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Design and Development of Grader for Kagzi-Lime


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1 Department of Agricultural Process Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India
2 Department of Agricultural Process Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India
     

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A Kagzi-lime fruit grader was developed using concentric screen principle. The machine consists of feeding, grading, collection and power transmission units. The dimensions of the machine are 1200 mm x 700 mm x 700 mm with a cost of approximately Rs. 25,000. The Kagzi-lime fruit were graded into three grades viz., Grade-I-above 40 mm, Grade-II-between 40 to 36 mm and Grade-III-below-36 mm. The maximum grading efficiency of 95 per cent at 14 rpm of the speed of grading unit and 7 degree feed trough angle with actual capacity was found 354.45 kg/h. and Rs. 6.62/qt cost of grading. In absence of electricity (on farm) manually operated grader is also suitable to marginal farmers with 86 per cent grading efficiency and Rs. 12.23/qt cost of grading.

Keywords

Design, Screen Grader, Kagzi-Lime, Cost Analysis.
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Authors

S. G. Pawar
Department of Agricultural Process Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India
S. U. Khodke
Department of Agricultural Process Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India

Abstract


A Kagzi-lime fruit grader was developed using concentric screen principle. The machine consists of feeding, grading, collection and power transmission units. The dimensions of the machine are 1200 mm x 700 mm x 700 mm with a cost of approximately Rs. 25,000. The Kagzi-lime fruit were graded into three grades viz., Grade-I-above 40 mm, Grade-II-between 40 to 36 mm and Grade-III-below-36 mm. The maximum grading efficiency of 95 per cent at 14 rpm of the speed of grading unit and 7 degree feed trough angle with actual capacity was found 354.45 kg/h. and Rs. 6.62/qt cost of grading. In absence of electricity (on farm) manually operated grader is also suitable to marginal farmers with 86 per cent grading efficiency and Rs. 12.23/qt cost of grading.

Keywords


Design, Screen Grader, Kagzi-Lime, Cost Analysis.

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