Root feeder: choosing the most productive chopper model. The process of making do-it-yourself feed choppers of various types Animal feed cutter

A do-it-yourself feeder can be made from any material at hand. At the same time, the savings will be quite tangible. For example, a homemade food cutter can be made from a gas cylinder or bucket, an old washing machine, a grinder, and more. It is quite simple to do this, having the corresponding drawings at hand.

Making a feed cutter from a gas cylinder or bucket

A forage chopper is an indispensable tool in the household. With its help, it is possible in the shortest possible time to grind raw materials intended for the preparation of feed mixtures for livestock and poultry. Shredded feed is absorbed much faster, which allows you to speed up the growth of the household.

Sometimes the cost of a device with which livestock and poultry can be provided with high-quality chopped feed is beyond the reach of the farmer. But, an analogue can be made at home from improvised material. For example, a feed chopper can be made from a gas cylinder or bucket.

A grass cutter, a do-it-yourself feed cutter is made from half a gas cylinder, which can be replaced with a durable bucket. First, you need to make two parts from the balloon. From one of them, you will need to cut off the bottom, and then make cuts over the entire surface. They should be staggered, about 10 millimeters wide. In order to give the slots of the required shape, a punch is needed, with the help of which the lower part of the slots remains flat, and the upper part acquires a rounded shape. With this, the homemade feed chopper will have the appropriate notch.

Both ends of the gas bottle should be trimmed with steel strips, for which rivets are best suited. In order to stretch steel rods into a homemade feed grinder, which can be made from a gas cylinder, two more strips with a hole with a diameter of 10 millimeters must be added to the existing strips. Welding is recommended for secure fixation of the strip.

After completing these manipulations, you can proceed to work with the handles. To do this, you need to bend them. On the part that has remained flat, you need to place a housing with bearings. The final stage in the manufacture of a feed cutter from a gas cylinder is the construction of a stand. It is recommended to make it out of wood. A wooden table is suitable as a stand, on which you will need to install a homemade structure from a gas cylinder. It is necessary to install a box on the table, in which the raw materials for grinding will be laid. A container for chopped raw materials is installed at the bottom of the feed cutter. It can be the second part of the gas cylinder.

Grinder feed cutter

A forage grinder, grass cutter can be made at home from a grinder. It is quite simple to do this, having an illustrative example in the form of devils, which can be different. As an example, consider the following drawing.

The grinder feed cutter provides for the use of a bucket made of stainless steel, in which holes must be made with a diameter of 15 millimeters. The bottom of the bucket will also have a hole that is 1 centimeter in diameter. At the next stage of the grass cutter, the grinder feed chopper will be equipped with a frame. It can be made by welding and metal corners. Flange and glands are required in order to make a secure attachment of the bucket and frame. Thus, an electric grass cutter, a forage grinder acquires a moving part - a drum, which is the main element of a home-made structure.

The future electric grass cutter, forage chopper should be equipped with a hopper in which raw materials are placed for processing. You can make it from a bucket, from which you need to remove the bottom. The work of the electric forage grinder comes from a grinder, which is fastened with bolts to a flange located at the back of the structure. An electric cutter, a feed chopper can work with different performance, which depends on the speed of the grinder.

Washing machine feeder

If the previous options for making homemade devices for chopping feed for pets and poultry could be made without drawings, then a grass cutter, a feed cutter made from a washing machine, cannot do without them. An example of what a drawing could be is the following image:

A grass cutter, a do-it-yourself feed cutter, made from a washing machine, provides for the use of an engine and a tank. The initial stage of work consists in making an opening in the rear wall of the tank from the washing machine, into which the motor shaft can be easily placed. The mounting bolts have 4 holes, which will need to be made around the edges. Next, you need to decide on a place for making a hole through which the crushed raw material will enter the receiving hopper.

The shredder should be bolted to the motor shaft. This appliance will work more efficiently if it is prudently equipped with two knives. It is recommended to install one of the knives at the bottom of the structure. Its job is to lift the placed raw material, as well as the advancement of the already crushed material into the hopper. The purpose of the second knife is directly chopping feed, grass.

As a support, it is necessary to use a metal structure resembling a stool. To it with the help of bolts, you will need to attach the finished structure. For economical chopping of raw materials, the grass cutter can be equipped with a cover to prevent waste of raw materials. But, there must be a hole in it through which raw materials will flow for processing.

The grinding of raw materials placed in such a homemade structure depends solely on how long it was processed. For ease of use, the hole through which the crushed raw material leaves the hopper can be closed with a flap, which will allow you to control the degree of its grinding.

The option of making a home-made device for grinding feed, grass, root crops from a washing machine can be called the most optimal. After working for an hour, the feed cutter can process up to 100 kilograms of feed. The high operating power makes it possible to make the productivity high, despite the fact that the manufacture of the device took place at home.

It is definitely worth getting a feed cutter, because with its help you can grind raw materials in a matter of minutes and prepare feed mixtures on its basis, which will contain all the vitamins and nutrients necessary for the growth of livestock, poultry. If you do not want to spend money on purchasing a ready-made model of a forage grinder, you can make it yourself, while the quality of the product at the exit will not suffer.

