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Design Of Melon De-husking And Separation Machine
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1.4 ADVANTAGES
i) The machine combines two processes in one ie de-
Husking and separation.
ii. The machine is portable and occupies
very little space.
iv. The machine is cheap when constructed locally,
compared to cost of importation.
v. The machine can be confidently be driven by a
single phase electric motor thereby making power
consumption rate very low.
Vi. De-husking and separation time is highly
reduced by using this machine.
vii. Labour input in de-husking and separation is also
drastically reduced.
viii. Productivity in de-husking and separation is
highly increased.
1.5 OBJECTIVE
(i)
The objective of this project is to design, fabricate and test a melon
de-husking and separation machine in order to increase productivity in
melon processing and reduce human labour of manual de-husking and
separation to the bearest minimum.
(ii) This project will improve the living standard of million of rural dweller who may engage in melon processing.
(iii) It will encourage the growth of small and medium scale industrial enterprise in the agric – processing nation wide.
(iv)
This project will contribute to the overall economic development of the
nation by encouraging indigenous engineers technologists and
technicians in designing, fabricating and testing of processing
machines.
1.6 SCOPE
This machine only handles treated melon.
The designed machine is expected to de-husk and separate about 450 kg of
melon in an hours work. This is result in about 3, 600kg or 3.6 tonnes
in eight (8) hours work.
1.7 BENEFICIARIES
i) The major beneficiaries of this project are rural dweller who might engage themselves in melon processing.
ii) Small, and medium scale agro-industrial set up who produce products like vegetable oil and food items.
iii) Chemical and pharmaceutical industries who might be using extracts from melon as binders, thickeners for drugs etc.
iv) Agro – feed industries who might be using melon as additive in feed production.
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