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Victair Mistifier Gearbox: Shafts And Bearings, Rickey Skinner, Gabe Bruno, Casey Mcfarlen Apr 2015

Victair Mistifier Gearbox: Shafts And Bearings, Rickey Skinner, Gabe Bruno, Casey Mcfarlen

Mechanical Engineering and Technology Senior Projects

The current global population is 7.2 billion. It is projected to increase by 1 billion over the next 12 years. There is only 5% of usable farming land left on earth. Food is a resource that humans must consume daily. These facts undeniably lead to a shortage of food in the future. It is essential to mankind survival that farming becomes more efficient and sustainable. This provided the motivation to design a more efficient transmission for the Victair Mistifier (orchard and vineyard sprayer). Victair Mistifiers are designed, engineered, and manufactured by H.F. Hauff Company in Yakima, WA. The Hauff Company’s …