Development and Performance Evaluation of Plantain Peeler Cum Slicer
Razvoj i ocena karakteristika mašine za ljuštenje i rezanje
Author
Rajesh, Gourikutty Kunjurayan
Pandiselvam, Ravi
Indulekshmi, Aswathi
Keywords
peelerslicer
banana
effective capacity
material loss
ljuštenje
rezanje
banana
efektivni kapacitet
gubici
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Peeling and slicing of green mature plantains of Nendran variety is labour
intensive and costly. Based on the physical and mechanical properties of green mature
plantain the peeler cum slicer was developed. The peeling unit of the fabricated machine
consists of feeding cylinders, peeling blades, conical throat and splitters. The green
plantain fed into the feeding cylinder was pushed down by a pushing mechanism. Slicing
unit consists of a cylindrical guide, slicing disc and blade. Slicing was achieved by
rotating the disc at 300 min-1. Average peeling efficiency and material loss were
obtained at 88.94% and 13.69%, respectively. Diameter of feeding cylinder was
significant at 1% (P<0.01) level for overall capacity of machine. The overall capacity,
slicing efficiency and effective capacity of the plantain slicer was found to be 89.27
kg·h-1, 89.16 kg·h-1 and 79.59 kg·h-1, respectively. The capacity of the developed peeler
cum slicer was four times higher than manual operation. Ljuštenje i rezanje zelenih zrelih banana varijeteta Nendran je veoma
intenzivan i skup postupak, Na osnovu fizičkih i mehaničkih osobina zelenih zrelih
banana razvijena je mašina za ljuštenje i rezanje. Jedinica za ljuštenje ove mašine se
sastoji od dostavljačkih cilindara, noževa za ljuštenje, konusnog grla i razdeljivača.
Zelene banana se ubacuju u privodni cilindar i guračem potiskuju dole. Rezni uređaj se
sastoji od cilindrične vođice, režućeg diska i noža. Rezanje se postiže rotacijom diska sa
300 min-1. Srednja efikasnost ljuštenja i gubici materijala su iznosili 88.94% i 13.69%,
redom. Uticaj prečnika privodnog cilindra bio je značajan na nivou 1% (P<0.01) za
ukupni kapacitet mašine. Ukupni kapacitet, efikasnost sečenja i efektivni kapacitet
sekača iznosili su 89.27 kg·h-1, 89.16 kg·h-1 i 79.59 kg·h-1, redom.