DEVELOPMENT OF A MOTORIZED KNEADER FOR GROUNDNUT OIL EXTRACTION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.231.501Abstract
A motorized groundnut-kneading machine was designed, based on the principle of a rotational viscometer, in which the viscous flow drag of rotating a body .immersed in a liquid is measured as a function of speed. The machine was constructed, and evaluated for its performance in terms of, its kneading time and throughput capacity. In addition to eliminating the drudgery involved in the existing manual kneading tools, test result reveals substantial savings in kneading time. Kneading time .kneading time was reduced by 80% and the throughput capacity of the machine in terms of weight of oil extracted per unit time was found to be 46.3 kg/hr. The machine promises a big relief from drudgery for groundnut processors.
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