Design, Development and Evaluation of Foot-Operated Sugarcane Sett Cutter

One of the important unit operations in sugarcane cultivation is sett cutting. The number of setts of three buds for normal planting per ha is 37,000–40,000, but farmers use up to 75,000 with two buds at narrow row-row distance. The study conducted in the selected villages indicated in-situ sett cutting and hand operated knife (500 g) is being used for sett cutting. Ergonomically study predicted the use of heavy muscle power for hand operated knife ( Kathhi ) during continuous cutting through impact force. Minor injury was also reported during sett cutting with a hand cutter. The chemical composition of the traditional sett cutting tool ( Kathhi ) for carbon content was analysed and very low carbon steel (carbon content