DOI: 10.17577/IJERTV4IS030375 Corpus ID: 110439579; The Design and Construction of a Melon Shelling Machine using Locally Available Materials …
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A Melon shelling machine was designed, constructed and tested in order to reduce the stress associated in manual shelling of melon process. The melon shelling machine was made from...
The machine consists of a frame, the hopper, the shelling chamber or unit made of a rotating impeller disc, rotor and the seed or discharge outlet. The shelling unit consists …
Recently, melon shelling machine have been welcomed by more and more food processing manufacturers. This is mainly because melon shelling machine is a well-designed and efficient food processing equipment. In …
Results from the developed machine shows a shelling efficiency of 73.1% with seed damage percent of 14.3% when using moisture content of 30%d.b. while, for the manual shelling was reported to be ...
stationary disc positioned to be parallel to the rotating disc [9], the construction of a melon seed shelling machine which works on the principle of bending by feeding seeds through a sets of rollers having ridges on their surfaces [10], The designe and construction of a melon shelling using the principle of extrusion [11].
The design and construction of motorized melon shelling machine using impact method was done in order to meet the domestic, commercial and industrial demand of melon for food processing and for other industrial uses. The Melon shelling machine is made up of the following main units; hopper, shelling chamber, electric motor and supporting base.
This capacity is comparatively lower than the 192 kg/h machine capacity of a melon seed shelling machine without a separating unit developed by Shittu and Ndrika (2012) and higher than the 7.95 kg/h machine capacity of the melon seed shelling and separation machine developed by Sobowale et al., (2015).
The design and construction of motorized melon shelling machine using impact method was done in order to meet the domestic, commercial and industrial demand of melon for food processing and for other industrial uses. The Melon shelling machine is made up of the following main units; hopper, shelling chamber, electric motor and supporting base.
This melon dehusking machine operates at the optimal dehusking speed of 1,400 rpm, feed rate of 11 kg/hr and a shelling efficiency of about 85%. The effect of the moisture content of melon seeds ...
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Shelling operation was carried using melon seeds of three different moisture contents. (6.99, 11.90 and 18.32%) and at different shelling speeds of 2500 and 1500 rpm, while performance evaluation ...
The Design and Construction of a Melon Shelling Machine using Locally Available Materials
The machine was tested with melon seeds at constant speed and feed rate, using moisture contents of dried seeds, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% by weight (w.b). The melon shelling efficiency (MSE) increased as the moisture content increased, but beyond 20% w.b, there was a decrease.
The design and construction of motorized melon shelling machine using impact method was done in order to meet the domestic, commercial and industrial demand of melon for food processing and for other industrial …
A melon shelling machine was constructed using locally available materials, the main functional parts of the machine include …
The melon shelling machine operates at a maximum shelling speed of 1400rpm, feed rate of 4g per minute and a shelling efficiency of 75.2%. ... The design and construction of manually and motorized ...
The design and construction of manually and motorized operated melon shelling machine using impact method was done in order to meet the domestic, commercial and industrial requirement of melon for ...
The machine consists of a cylinder shaft inserted in a cylindrical pipe, on which theshelling blades(shelling flat bar/ flexible rubber) were welded/attached round the cylindrical pipe …
of developing the melon shelling machine is to improve quality so that it can satisfy both domestic and international demand. The objectives of the study are to: (I) to develop a melon shelling machine using locally available materials that could help solve the problems of manual melon shelling in Auchi and its environments.
The Design and Construction of a Melon Shelling Machine using Locally Available Materials. Lukman Abu. 2015, International Journal of Engineering Research and. See Full PDF Download PDF.
The melon shelling and cleaning machine was designed, constructed and tested. The machine was developed from the available locally sourced materials. Based on the result of testing carried out the operating speed 2100rpm has the highest shelling efficiency of 76.5 % at 22 % moisture content for variety N.
The shelling of this crop is crucial until it is used in large quantities. To solve the melon-related challenges, a muskmelon harrow was designed and built. The melon seeds shelling machine is made up of a hopper, frame, shelling and cleaning device, parachute and prime mover. Three different seeds (6.99, 11.90 and 18.32%) of seeds were ...
A Melon shelling machine was designed, constructed and tested in order to reduce the stress associated in manual shelling of melon process. ... Design and Construction of a Manually Operated Melon ...
The Design and Construction of a Melon Shelling Machine using Locally Available Materials. International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, 4(3): 311-316 Davies, R.M. (2010). Engineering Properties of …
Results from the developed machine shows a shelling efficiency of 73.1% with seed damage percent of 14.3% when using moisture content of 30%d.b. while, for the manual shelling was reported to be ...
The drudgery involved in the manual shelling of the seeds has discouraged the mass production and commercialization of the crop and this necessitates the development and …
Design and Construction of a Melon Dehusking Machine 19 and impact force of 45°, 1,530 rpm and 0.537 N respectively. From the forgoing, this study seeks to apply a rubbing action motion as opposed to the use of impact force to shell melon seeds. It further intends to solve the wastage and breakage challenges during processing as it …
The fraction of melon seeds fully shelled by the sheller when the moisture content of the melon seeds remained at 7% wb using the concave speeds of 750, 950 and 1200rpm were 54%, 45% and 45%. The percentage of seeds broken were 85, 95 and 97%, the number of partially shelled seeds were 42%, 54% and 54%.
