Diseño y construcción de una máquina picadora de hojas de maíz capacidad 250kg/hora para la parroquia San José de Poaló en la provincia de Cotopaxi

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to demonstrate to people who read it, how important is the work that is done in small communities. Now there are endless machines that facilitate the action of activities in our life. But in the parish of San José de Poaló a place where technology is not yet present, people with low resources are engaged in agricultural work in a traditional way That is why this work focuses on giving a solution to the problems that exist in the community, for this reason we conducted a study that allows to know everything about the work of livestock and its derivatives After knowing the existing problem, we proceed to design and build a corn plants mincing machine able to meet a capacity of 250 Kg/ h. Also is important to mention that for the elaboration of this Project research was used to broaden the view on the subject, like: corn composition, the force that is needed to cut a corn stalk, parenting way and feeding cattle. In addition, studies were performed on the machine to be designed, the technical study is based on analyzing through software the most critical elements that can fail, the financial analysis is based on determine if the investment of the machine is favorable for the community.