Vol. 6 (2) : March-April 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 428-430 ; March-April, 2015
Development of manually operated tamarind briquetting machine
GEETESH SINHA1*, S. PATEL2, AJAY VARMA3 and R.K. NAIK4
Deptt. of Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, I.G. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur - 492 012 (Chhattisgarh)
Designation : 1SRF *(geeteshsinha20@gmail.com), 2Professor & Head, 3Professor, 4Asstt. Professor
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-1951
Total Pages : 3
Received : 24 May 2014
Revised accepted : 16 December 2014
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Citation :
GEETESH SINHA, S. PATEL, AJAY VARMA and R.K. NAIK. 2015. Development of manually operated tamarind briquetting machine. Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 428-430 ; March-April, 2015
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to develop a prototype of manually operated tamarind briquetting machine. The machine consisted of a mainframe, upper die, pulp box, base plate, shaft and pedal. The test results indicated a satisfactory working of the machine. There was no appreciable difference in the density of the briquettes made by male and female operators. This indicates that both the operators can perform the job efficiently through this machine under similar working condition. The density and compression ratio of both type briquettes (500g and 1 kg) was found to be 1.05 g/cm3 and 2.5:1 respectively. The capacity of prototype of tamarind briquetting machine was found to be 40 number of briquettes/h for 500 g briquette and 30 number of briquettes/h for 1 kg briquette. The cost of briquetting was calculated to be Rs. 1.42/kg for 500 g briquette and Rs. 0.95/kg for 1 kg briquette.
Key words :
Briquettes density, Briquetting machine, Tamarind pulp.