As an illustrative example, you can use the following videos, which will demonstrate the principle of operation of popular models of home-assembled forage grinders. However, if you decide to purchase ready-made equipment, then you can familiarize yourself with the range of reliable feed cutters.

Video review

The backyard vegetable cutter is an indispensable equipment for a farm, which speeds up the preparation of feed for livestock. This is especially true in winter, when the vegetables used were stored in the basement and lost a certain percentage of moisture. Rubbing them or cutting them by hand is laborious.

Technical characteristics of vegetable cutting machines

• Easy to operate - just load vegetables into the hopper and press a button.
• The presence of a pusher guarantees safety, food raw materials adhere more tightly to rotating knives, contact with fingers is excluded.
• High productivity - depending on the model, the livestock vegetable cutter can chop 100, 200, 300, 400 kg of vegetables per hour.
• There is a switch on the body that allows you to stop the machine operating at high speeds at any time.
• The hopper is wide enough to accommodate large pieces or full-size vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, squash, etc.).
• Detachable parts are fastened to the body by means of latches, they are easy to remove for subsequent cleaning.
• The equipment is installed on a horizontal surface, it can be placed in the kitchen or other utility room.
• The stainless steel case (with or without enamel) is unpretentious to environmental conditions - indicators of temperature and humidity.

The farmer's electric vegetable cutter is a tough and durable tool with a motor that can handle heavy loads. This is a great alternative to manual graters and machines for cutting vegetables in the absence of labor costs (except for manipulating the loading of raw materials into the machine).

On the website of the MosShef online store, you can buy vegetable cutters for goats, pigs and other livestock from manufacturers Abat, Lepse, Torgmash and others. We advise buyers on any technical issues free of charge, offer equipment delivery services in Moscow and Russia.

Gadgets such as homemade feed cutters and feed choppers can help you provide your livestock with the right amount of food much faster and more conveniently. The availability of such tools is especially important if there are many animals, and their food should be of different quality and degree of chopping.

A feeder and other tools can be made with your own hands from improvised items or unnecessary parts of household appliances.

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Making an electric feed cutter from a washing machine

In order to make this unit, you need to use some materials that can be extracted from old household appliances. Before starting work on creating an electric feed cutter, you will need a washing machine, from which you will need to get the engine and drum.

Hole

The characteristics such as the width, height and length of the slot must be the same as the motor shaft. After the measurement has been taken, you need to start drilling the outer sides of the drum. Here you need to create three slots for the bolts - 2 identical and 1 smaller, as in the picture above.

One of the walls should have an outlet (for ejection of feed) in the form of an additional piece of iron, which is separately attached to the drum. The finished product will be released on it. You can see this construction in the following figure.



Fragment for ejection of feed from the drum

This completes the main stage. Now you need to start working with the cutting part of the device.



Appliance blade

The cutting part must be bolted to the motor shaft. For this design, you need to use 2 knives:

1. 1. The first includes a propeller with slightly concave blades. It should be installed closer to the bottom of the drum. Its tasks are to throw the feed upwards and push the crushed particles out of the cutter.
2. 2. The second knife is the main cutting element and can be made from an old saw blade. The following picture shows what the blades look like.



The knives are slightly curved in shape. This increases the performance of the electric feed cutter. After completing the creation of the device blade, you need to start making support.



Electric feed cutter stand

The support in this device is a metal structure that resembles a stool. Attach the assembled structure to it with bolts.



Stand

In the picture above, you can see the stand in more detail. It does not have to be covered with additional iron sheets.

This completes the work on creating an electric feed cutter from a washing machine. The result is an efficient feed cutter from a washing machine. This device is capable of handling much more forage than conventional manual grass cutters.



Feeder - a schematic representation of the final result



Making a shredder from a cylinder or sturdy bucket

When working on creating a device, you first need to exactly separate one part of the gas vessel from the other, using a grinder, so that you get two almost identical cylinders. Next, take one half and prepare an iron mold for the blades, as shown in the following image.



Tank bottom

After completing these manipulations, you can proceed to work with the blades. To do this, you need to bend them a little. Then attach the knives with screws to the prepared iron disk, which should have pre-made slots.

The figure below shows in finished form how this fragment should look.



Cutting elements

After creating cutting elements for a feed cutter from a cylinder, cut an opening with a grinder. This should be done on the side of the gas vessel.

Under the disc with blades, shown in the image above, you need to install an iron stand with a cut-out opening, which should look like a stool, to connect the disc and cutting elements to the motor.



A cylinder with a disc attached to an iron stand and a motor under it

The motor, in turn, is installed under an iron stand. Thus, a device for grinding feed is obtained. You need to attach a bucket to it, into which the finished product will be poured - as in the image above.

How to make a feed cutter from a grinder?

A disc device can be made at home from an angle grinder. There are different drawings for this, but the most popular is the diagram of a feed cutter from a grinder.



Feed cutter diagram

In the diagram on the left, you can see all the necessary structural elements:

• bucket;
• chopper;
• bunker;
• bulgarian;
• cap;
• cutting element;
• stand;
• outlet for the release of food.

