Design Enhancement Evaluation of a Castor Seed Shelling Machine

C. Onyechi Pius; S. P. Obuka Nnaemeka; Okpala Charles; N. Oriah Vincent; A. Igwegbe Chinenye

doi:10.9734/JSRR/2014/5557

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Design Enhancement Evaluation of a Castor Seed Shelling Machine

C. Onyechi Pius, S. P. Obuka Nnaemeka, Okpala Charles, N. Oriah Vincent, A. Igwegbe Chinenye

Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · pp. 924–938 · Published 22 Feb 2014

10.9734/JSRR/2014/5557

Abstract

A milling roller type Castor Seed Shelling Machine (CSSM-1) was designed and produced, considering all active parts on the basis of strength and rigidity. In this current work, the machine was modified to CSSM-2 to correct all the short comings of CSSM-1. The design and characteristics was based on the use of Nigeria-Small Castor Seed size to obtain the performance characteristics by grouping the seeds into six batches. By the reduction in size of CSSM-2, the machine was made portable and lighter by the design improvement on the roller shaft and other component parts. At the optimum milling shaft speed of 276.92 rpm, the shelling, cleaning (separation), and breakage efficiencies of the new machine were recorded as 96.34%, 96.24% and 11.05% respectively; hence CSSM-2 was effectively enhanced up to 96%.

Milling roller shaft castor seed Nigeria-small shelling machine shelling efficiency.

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C. Onyechi Pius, S. P. Obuka Nnaemeka, Okpala Charles, N. Oriah Vincent, A. Igwegbe Chinenye (2014). Design Enhancement Evaluation of a Castor Seed Shelling Machine. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports , 924–938. https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2014/5557

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C. Onyechi Pius — Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
S. P. Obuka Nnaemeka — Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Okpala Charles — Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
N. Oriah Vincent — Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
A. Igwegbe Chinenye — Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

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