Performance evaluation of power operated coconut de-shelling machine for different varieties of coconut
Evaluation of Coconut De shelling machine
Keywords:
coconut, de-shelling capacity, de-shelling efficiencyAbstract
Coconut de-shelling machine is intended to reduce both time and drudgery involved in the manual de-shelling process. A power operated coconut de-shelling machine, developed at ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod had been evaluated for different varieties of coconuts namely; Tiptur Tall, Kulashekhara Green Tall, and West Coast Tall. The de-shelling capacity of machine, when operated by a skilled worker was found to be 141 nuts/h, 148 nuts/h and 144 nuts/h with de-shelling efficiency of 89%, 92% and 90% for Tiptur Tall, Kulashekhara Green Tall, and West Coast Tall varieties respectively. In context of, de-shelling capacity and de-shelling efficiency no significant difference among the varieties were observed and machine worked well for all three varieties.
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