Design and Fabrication of a Livestock’s Fodder Crusher

Crop residues are materials left in an agricultural field after crop harvest and are a major source of livestock feed. Due to their hard and slippery nature, livestock only feed on half, leaving the rest dispersed and wasted. This project is focused on the design and fabrication of a livestock fodder crusher to crush crop residues into livestock fodder. The crushing has improved the crop residue quality and the design consists of major components such as cutting and crushing blades, bearings, shaft and crushing chamber. The project was carried out by fabricating a manually powered fodder crusher in the welding workshop at Jose Eduardo dos Santos campus (University of Namibia) to test and evaluate the design feasibility. The fabricated manually powered fodder crusher has shown dependability and is beneficial to all rural dwellers as it does not require solar or electric powering methods.