Innovative Design and Analysis of Plough for Vineyards

Plough design development has been on the table for millennia, there is still room for improvement. This paper is an attempt to build and analyze a plough for a grape farm’s complex terrain. Ploughing, which splits the top layer of soil, and mechanical weed elimination are two of the most basic tasks performed by farmers. Traditional plough designs were inefficient in covering complex regions, especially in grape vineyards. This paper details the design of a plough mounted on a 24/28 kW farming tractor. The primary goal of the design is to cover difficult areas in grape farms, which are generally gaps between two successive plants that aren’t tilled by traditional plough designs. The optimized design is capable of Ploughing and weeding in complex areas of the farm by using a flexible plough arm on both sides working on an innovative mechanism thus providing aeration to the roots and being cost-efficient.