Abstract: In India, Agriculture is the backbone. In country like India, groundnut is grown on a small scale by farmer. The major problem in groundnut production in country like India is the lack of groundnut processing machines available to farmers. In the beginning the peanuts were separated from its shells by the workers. The output from this method was very less and could not satisfy the market demand as it was very time consuming process. A research-work for design, fabricate, and performance evaluation of a groundnut decorticator consisting of feed hopper with a flow rate control device, shelling unit, separating unit and power system. This paper describes about the design and fabrication of various components of groundnut decorticator. Overall, this machine involves processes like design, fabrication and assembly of different components etc. Our aim was that we should make such a machine, whose production capacity is more & machine gets operated on 1 H.P. electric. The fresher and small farmer or business man can start business by investing less capital.
Keywords: groundnut decorticator; evaluation; fabrication.
Title: Design and Fabrication of Groundnut Decorticator
Author: Arjun Vishwakarma, Tejas Tandale, Prof R.H.kekan
International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Technology
ISSN 2348-7593 (Online)
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