The electric feed cutter includes a bucket made of quality steel. In the image, it is schematically represented under number 2. At the bottom of this object, a hole should be drilled in the center with a diameter of 1 cm - in the diagram this part is marked with number 3. In the bottom of the bucket, holes should also be made along the edges (two on the right and on the left), the size of which should be 15 mm.

Next, you should prepare the stand - its parts are marked with numbers 4 and 6. Then make holes on its base (number 4 in the diagram) - just like on the bottom of the bucket on the extreme sides. Then bolt these two items together. Next, you need to connect the motor from the grinder (number 7) to the disc (number 5). This completes the main stage of work. You can start creating the feed exit opening.

It is necessary to cut a hole at the bottom of the bucket and insert a part that will be designed to release food for animals (it can be seen in the diagram under number 2, near the base under number 4 at the cut point). The shredder should contain a cover with an additional hole in the center (number 1). Feed is placed in it for further processing. If necessary, the central part is additionally closed with a smaller lid so that the raw materials do not fly out during processing. This completes the creation of the feed cutter.

The root crop feeder will save time when preparing feed mixtures. The root vegetable chopper is intended for chopping vegetables, fruits and herbs. Some models are suitable for grain crops as well.

It was noted that finely chopped feed is better absorbed by animals. Accordingly, the productivity of livestock increases. In private households where one cow or 2-3 goats are kept, farmers make homemade feed cutters for chopping root crops. The performance of these devices is controversial, but for a small number of animals, this is sufficient.

For medium and large farms, it makes sense to purchase a factory model that is reliable and easy to use. In this article, we will present several popular models and talk about their technical characteristics.

Principle of operation

Regardless of the model, the feed chopper works according to the same principle. Basically, all products differ in shape and performance. There are manual and electric feeders.

Handheld units are attached to any equal surface. There is no power plant in them, the cutting mechanism is manually operated. They are of low performance and are used in private households.

Electric feed cutters represent more complex and productive devices. The raw material is crushed by knives, which are driven by an electric drive.

Some models have replaceable cutting tools. A hammer mechanism and sieves can be installed, which turns the feed cutter into a grain crusher. Raw materials are fed into the working chamber through the receiving hopper, grinding is determined by the diameter of the sieve mesh.

Model overview

Of the equipment presented on the agricultural market, the following models have proven themselves well:

Feed cutter Zubryonok

This product is a compact disc-type vegetable cutter. Chopper intended for the preparation of compound feed from hard vegetables (cabbage, carrots) and root crops.

All units and mechanisms are made of high-strength materials. Fraction of green feed after processing - from 5 millimeters. The role of the power plant is played by a single-phase electric motor.

The unit has good performance and works regardless of climatic conditions. The operating temperature range varies from -25 to + 40 degrees. The air humidity can be up to 80%.

Specifications:

This series is represented by several models. The most optimal solution for a farm is Elikor isp 4. It is a multifunctional machine designed for crushing root crops, cereals and grasses. The product shows a fairly high performance, is reliable and easy to use.

Elikor isp 4 is equipped with a single-phase motor, which is located at the rear of the unit. The receiving hopper is made of plastic, the body is metal.

The basic set includes two replaceable sieves of different fractions. There is a grater for root vegetables and vegetables, and double-edged knives for crops and stem feed.

Specifications:

Remember that the cutter is not designed to handle wet grain. The product's performance on grass depends on the structure and moisture content of the raw material.

A universal unit that can replace three devices in a household at once: a grass cutter, a grain crusher and a feed cutter. With its small dimensions, the product has a high power.

The grinding fraction is determined by a special regulator. The set includes three replaceable knives made of high-strength steel designed for various types of raw materials. Thanks to the special sharpening technology, the grass knife can chop even thin branches of trees. This allows you to provide animals with the necessary vitamins during the stall period.

For safety reasons the cutter is equipped with overheating protection. Due to its cubic shape and small size, the TM-003 model is easy to transport and store.

Specifications:

Feed cutter Niva IK-07U

In the domestic market, Niva IK-07U is considered one of the most common and sold products. Compared to previous models, the performance of this unit looks very modest, but this drawback is compensated by the low cost and ease of use.

This model is powered by a collector-type single-phase electric motor, series DK 105-307. Purpose - preparation of feed from all types of crops.

For grinding grain and root crops, manufacturers have provided a universal cutting tool. There is a special fuse for protection against overheating and voltage surges.

Specifications:

The feed chopper Niva IK-07U is designed for short-term operation. Every two hours it is necessary to take a fifteen-minute break, necessary for the cooling of the electric motor.

But all products also have significant disadvantages that are characteristic of all models:

• knives need regular sharpening ;
• when grinding grain, part of the raw material flies out through the top cover;
• not all models have a tray for the final product;
• there is no protection against the ingress of foreign bodies into the working chamber. Therefore, even a small pebble can dull the cutting edge;
• when chopping grass, the stalks are wound around the knives, you often have to stop the equipment and clean the working chamber.