Development of portable dry leaf sweeper powered by a single motor / Siti Nurdyana Mazlan

Residential landscaping is the art of enhancing the aesthetic appeal and look of the space surrounding a home. Regardless of how beautiful the tree planting is, there are problems like dry leaves falling everywhere. People only clean the dried leaves with the traditional method of sweeping with a broom, which takes a lot of work regularly. Most machines on the market are not portable in size and are not reasonably priced. Therefore, a portable dry leaf sweeper must be designed and developed. This product will go through a design selection process and required to create an isometric view using state-of- art SolidWorks 2018. The designed leaf sweeper will work on electricity and will consist of simple fabrication as a proof of concept. Analytical and finite element analysis of the critical parts shall be carried out. Having this machine shall help to keep the residential areas clean especially surrounding the user house yet reduce the work intensity. As a result, the production of this product can run smoothly and successfully achieve the objectives. This machine has been shown to save energy when sweeping at different surface areas and cost-effective. A few suggestions will be listed to produce more improvements. Generally, this innovation may have the potential to be noticed by users.