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Development of Power Operated Medicinal Nut Sheller


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1 Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
2 ALL India Co-Ordinated Research Project on Farm Implements and Machinery, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
3 Department of Pulse Breeder, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
     

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Medicinal nuts like hirada and ritha have many medicinal properties and used for many pharmaceutical operations. Presently shelling of hirada (Terminalia chebula) and ritha (Sapindus mukorossi) nuts is done manually, which is labour intensive, slow and tedious operation. Therefore, a power operated medicinal nut sheller was developed on the basis of shear principle. The capacity of the machine has been observed to be 114 kg-h-1 and 170 kg-h-1 for hirada and ritha nuts, respectively. Shelling efficiency of nuts was 83 per cent and 80.66 per cent for hirada and ritha, respectively. Per cent broken seeds were observed as 28.9 per cent and 7.9 per cent for hirada and ritha, respectively.

Keywords

Hirada, Terminalia chebula, Ritha, Sapindus mukorossi, Nut Sheller, Shelling Efficiency, Shear.
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Authors

R. A. Bangale
Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
P. A. Turbatmath
Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
R. V. Sanglikar
Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
V. D. Deshmukh
ALL India Co-Ordinated Research Project on Farm Implements and Machinery, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
J. S. Deshpande
Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
M. R. Bedis
Department of Pulse Breeder, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India

Abstract


Medicinal nuts like hirada and ritha have many medicinal properties and used for many pharmaceutical operations. Presently shelling of hirada (Terminalia chebula) and ritha (Sapindus mukorossi) nuts is done manually, which is labour intensive, slow and tedious operation. Therefore, a power operated medicinal nut sheller was developed on the basis of shear principle. The capacity of the machine has been observed to be 114 kg-h-1 and 170 kg-h-1 for hirada and ritha nuts, respectively. Shelling efficiency of nuts was 83 per cent and 80.66 per cent for hirada and ritha, respectively. Per cent broken seeds were observed as 28.9 per cent and 7.9 per cent for hirada and ritha, respectively.

Keywords


Hirada, Terminalia chebula, Ritha, Sapindus mukorossi, Nut Sheller, Shelling Efficiency, Shear.

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