, good time
management, and meticulous preparation. Along with the
passage of time, more efficient methods of cutting vegetables
need to be highlighted. With that, the idea arose to produce an
automatic vegetable slicer. This innovation has brought many
benefits to our community especially for food business sector.
The presence of this technology is indeed beneficial to
various parties. For example, a restaurant that uses this
automatic vegetable cutter can perform the task of cutting
vegetables on a large scale for a short period while speeding
up the food preparation process. In addition to its time-saving

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use, the cutting quality is also satisfactory.

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MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
Materials:
1. Cardboard 2X2 ft.
2. 9Volt battery,Connector.
3. Buzzer, Copper wire & Switch
4. Safety
pin
Equipment:
1. Hot Melting Glue
2. Nut
3. Scissor
4. Metal Scale

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ASSEMBLY:

 First of all cut all the cardboard as above measurements.

For this we have used a metal scale and Scissor.

 After the cardboard is ready as measurements we need to

heat the glue gun for use.

 With the help of hot melting glue we have glued the base
of earthquake detector. We can make other design of
base also.

 As base is ready now make one tower shaped as column

with a hanging beam.

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 We make a small hole at the edge of hanging beam.
Where we pass naked wire. At the end of this wire we
have fixed one small metal nut. This makes wire
vertically inclined. At the middle of this wire we put a
metallic safety pin having circular space at the middle.
(Note when the wire touches this hook circuit is
completed that cause ringing of buzzer concurrently.)

 We fixed a 9 volt battery one end of base which is

connects to battery connector. One end of battery
connector is connected to tower. and next is connected
to switch, buzzer and finally to the hook.

 Now when the switch is on and if wire touches the round

hook then circuit is completed and buzzer is ring.

 Finally our project is ready for demo.

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ADVANTAGES OF AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE SLICER:

1. Early alerts can save lives.

2. Economically manufactured.
3. Easy to use.
4. Space occupancy is minimal.
5. No skilled person required to build it.

DISADVANTAGES OF AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE SLICER:

1. Timing
In areas that are close to the focus of the earthquake, the
warning may not be transmitted before strong tremors hit.

2. False alarms
false Earthquake Early Warnings may occur as a result of
noise from accidents, lightning or device failure.

3. Magnitude estimation
There are limits to the accuracy of estimating magnitude,
especially for large earthquakes.

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APPLICATION:
1. Can be used in homes.
2. Can be used in sport events.
3. Can be used to learn earth’s tectonic plates movements.

FUTURE SCOPE:

1. With adding seismometer we can store the data for later

use by professionals working at this sector.

2. to design a LabVIEW based control system by

collaborating MEMS accelerometer sensor with
Arduino microcontrollers in a ZigBee wireless network.
3. With having sensors and automation system can control
machines to prevent huge disasters.
4. With IOT system we can monitor and control the
whole system remotely via computer or mobile.

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CONCLUSION:

This simple AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE SLICER can be mounted on

any flat surface area surrounded by people to notice the alarm. This
miniature model can be implement in a real detector with enhanced
features to regularly monitor earth’s behavior and save human life
disaster.

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REFERENCE:

Title: Earthquake Detector Project

Website title: Iscienceexperiment

URL: https://schoolscienceexperiments.com/earthquake-detector-project/
Published year: 2019
Date accessed: 2019-08-05
Author: Dhurba Gurung

Title: Homemade earthquake detector

Website title: slideshare.net Published
year: 2019
Date accessed: 2019-08-09
Author: Dhurba Gurung

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