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Ergonomic Evaluation of Pedal Operated Arecanut Dehusker with Women Workers in the Konkan Region of Maharatshtra


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1 Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
2 Department of Physics and Electronics, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
3 Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
     

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Dried arecanut are dehusked at farmer's house or at small scale processing units by manual labour using country kitchen tool having a wooden plank and curved MS blade. Traditional dehusking method is time consuming, highly labour intensive, uneconomical and above all very unsafe for fingers and palms. The developed pedal operated arecanut dehusker was evaluated with nine female workers to check the suitability of the machine for women workers. Average age, weight and stature of the subjects were 26.1(± 8.5) years, 46.7(± 9.6) kg and 158(± 6) cm, respectively. While average HR max and VO2 max were 193.9 (±8.5) bpm and 1.47(± 0.3)l/min, respectively. The mean heart rate, oxygen consumption rate and energy expenditure rate for nine subjects were 136.6 bpm, 0.8 l/min and 16.56 kJ/min, respectively. The work is under 'Very heavy' category (Sen, 1969).

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Ergonomic Evaluation, Arecanut Dehusker.
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Authors

V. V. Aware
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
Seema V. Aware
Department of Physics and Electronics, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
P. U. Shahare
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
N. A. Shirsat
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
M. R. Patil
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
Chhaya R. Kavitkar
Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India

Abstract


Dried arecanut are dehusked at farmer's house or at small scale processing units by manual labour using country kitchen tool having a wooden plank and curved MS blade. Traditional dehusking method is time consuming, highly labour intensive, uneconomical and above all very unsafe for fingers and palms. The developed pedal operated arecanut dehusker was evaluated with nine female workers to check the suitability of the machine for women workers. Average age, weight and stature of the subjects were 26.1(± 8.5) years, 46.7(± 9.6) kg and 158(± 6) cm, respectively. While average HR max and VO2 max were 193.9 (±8.5) bpm and 1.47(± 0.3)l/min, respectively. The mean heart rate, oxygen consumption rate and energy expenditure rate for nine subjects were 136.6 bpm, 0.8 l/min and 16.56 kJ/min, respectively. The work is under 'Very heavy' category (Sen, 1969).

Keywords


Ergonomic Evaluation, Arecanut Dehusker.