| dc.contributor.author | Wandera, Jimmy Collins | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-12T13:12:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-12T13:12:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-10-11 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wandera, J. C. (2022). Design and fabrication of mini groundnut shelling machine. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University; Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/13349 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the College of Engineering Design and Art in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Groundnut product demand is on the increase and the application is highly dependent on the
cleanness of the nuts. The separation process is usually an energy sapping task that requires a lot
of time. In order to separate nuts from its shells effectively a machine, a shelling machine was
developed. The machine employs the use of shelling drum on which ribbed bars are embedded to
break pods. The machine basically comprises of the shelling chamber and sieve plate connected
by arranging a belt on the pulleys and powered manually. With von-mises equation, the material
for the shelling shaft is taken to be mild steel. The material for fabrication of this machine was
sourced locally so as to ensure that the machine is cheap, affordable and easily maintained by the
peasant farmers. The shelling efficiency of 89.2% and the visible damage of 13.3% | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mini groundnut shelling machine | en_US |
| dc.subject | Groundnut shelling machine | en_US |
| dc.title | Design and fabrication of mini groundnut shelling machine | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
