Vol. 6 (4) : July-August 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 897-899 ; July-August, 2015
Performance evaluation of grader for Kagzi-lime (var. Pramalini)
S.U. KHODKEa1, SAVITA G. PAWARb2* and K.A. SHINDEa3
aDeptt. of Agri. Process Engineering, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani - 431 402 (M.S.), bDeptt. of Agricultural Process Engineering, Dr. P.D. Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (M.S.)
Designation : 1Assoc. Professor, 2Ph.D. Scholar *(savitapawar100@gmail.com), 3M-Tech Student
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-2051
Total Pages : 3
Received : 22 May 2014
Revised accepted : 16 June 2015
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Citation :
S.U. KHODKE, SAVITA G. PAWAR and K.A. SHINDE. 2015. Performance evaluation of grader for Kagzi-lime (var. Pramalini). Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 897-899 ; July-August, 2015
ABSTRACT
Post-harvest management of lime fruit is prime importance in order to sustain higher production, proper distribution with minimum losses and increasing export. The rotating type concentric circular screen fruit grader was designed for kagzi-lime. The experimental plan was undertaken at 14 rpm, 17 rpm and 21 rpm of speed of grading unit and feed trough angle at 3.8 degree, 7 degree and 9.5 degree. The maximum overall grading efficiency were 95 percent was found at 14 rpm speed and 7 degree feed trough angle. The actual capacity of grader was found 354 kg/h at optimized speed and feed trough angle. During the performance test not a single fruit was damaged.
Key words :
Concentric screens, Fruit grader, Handle operation, Kagzi-lime, Size separation.
