‘Black Soldier Fly’- Structure

What Is Black soldier Fly-Project.

The Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens, is of the dipteran family Stratiomyidae. The larvae and adults are considered neither pests nor vectors. Instead, black soldier fly larvae play a similar role to that of redworm as essential decomposers in breaking down organic substrates and returning nutrients to the soil. The larvae have voracious appetites and can be used for composting household food scrap and agriculture waste products.

Need Of Structure:

1. Restrict flies to escape
2. To prevent the eggs and larva from outside environment and damages

Process To Make A Strucure:

28 SEP.2022. – Our TEAM–@abhishek-ahivale,@varad-gadkari and me (@samarth-tarale) did discussion with Dr .Dixit and Mr .prasad sir about how should we design our structure for easy and effective use for BSF PROJECT. We finalised a rough ideology of structure and calculated a rough estimate for fabrication.

1.Design Of Structure

2.List Of Materials:

NO.	NAME OF MATERIAL	QUANTITY / NO.
1)	MS SQUARE TUBE (20*20mm)	20 m.
2)	ALUMINIUM MOSQUITO NET	9sq.m
3)	SELF-SCREW’S (12*25mm)	250
4)	METAL SHEET(3mm)	1sq.m
5)	BATAM PATTI	20m
6)	SILICON ADHESIVE	300ml
7)	METAL PUTTI	200gm
8)	MS L;-ANGLE (50*50)	4m
9)	SQUARE-TUBE	2m

14 OCT.2022.

We found a ready skeleton of structure in ashram which was not in use and can be modified for our structure.On the basis of new availability of structure we modified the list of material.

2.1,3 .Updated Needed List Of Material and Quotation or Bill Of Material:

NO.	Name Of Materials	Quantity/Amount	Rate	Cost(Rs)
1)	square Tube(20*20mm)	10m
2)	Aluminium Mosquito Net (2*2mm)	118sq.ft	20rs.per Sq.ft	2070
3)	Batam-Patti	20m	6rs.per ft.	850
4)	Silicon Adhesive	500ml	300 rs.	300
5)	Self-screw’s	250	2.5rs/ screw	625
6)	Door lock And Hinges	3	20 rs per	60
7)	redox paint	500ml
8)	knobs	4		40

Fabrication Work

1. We found a rectangular box made up of square tubes in ashram which is not in use and can be used as main body of our structure.
2. We removed all non required parts by grinding , so that it will be easy to fabricate.
3. After removing the unwanted parts of old structure we painted it by redox paint.

Fixing of aluminium-mosquito net on structure:

1. We started to fix a net on metal square tube , for that we used wood batam patti and 1” self screw’s.
2. We fixed net to 4 sides of structure except the side where we have to fix the door

1 NOV.2022

Fabrication Of DooR’s

1. We cutted metal tubes according our design.
2. welded parts accurately so that doors will be easy to open and there will be no gap in it.
3. we also gave redox paint on the frame of structure.

2 NOV.2022

1. Fitted net on the doors frame.
2. We also fitted knobs to fit the door on structure.

8 NOV.2022.

1. There was a gap between the net and square tube of structure which was needed to fill so that flies will not egg there.
2. We used silicon as a adhesive purpose to fulfill the gaps.
3. we also attached cloth as a gas-kit on the area of frame to fulfill gap.
4. Finally our structure is now ready

What I Learned ….

1. We learned from this that how Design Thinking Process actually works on the practical projects.
2. Also learned How Design and material selection should be done on the client demand and market survey.
3. How to do a accurate and proper fabrications.
4. Team-Work and team building for progress of project.