DEVELOPMENT OF CASHEW NUT PROCESSING MACHINE

Authors

  • OYETUNJI ROPO
  • AKINFENWA AYOBAMI
  • ADEWUYI FESTUS

Keywords:

cashew nut, cashew processing, efficiency, heating, impact force, shelling

Abstract

The stress, injuries and hazardous effects incurred during processing of cashew nut is huge. This work considered the design and development of cashew nut processing machine to help farmers improve the process efficiency. Cashew nuts were fed into the machine containing the heating and shelling chamber. The designed machine dried, roast and shelled the nuts. The shelled cashew nuts were then cooled, and kernels separated from shell manually. An efficiency of 80% was determined in terms of number of whole kernel recovery, roasting and cracking time.

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Author Biographies

  • OYETUNJI ROPO

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology,

    Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

  • AKINFENWA AYOBAMI

    Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

  • ADEWUYI FESTUS

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology,

    Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Published

2022-06-23

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Engineering Studies and Research

Section

Articles

How to Cite

DEVELOPMENT OF CASHEW NUT PROCESSING MACHINE. (2022). Journal of Engineering Studies and Research, 28(1), 73-80. https://jesr.ub.ro/journal/article/view/320