A springpress, variable mechanism hand operated maize sheller was developed, constructed and tested with corn cobs at 12. To provide options for small and hill farmers, a hand operated maize dehusker sheller has been designed, developed, fabr icat ed and evaluat ed. Pdf on may 3, 2018, pavasiya uttam and others published design. Cimbria maize shellers are designed for gentle separation of maize kernels from the cobs and removal of rachis. Sheller performance indices, pod moisture content and feed rate were establish. Bamba motorized maize sheller transportation of the product from the field to the threshing or shelling place must also be handled with special care, since it can bring about severe losses. Pdf the design and fabrication of a power operated maize shelling machine. Maize shelling machine was developed to shell maize and separate the cob from the grains with appropriate engineering design factors. The design and fabrication of a power operated maize shelling machine was carried out in the engineering workshop of both allamit nigeria limited,odoona, ibadan and federal college of agriculture moor plantation, ibadan, oyo state, nigeria. The design and construction of maize threshing machine. Maize sheller for gentle separation of maize kernels. The properties of the crop that affect the thresher performance are crop variety, shape and size, hardness of the seed, the moisture content of the seed and the density. Mechanical engineering, jcoe kuran, maharashtra, india. The research was conducted on design, development and evaluation of hand operated maize sheller in college of agricultural engineering during.
The maize sheller consisted of a cylinder and a concave. The fabricated design consists of a body casing, drum. Design, fabrication, impacttype, hand operated, maize sheller. The maize shellers were of economic use and highly efficient though no prior design parameters and engineering properties of maize were considered before the fabrication of the machines, engineers.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Thus, there is a need to develop a maize sheller with higher efficiency, better. Absract farmers in developing countries such as india grow smallscale maize. They find application mainly in the seed processing sector, where maize cobs are harvested as a whole unit.
Maize zea mays is one of the most important cereal crops in the world agricultural economy. Abstracta dry corn shelling machine presented in this paper helps to separate corn from the cob. Pdf design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a hand. Performance evaluation of a developed maize sheller. This paper describes about the design of various components of maize sheller machine using different methodology. Design and development of corn sheller machine journal of.
Pdf design and development of hand operated maize dehusker. Pdf design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a. The machine could be operated continuously for a comparatively long time with high shelling rate without causing damage to kernels. Pdf design and fabrication of motorized maize shelling. Design and fabrication of a maize dehuskercumsheller. Maize grain losses contribute to food insecurity and. Bamba motorized maize sheller transportation of the product from the field to the threshing or shelling place must also be handled with special care, since it can bring about severe. Lack of corn processing machines, especially corn sheller, is a major problem of corn production, especially in our country india. Pdf design and fabrication of groundnut shelling machine. Pdf design consideration of corn sheller machine ijirst.
It is known as queen of cereals and king of fodder due to its great importance in human and animal diet. The maize shellers which are manually or power operated, are used to remove the corn pearls from the cobs. The objectives of the work were to design, construct, and evaluate a low cost maize sheller for rural farmers in nigeria. The sk f guide was used to value the nominal life, ln, and life design of maize sheller falls between 4000 to 8000 hours.
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