PROJETO DE UMA RECOLHEDORA DE CAFÉ DE VARRIÇÃO

Abstract

Through studies carried out in the field, there was a great need to implement mechanization in coffee plantations. Two relevant facts in relation to this verification are: the lack of manpower to carry out such activities involved in the whole process of harvesting the fruit, and the intense search for the reduction of production costs to optimize more and more profit. Today there are machines on the market that carry out most of the coffee harvesting processes: planters, blowers, harvesting machines, sweeping coffee pickers, etc. However, the machines responsible for collecting the coffee that remains on the ground after the harvest is carried out, have high values, and this makes it difficult for small producers to acquire such equipment. Given these facts, and through a brief study on the coffee harvesting processes, and with all the knowledge acquired during the course, the objective of this work is to demonstrate a project for a sweeping coffee collector that has great efficiency and a low market value so that small and large producers can take advantage of the mechanization of this stage of the process.